Ibanez 542R

[TommyGuitar]

I have a line on a blue 542R for $300 with no hardshell case. It has a few dings.
Is this a good deal?

[musicdr]

Pretty rare.Keep in mind that the neck is not a wizard,but similar to the viper or petrucci.Pretty comfortable.It also has factory locking tuners.The one I had, had 3 single space humbuckers(like hotrails) and a strat like trem.It was pretty cool.I recently traded it in.Might be the same one! Light blue.The price is probably fair, considering its a pretty unique item.

[TommyGuitar]

Yeah! Its located in Burnsville, MN. It probably is yours!
Was this it?

Also, could you tell me some more about it? Like the extent of the damage? Apparently it has a big ding on the side? How big?

[musicdr]

Thats it.Its definitely in player condition,I was going to swirl it but have too many other projects.If I remember it was a fairly good size-maybe 1/2 to 1 inch impact on the edge,like it was dropped.It setup and played pretty well.The stock pickups sounded okay.I would have changed the bridge to a little higher output one.When I got it,it was filthy.I cleaned and oiled the board,steel wooled the frets etc. They had a rgt320 that I wanted so I offloaded all my project(pawnshop) guitars to get it.Less work,more playtime.I was real surprised it had factory locking tuners.I'm almost tempted to buy it back but I have 14 guitars now and thinking I have about 10 too many!

[TommyGuitar]

That's so cool that it was your guitar. Awesome! I might just have to buy it. Thanks.

[the.godfather]

I'd get it if I was you, that price is an absolute steal as well.

And for a s-s-s layout Ibanez, I say go for it!