RG 565, rosewood, shark's tooth, reverse

beedeepotter · #1 04-13-2007, 05:28 AM

Ok,
Sorry If I am making some foul by posting this here but, I wasn't satisfied with what I found archived. At one point, people were talking about a 565 with rosewood, shark's tooth, reverse headstock. I have spent the last two weeks researching such a guitar...mine, and have ended up here hoping to find more answers. There are lots of ideas from around the world but nothing that makes me happy. Don't know how to post pics here yet so, if someone wants to see it, look at Ibanezregistry under RG565 R. My guitar is there. I got it for Xmas in 1989. Was told it was a prototype by Ibanez rep who brought it to the store. Manufacture date still debated. Color still debated. How many are out there? Don't care about value (cause I swore in 1989 to never sell it) but, would be interesting to hear opinions. What kind of pickups are in it? Model is RG565IJRR. Serial is F907303. These facts and more being debated around the world. Please throw in your two cents worth.
Thanks,
BDP

sanitarium · #2 04-13-2007, 08:40 AM

With a rosewood neck?!? Wow never heard of that variation before. The serial number doesn't add up, i there's ment to be two digits in it refering to the year of purchase. Sounds like you got something very rare on your hands there.

sanitarium · #3 04-13-2007, 08:44 AM

http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18893

lol replied to your post then saw this.

Dee · #4 04-13-2007, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sanitarium

The serial number doesn't add up, i there's ment to be two digits in it refering to the year of purchase. Sounds like you got something very rare on your hands there.

The serial is a little odd, I agree, because as we know, the 565 was only available in 1992 yet this one has a 1989 serial. I would love to know more about this model. The 565 is one of my favourite RG's of all time and it's a damn shame they discontinued it. By the way did anyone see the mint Desert Yellow one on e-Bay a few months back? It didn't sell for much and I really wish I'd had the cash to grab it. I have never seen another yellow one, and I'm only aware of two other red ones. Kosaku has one, and a girl at the Ibanez forum (I forget her name right now) has another.

BDP, have you considered contacting Ibanez about it? Maybe Tak Hosono (head of the LA Custom Shop) would know something? He posts here occasionally. Very nice guy. Maybe Kosaku could help out? I would email him and see what he knows about it. http://www.kosakuworld.com/gtr-ibanez.htm

EDIT:

I contacted Ko via email. Hopefully he will respond and maybe have a little info for us.

beedeepotter · #5 04-14-2007, 07:03 AM

Yeah Dee,
No, I haven't contacted Ibanez about it because I wouldn't know (until now) who to get in touch with. I will try this dude...Thanks. On the other hand, I have spoken with Kosaku several times about our guitars. He agrees with me that they are prototypes, but we have a slight difference of opinion on a couple of things. First, he believes that they were made (or at least dated so) in 1990 but admits that they could have been late in '89. A car dealing buddy of mine brought up the point that maybe they're dated like cars; after a certain month June, July...whatever, they roll to the next model year...but I'm not so sure. The number is there as a time stamp, right? And I know that I got the guitar for Xmas in 1989 and it was in the store a couple/few months before my parents bought it for me. He doesn't have the paperwork that came with the guitar (like I do) so he thinks the color is Candy Apple (CA) which obviously mine (probably his too) isn't since mine is plainly written on the warranty card. While I'm on that...do you think it could be a bad idea to show pics of my warranty card numbers? Is it likely that some ******* might try to steal my guitars' identity or something crazy like that? Would it matter since I am the holder of guitar and paper? Really curious about that one. Just seems like alot of people on websites don't let others get pics of things because people will try to portray things on ****, as something they're not. Kosaku and I have gone as far as we can together. Will try other dude, Thanks Dee.
BDP

beedeepotter · #6 04-14-2007, 07:10 AM

Dee,
Forgot to tell you, I went looking through those old catalogs and I think they were available in '91 and '92, but they stop after that.

Sanitarium,
I saw the same stuff but you really have no reason to laugh...my guitar is rare, always has been. It wasn't an employee guitar, it was a prototype that preceeded the 565 by two years. Like Dee, I have only heard of two others also. Kosaku has one, and I saw a pic of a girl that was playing one on some site, and then mine. I remember the Ibanez rep saying (in 1989) that they made some yellow ones too (which was mentioned in some of the other posts you read).

BDP

Dee · #7 04-14-2007, 11:19 AM

OK, I had no idea you'd contacted Ko about it already. But as to your comparison with car models, I think that's how it works. With the RG 20th Anniversary, for example, many of them have 2006 serials, but of course, this axe commemorates the 20 years from 1987 - 2007. My own 20th is an 07, btw.

I'm not sure about posting up the paperwork. My guess is it would be OK to do so, but maybe someone else can confirm if it's a good or bad idea? I would like to see it personally and I'd appreciate it if you could send me the pics via PM. I promise I wouldn't let them leak out.

I think yours is Ruby Red or Jewel Red. The model number certainly throws me a curve ball.

RG565IJRR.

Could the last R be part of Ruby Red or is it for Reverse (headstock)? Or is it Jewel Red? Lots of mystery surrounding this guitar!

560licious · #8 04-14-2007, 12:09 PM

Maybe JRR-Jewel Red Rosewood.

beedeepotter · #9 04-16-2007, 07:37 AM

Well it seems I might never have an answer. I thought I had a brilliant idea about it, posted it on another site...nobody seemed to buy it. I need to figure out how to post pics here so I won't have to send people to Ibanezregister but, that's where my pics are, in a folder called RG565 R. On back of neck is stamped RG-565 R. I thought the R could mean "right-handed". My thinking was that as neck like that was produced, someone could easily mistake it for a lefty. If that happened, someone could get a left handed guitar with upside down frets and tiny dots on top edge of neck wouldn't be visible by person playing it. It would probably never get out of the shop but, they wouldn't want the extra work and trouble to correct something like that. Why would they need to label it "R" for rosewood when anyone (AT ALL) could look and see it wasn't maple...duh! So either Reverse or Right-handed...but not rosewood. Just had another wacky idea. Maybe it meant "research" or "reserved" or "retail". Who knows?
As for the color, Jewel Red or Ruby Red or Jewel Ruby Red...fine, but there is still the mystery "I" in front of it all. A very sharp contributor said maybe it meant "Ibanez Japan (pickups) Ruby Red (color). Pretty good but, I was under the impression that those letters were used only for color codes, not other info. When someone comes forth with an example of such, I'll totally give in.

BDP

Dee · #10 04-16-2007, 12:36 PM

BDP, I sent you a PM on here a couple of days back and told you how to post pics. Did you get that one? Thanks for sending the pics of the paperwork to my email, by the way.

nuno · #11 04-16-2007, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by beedeepotter

Ibanezregister, that's where my pics are, in a folder called RG565 R.

i can't find it, are you sure it's there?

EDIT: oops, sorry, i was looking the Old Gallery...

Dee · #12 04-16-2007, 01:13 PM

I don't like the new gallery.

beedeepotter · #13 04-17-2007, 03:49 AM

You don't like my guitar in the new gallery? Or some part of it has changed recently, and you don't like the layout or whatever? If it's got anything to do with me, give me an idea on how to change it. Want to add more pics. Also noticed there is no RG220B in the gallery. I bought one on ****...had a broken headstock. woodworking and furniture is one of my hobbies...I fixed the hell out of that thing...plays great! Well, not as good as my proto but...pretty good, I guess. Gonna post pics of it too so, if you have some suggestions...let me know before I add the 220. I paid $41 for the 220...by the way. Can't beat that!
Brian

Oh yeah, Hey Nuno...did you find my axe? What did you think? Any ideas or answers to any questions about it? Any crazy conspiracy theories to throw in the mix?

560licious · #14 04-17-2007, 04:09 AM

They do that you know...R for Rosewood...M For maple...Just for people to question it...

Dee · #15 04-17-2007, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by beedeepotter

You don't like my guitar in the new gallery? Or some part of it has changed recently, and you don't like the layout or whatever?

Hehe, your guitar is fine, it's just since it changed to the new gallery I feel lost because I'm so used to the old one. I still tend to visit the old one most of the time, although I did just register my RG 20th in the new one and I finally started getting used to it.