It's easy to understand, but it's stupid. The demand is high, the supply is low. A lot of people are gonna be unhappy. They made too few, especially considering that hardly anyone wants a black one, plus the black one is already pretty similar to something you can just go out and buy off the shelf, such as the RG2550. They made some bad moves. Hopefully they'll eventually understand the demand is sat there waiting and they actually need to start addressing that demand. A DY guitar in full production would sell incredibly well.

1: Take one RG2550 Prestige and put a maple board on it.
2: Paint it in some nice colours like DY and RFR (LNG would KILL).
3: Add a matching headstock.

Pretty f*kin simple if you ask me.

Cheers! Hope you get the 20th you so badly want

A loan is out of the question, btw. I don't have a job right now, in fact I haven't had no cash since September 2005. Nothing! I can't work due to ill health.

I'm not being bitter, dude! Nor am I beating you up, but trust me, when you've been waiting for this guitar for so long like I have, then you don't see a possible way to get one, it HURTS!

I have to disagree with you here. Unfortunately, not everybody is stuck in the 80s , hence the notable lack of perms on men and neon guitars. Most kids these days would just shout 'g*y' at the bloke playing a neon guitar. Hell, I think DYs look sexy as hell lol, but most people don't. There are a relative handful of people 'demanding' neon guitars such as the RFR and the DY.

Danny's right - in the grand scheme of guitar demand the '80s neons are for a select few. That's why Ibanez won't produce huge amounts of them - they just won't sell. What they have done is catered for the people who will appreciate them, and made them extra desirable by making them limited in number and embracing their heritage - original necks, bridges and colours.

Dee - I know you're not in a position to buy an RG20TH easily, but I think you're being incredibly bitter about the whole thing. If you want one so badly, beating up people on a forum (like me) and complaining about Ibanez isn't going to help. What about getting a credit card? Taking out a small personal loan? You can then pay it off at your own pace.

For what it's worth, I don't have £1600 lying around doing nothing. I've paid my deposits by selling an amp I don't need. I now have 4 months or so to find the cash for the balance, which will include some from an annual bonus from work, some from gigging and some from selling other stuff I no longer use/need. The rest will go onto my credit card and I'll pay it off when I can.

If you want something, you find a way to pay for it.

. Hopefully they'll eventually understand the demand is sat there waiting and they actually need to start addressing that demand. A DY guitar in full production would sell incredibly well.

Pretty f*kin simple if you ask me.

I disagree. Bikeman, please don't take offense, it's not intended that way, but you appear to have quite a harsh "I'm alright Jack" kind of attitude that is starting to get on my nerves. You're fine, you have the money to spare and you ordered two of them, but to claim people are "making excuses" is just... weird.

People don't want "make excuses", and I don't believe they are doing, it's just that some of us are not as well off as you are. The fact that you want them to collect (AKA: to sit there and look at) is also quite an insult to those who want to play them. I would imagine that if you were in my shoes you'd be complaining pretty bad right about now. It's fine for you to talk sh*t because you've got yours on order. Many of us aren't quite so lucky. It's kinda like sitting there hungry while someone stuffs their face with food. Give it up man, be humble (or at least pretend to be), and again, think yourself lucky. Some of us have been waiting 20 years for this guitar, and now it's been sprung upon us and we can't get the cash together in time. Yes, it sucks. No need to rub it in.

No its hard for me to understand why they still would relate the year it was made with the amount they have to make, I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that's kinda stupid. After all they could sell many thousands more at the same price.

I think the demand is way higher. The thing is, if you have the money right now you could probably get one. Then there are those us who simply can't get the money together in time due to whatever reasons -- and believe me, I'm trying my hardest by selling my RG3120 (my only guitar).