Ibanez with banana-style headstock?

[stratoskier]

Hi,
Anyone know if Ibanez ever produced a neck with a headstock that looked like this? Seller says it's from a Roadstar, but I checked the old catalogs and can't find anything that matches. The locking nut type isn't familiar to me either.
Thanks!
Bert




Edit: more searching -- Could the neck be from an old Destroyer? It looks similar to the EVH Destroyer that was used as a model for the Kramer EVH lineage. Locknut appears to be an ~85 Top Lock style.

[newbieguitarmaker]

I don't think so, especially since isn't that a Kahler locking nut. Plus I hate that headstock shape so I wouldnt get it anyway haha

[stratoskier]

Not sure if that lock nut is a Kahler, but it looks pretty similar to the original Ibanez "Top Loks" (or Top Lok 2) in the 85 Iby catalog. Ugly, eh?

Best I can tell, I think someone put Iby hardware (tuners, lock nut, and plate) on a neck from another manufacturer. Mostly I was just curious -- I had an 80s Kramer with the banana headstock, but couldn't recall Ibanez having ever done one.

[indeedido]

I don't recall Ibanez ever making anything like that.