What about the RG7680 ?

[Agent540]

My Ibanez knowledge has just grown !
I' ve heard about the existence of a RG7680 ! it's a shame, nobody have told me that before !

it's a baritone, but which scale ? 27'' ? more ? cannot find it in any catalog !

[reguv760]

... not sure but i think the RG7680 was the pre-cursor to the XL series, so 27" scale; limited to EU release iirc. I think a couple guys from ss.org might have one and can tell ya more about the specs.
Found this:


Hmm... seems like 768x were 27" variants of the RG7's...

Reg

[nafigator]

so it is XL named 7680 and without xl logo on the headstock? looks great anyway... i think a special thread should be made about those super rare ibbys someday.

[digitalpig]

I own one. The full model name is RG7-680 LTD1.

There is a blueish-gray model (as pictured above) and a dark red model. I tried to find out more about it and wrote to the Ibanez distributor here in Germany, but they even didn't know it existed

Here's what I found out during my research on the web: Built in 2000, they were very limited, something between 24 and 100 instruments exist. It was a small production run to find out whether people have a demand for 27" scale 7string guitars or not. They did this a few times in the past, think about the first piezo models that are rare as hell. They used very good woods on this and you can see and feel that. Actually, the test runs they did after the 7680 were all labeled J.Custom, just a thought...

They came with the DiMarzio New7 Pickups that were standard on the RG7620. They have a 5-piece neck with two thick dark stripes (Maple, bubinga, maple, bubinga, maple) as later J.Customs have it. And guess what, the binding around the body and neck and the headstock even glows in the dark!!! So do the dots in the fretboard, it looks really pretty cool. Just a few minutes in direct sunlight or blacklight and you have this cool effect for hours.

Here are some pics if you might want to take a look at mine:
http://picasaweb.google.de/FelixBuck/IbanezRG7680LTD1#

Any questions, just ask!

Greetings!
Felix

[Aris_T]

Nice pics Felix!

[Agent540]

exactly the same that I saw ! thank you Felix and Reg !

[nafigator]

Felix you lucky bastard Great visuals on this ibby... what was the price tag?

[reguv760]

holy crap... wanna trade for a 1077XL? :P j/k
excellent info and pix Felix!

Reg

[Agent540]

Felix, what gauge do you use, for which settings ? bitte

[Agent540]

have lost the auction 2 days ago, I 'm still crying !
I share with you the pics of the auction, 'cos it's a quite rare instrument : the RG7681 :

[reguv760]

i think i might to move to that side of the world to find me some pre-XL's...
... so agent, where do ya find these again?

Reg

[Agent540]

edit : er..............hem !