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IBANEZ 2013 (who has the inside scoop)

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#1 ·
IBANEZ 2013 (who has the inside scoop)! What will be new,,what to be expected for us ibanez fans who just cant wait. :p anyone know post here :D
 
#694 ·
I think the new Tosin 8 is shown in full on the new Dimarzio ad I'm looking at in the new Guitar World. HSH with a tortise shell pickguard and a fixed Edge (maybe a Lo Pro?). Looks like a rear route too. Sorry, no pics as I'm not at home.
Or maybe this is Tosin's current guitar and they're just making it production now?

That Iceman 7 looks awesome. I wonder if they're going to do a 6 string with the standard gibraltar.
 
#701 ·
^^^^^^^^If you do get a 7 or 8, at least with it's ability to tune standard you can do everything on those you can on a 6 string. It's not like you are having to learn keyboard (as many a guitarist felt they had to do in '80s).

With a little adjustment, a 7 or 8 can be more of a guitar for you or anybody. You don't have to utilize extra string or two that much, or at all. Ibby has actually now made quite a few also affordable and the 7s and 8s aren't just for the rich kids anymore.
 
#703 ·
Surfing around this mornig I found out those models, listed by an Italian distributor. If you google for some of them you can find some picture.
It's surpising for some model with -IR- abbreviaton (iron label :?:) what you will notice by the specification. They claim 3 piece maple/bubinga "nitro wizard" neck while those are not prestige/premium models

Here are the listed models I found (just google ang look for gear4music.com) :

RG921QM-RDT
RG921-BK
RG927QMZ-RDT
RG3550ZDX-BK
RG2228M-WH
RG8-BK
RG331M-YE
RG370FMZ-TGB
RG370FMZ-TRB
RG440V-BK
RG460VFM-BBT
RG550XH-RSP
RG970QMZ-BDK
RG950QMZ-RDT
RG950QMZ-BI
RG927FXQM-RDT
RGIR20E-BK
RGIR20FE-BK
RGIR27E-BK
RGIR27FE-BK
RGIR28FE-BK
RG8L-BK

S421-BBS
S5470F-DSH
SIR70FD-IPT
SIR27FD-IPT
S8QM-TRB
 
#713 ·
I went and looked up .rar file and downloaded a free converter for Mac OSX and now I can see. Wow.

Much of what is 2013 there I saw here but three other things I think look promising:


1) 8 string S model
2) uber affordable GRG 8 string
3) full thinline hollowbody ASR, similar to popular Epiphone Casino
 
#723 ·
For the American and Canadian markets, I think what we can expect is similar catalog to Europe/UK, but with typical changeups.

With our luck, the very coolest non-RG and non-Jems will only be in Euro catalog but not USA. I think the Euro catalog has a wider variety being that maybe Ibanez is seen as an all around guitar (based on catalog) but is weighted specifically to metal in the states (thus safer choices and few to no P90, 12 string, and retro stuff as much as Euro catalog).

That being said, the USA is full of shredders from newest metal all the way back to '80s hair metal so it makes sense for Ibanez to push those markets in USA. We get Ricky, Dano, and Gretsch cheapest in states by far, so that explains why Ibby doesn't go there.
 
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