SA series guitars any info?

[rakumaniac]

I just bought a fine SA series it has a charcoal quilted top with Mother of pearl binding and nickle? hardware.
I have tried to find a pic of this excact guitar and I am having problems finding on  
does anyone know what model this is?

[rakumaniac]

Here is another pic and sorry about the typos

[spiro]

Hey rakumaniac

That is an sas32QM The sas32FM is the normal model but that looks like spot production to me
Just like the Asutralian spot production of the SZ520TBK (transparent black)

[rakumaniac]

What do you mean by spot production?

[spiro]

the guitar above normally comes with a Flame maple top in Trans lavender but they make some models that are not in the catalogs (spot production) from excess parts and maybe they had too many quilted tops

[rakumaniac]

Maybe this one is spot production too
http://www.ibanezcollectors.com/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi

[rakumaniac]

Sorry i was trying to link to a post I made about a month ago about a RR V style guitar

[livingthrudying]

these guitars were a limited edition made for guitar center, they came in charcoal and red, i have a red one, they retailed for 439.00 not sure if they are worth anything more than that now, but they are really a nice guitar for the money with some new pup's put in them, as i dont really care for the stock pup's ibanez uses anymore, they seem to be very low quality compared to what they used to use.

[ibanezfreak1960]

That depends on what guitar you buy.

[funkle]

I think the AH4/AH3 PUs in the lower SAs are quite good. Not my sound, but I was impressed. They're targeted at a more modern consumer. They're bright and clear, so they stand up well to heavy distortion and heavy processing, and sound good clean too. It's more of a strat type sound.

As freak eluded to, You can still find more classic sounds in the SA Prestige, AR, SZ, JTK models. I personally love the V2 PUs, which come in my SA1260 Prestige. They are warm and classic sounding. But most young entry level players don't want to sound like Thin Lizzy or Alabama, so I think Ibanez is right on with their PU choices.

-Sven

[ibanezfreak1960]

I do not like the pups in my 2004 SZ720FM, it sounds horrible. But when I played a 2005 SZ520 with the ibanez/duncan I loved the sound. I really think they goofed on the 2004 SZ but made it better this year. That is why I have new pups going in mine soon.

[funkle]

That's good to know. Did your 2004 SZ720 have the SZ1/SZ2 pickups? What are you going to put in? Can't go wrong with a V2 in the bridge!

[ibanezfreak1960]

I may just order some 05 SZ pups.

[frankenbee]

I have a red SA220 EX as does livingthrudying. What a guitar!  It is my "Blackie". I took nearly 9 months trying many, many makes of guitars in the under $1500 range. It blew them all away for me. I never had an Ibanez before. I thought they were only for metal heads and their jazz boxes are legendary.  I now have a SA 160 ash body, as well. I put a Dimarzio Eric Johnson Custom in the lead position as the AH4 was not the best match for the ash body with vintage amps/amp models.

I lurv the AH3 and am fond of the AH4 in the guitar. The AH3 sounds fantastic with vintage amps/amp models: Fender, Vox, Roland. The AH4 does very well with higher gain amps/amp models. The 5 way switching is quite well done. The AH3 in parallel (Position2) is very Straty, but without the noise. The middle position is quite Tele-ish. The 4th position is a glassier, but with less quack, version of the Strat 4th position. Great for funk and when using a phase shifter.

The SA series is for players that want modern and vintage tones, notably of the Fender type. They are built much better than any guitars in the same price range, notably MIM or MIJ Fender and the PRS SE line. It is quite unfortunate that the line is not given its respect from users of the other Ibanez lines.

[funkle]

Now if only they would make an SA160AH with 3 single coils

-Sven