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Scanlan
Username: Scanlan
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 3:07 pm: | |
Does anybody know what this guitar could be ?
It looks like a 442R but with a RW fretboard ?
Or a R355 with different pickups...
[img]http://acdc77.free.fr/chewie/ibanez/IMG_0103.JPG[/img]
[img]http://acdc77.free.fr/chewie/ibanez/IMG_0105.JPG[/img]
[img]http://acdc77.free.fr/chewie/ibanez/IMG_0106.JPG[/img]
[img]http://acdc77.free.fr/chewie/ibanez/IMG_0108.JPG[/img]
Any idea ? |
Mr_roadstar
Username: Mr_roadstar
Registered: 06-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 2:20 pm: | |
I can't find a match in any of my catalogs. The body looks too flat to be a Radius and it has a 6-screw trem. The white pickguard doesn't match up either.
Steve |
Scanlan
Username: Scanlan
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 4:00 pm: | |
do you think it's a custom guitar (strat body + ibanez neck ?) or something like that ? |
Mr_roadstar
Username: Mr_roadstar
Registered: 06-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 9:02 pm: | |
Very possible.
Steve |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 1:57 am: | |
I can't find an exact match, but it Looks like an RX model.
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1996/96018.jpg
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1996/96019.jpg
Do you know the serial number? |
Scanlan
Username: Scanlan
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 6:48 am: | |
Yes !
It was made in japan, 1992
http://acdc77.free.fr/chewie/ibanez2/IMG_0105.JPG
I don't think any RX is MIJ
Maybe this model has been made during the switch from MIJ RT's to MIK RX's.... |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 11:35 am: | |
That's a strange one. I think all the EX and RX models were MIK. It's not an RT - RTs had 24 frets and sharper edges. It resembles an Andy Timmons model AT100, but the AT has 3 knobs, and a maple fretboard.
My guess is it's either a parts guitar (EX with a MIJ neck added) or a non-US model that never appeared in the catalog. |
Mr_roadstar
Username: Mr_roadstar
Registered: 06-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 2:09 pm: | |
The body shape is wrong for the EX or RX series. The horns should be much sharper like an RG.
Steve |
Scanlan
Username: Scanlan
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 3:41 pm: | |
problem is that I don't see exactly which model it could be (not a strat, not a RT or RX, not exactly like a Radius...) |
Mrmike
Username: Mrmike
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 5:54 pm: | |
It looks like RV470 to me.The orig.pickgaurd would have been CLEAR!! Anybody remember these??
I think they all had pretty photo-flame tops
though....maybe a model not sold in the U.S.?? |
Mr_roadstar
Username: Mr_roadstar
Registered: 06-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 8:26 pm: | |
Nope, an RV470 would have a Hum/Sing/Hum pickup arrangement and a two point trem.
As I posted earlier, this guitar is too flat to be a Radius model.
My feeling is that it's an Ibanez neck on another body.
Steve |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 9:27 pm: | |
There was something called the R335BS available in '92 and '93. The body and neck look like a match, but the features aren't right. The R335 had gold hardware, TZ-6 trem, clear pickguard, H-S-H pups and AANJ.
The pickguard, pups and knobs look just like a Fender...not Ibanez from the early '90s. |
Scanlan
Username: Scanlan
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 4:03 am: | |
I have the same kind of knobs on my '92 RT... |