Post by mlrpa on Dec 16, 2005 23:17:22 GMT -5
Hey peoples. I recently, in the last 6 months or so, got 2 guitars. the first, an '87 Ibanez Pro540R is for me, and is possibly the finest guitar I have ever owned!
The basics: 22 fret maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. Basswood body with a Floyd Rose trem, 2 stacked IBZUSA (Made exclusively by DiMarzio for Ibanez) humbuckers and a Kramer Quad Rail in the bridge. (originally had an IBZUSA, but I wanted more depth in the bridge.) 2 on/off switches for the neck and mid, and a on/off/on for hum/off/quad for the bridge. 1 volume and 1 tone, with a .001 capacitor add to the volume pot for increased brightness as you lower the volume.
This was the prototype for the Radius series, and later became the Satriani model. Not a wizard neck, nor a Gibson neck, but some sort of wierd crossbreed between the two. Not a shredders neck, but extremely fast once you get used to it. I can't find a real fault with this guitar! best $45 I ever spent. Yes, you read correctly, a whopping 45 dollars!
The second guitar I bought for my bestest best bud for a christmas gift/bribe ;D. A 2000 Ibanez S470QS that was made in Korea. 2 piece mahogany body with a quilted Sapele veneer. 2 piece wizard II neck with a 22 fret rosewood fretboard, that is tastefully bound. An AH1 Hum in the neck, a Kramer Dual Rail hum in the mid, (Original had a AS1 single coil, but Ibanez tends to use some really noisey single coils.) and a AH2 in the bridge with a 5 way switch, and a master volume and tone. The bridge is a Ibanez (Floyd Rose) TRS tremelo that has been modified with 4 springs to help it stay in tune. I added a push/pull to have the bridge or neck pickup on at any time. (Ala Gibson. Why isn't that standard on guitars with a 5 way switch?) A very nice axe with some odd little issues. The TRS trem NEEDS a 4th spring!! It will fall out of tune without it really quick. There are some veneer cracks on the surface due to some moron overtightening the screws on the pickup rings. Also a finish crack at the neck joint from the same reason, and a slight surface crack on the bass end of the neck at the allen screw from the locking nut being, you guessed it, overtightened.
This is almost as nice as a Prestige! Georgous deep ruby red see thru finish, pewter hardware fading to chrome, and a really nice tone. unlike the RG's, this is more of a traditional players guitar, with a neck meant for shredding. The pickups have a richness that's a bit surprising for stock pickups. (Although, as I have said many times in the past, Ibanez builds some of the best affordable guitars on the planet, but use the NOISIEST single coils!) This one cost $155, but that's a far cry from the $1000 list!
Great guitars, and you can still find them cheap.
The basics: 22 fret maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. Basswood body with a Floyd Rose trem, 2 stacked IBZUSA (Made exclusively by DiMarzio for Ibanez) humbuckers and a Kramer Quad Rail in the bridge. (originally had an IBZUSA, but I wanted more depth in the bridge.) 2 on/off switches for the neck and mid, and a on/off/on for hum/off/quad for the bridge. 1 volume and 1 tone, with a .001 capacitor add to the volume pot for increased brightness as you lower the volume.
This was the prototype for the Radius series, and later became the Satriani model. Not a wizard neck, nor a Gibson neck, but some sort of wierd crossbreed between the two. Not a shredders neck, but extremely fast once you get used to it. I can't find a real fault with this guitar! best $45 I ever spent. Yes, you read correctly, a whopping 45 dollars!
The second guitar I bought for my bestest best bud for a christmas gift/bribe ;D. A 2000 Ibanez S470QS that was made in Korea. 2 piece mahogany body with a quilted Sapele veneer. 2 piece wizard II neck with a 22 fret rosewood fretboard, that is tastefully bound. An AH1 Hum in the neck, a Kramer Dual Rail hum in the mid, (Original had a AS1 single coil, but Ibanez tends to use some really noisey single coils.) and a AH2 in the bridge with a 5 way switch, and a master volume and tone. The bridge is a Ibanez (Floyd Rose) TRS tremelo that has been modified with 4 springs to help it stay in tune. I added a push/pull to have the bridge or neck pickup on at any time. (Ala Gibson. Why isn't that standard on guitars with a 5 way switch?) A very nice axe with some odd little issues. The TRS trem NEEDS a 4th spring!! It will fall out of tune without it really quick. There are some veneer cracks on the surface due to some moron overtightening the screws on the pickup rings. Also a finish crack at the neck joint from the same reason, and a slight surface crack on the bass end of the neck at the allen screw from the locking nut being, you guessed it, overtightened.
This is almost as nice as a Prestige! Georgous deep ruby red see thru finish, pewter hardware fading to chrome, and a really nice tone. unlike the RG's, this is more of a traditional players guitar, with a neck meant for shredding. The pickups have a richness that's a bit surprising for stock pickups. (Although, as I have said many times in the past, Ibanez builds some of the best affordable guitars on the planet, but use the NOISIEST single coils!) This one cost $155, but that's a far cry from the $1000 list!
Great guitars, and you can still find them cheap.
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