Ibanez 2019 New Models

lasermonkey

I like the 12 string semi and the Talman bass. Everything else- ugh.

not_the_dj

Ooooo, Chrome boy!

prlgmnr

kossofffan said:

Just counted 30 new Ibanez uploads in my youtube subscriptions between various retailers and feel an early onset of NAMM fever already. hahaha

I'm really looking forward to being interested in them this month, frustrated you can't get them for the next 4 months, and then forgetting all about them until 6 months after that when next years unavailable models are revealed.

Jetfire

Im actually saying this. For once, Ibanez are actually using colours rather than black which is fantastic. Model wise, they have a had a few major tweaks like SS frets, use of Fishman and BKP pick ups, lumen fret markers etc. Really cool features, some of the stuff is abit meh but its a real difference to the last few years so hats off to them.  Its not just to see the difference in models and if people are meh, fair enough. 

Funkfingers

Jetfire said:

For once, Ibanez are actually using colours rather than black which is fantastic. 

Some of those exotic tops and 'bursts make the 'nez stuff resemble Feline Guitars.

Schnozz

Sporky said:

Schnozz said:

Sporky said:

Who? 

Exactly.

Ah - looked them up. Def Leppard, right? 

As I said, totes irrelevant for the last 20-30 years. 

Going by that logic, Gibson shouldn't have a Pete Townshend Artist Model, because The Who have been 'totes irrelevant' for the last 20-30 years - Drew should have an Artist Model instead, because he's up and coming and might become famous in the future, so the multi-million fan base can come later. Sound business acumen.

Just an Ibanez Destroyer would be nice.

hairmetal

Look a like Paul Stanley has lost his signature line as well as his voice....

TTBZ

Jetfire said:

This is my current Fave..

https://www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/eh10_1p_01.html

Yeah, love the pickup config and colour on that one!

Jetfire

Apparently... There will be more to come at NAMM..... 

professorben

No nice S series really. 

WiresDreamDisasters

earwighoney said:

WiresDreamDisasters said:

Bit meh for me. But there again, I've had Ibanez guitars over the years. None of them lasted.

What were the problems with the Ibanez guitars you had? 

IMO, durability of an instrument is a quality often overlooked. 

Zero problems really. They were lovely guitars in many respects, especially the RG721 Premium that I had. Some really nice sounds on the 5-position switch too. I just didn't like the way they played. Necks were too thin, frets a bit too stabby.

Sporky

Schnozz said:

Going by that logic, Gibson shouldn't have a Pete Townshend Artist Model, because The Who have been 'totes irrelevant' for the last 20-30 years - Drew should have an Artist Model instead, because he's up and coming and might become famous in the future, so the multi-million fan base can come later. Sound business acumen.

Sound business acumen is having signature guitars for artists who are relevant. So Def Leppard - no.

I reckon a lot more people know Pete Townshend's name than whoever it was played guitar for Def Leppard. I'd go so far as to suggest that anyone who thinks they remember Def Leppard is probably actually thinking of Whitesnake.

Even so, how many guitars are sold based on pensioner signatures?

Three-ColourSunburst

I am disappointed to see that some of the models I liked the most seem to have gone. For example the long-running and well-priced RG2550Z Prestige with pick-guard mounted HSH DiMarzios (a ToneZone, a True Velvet and an Air Norton) seems to have gone, along with all the other HSH Prestige RGs. The nearest current model seems to be the RG550DX from the still Japanese-built Genesis collection, which is fitted with Ibanez pickups and looks a lot less classy to my eyes. (The RG350DXZ Premium also has a similar styling to the seemingly discontinued RG2550Z.)

Same story with the RG3770FZ Prestige, which had body-mounted DiMarzio HSH pickups and a flamed top. Now the nearest models seem to be the rather 'blingy'  RG1070FM Premium (which at least does have stainless steel frets) or the much more expensive RG8570Z J Custom. (Which seems to be unchanged, lacking stainless frets.)

Also looks like the standard Talman range has gone, after the Prestige models were discontinued last year. No sign yet of the Roadcore models either. I have read that that Prestige 'S' models have also gone from some markets, including the US.

What I would really like to see are some additional AZ models, or even better a £500+ reduction on  the Tom Quayle signature model.

Schnozz

Sporky said:

Schnozz said:

Going by that logic, Gibson shouldn't have a Pete Townshend Artist Model, because The Who have been 'totes irrelevant' for the last 20-30 years - Drew should have an Artist Model instead, because he's up and coming and might become famous in the future, so the multi-million fan base can come later. Sound business acumen.

Sound business acumen is having signature guitars for artists who are relevant. So Def Leppard - no.

I reckon a lot more people know Pete Townshend's name than whoever it was played guitar for Def Leppard. I'd go so far as to suggest that anyone who thinks they remember Def Leppard is probably actually thinking of Whitesnake.

Even so, how many guitars are sold based on pensioner signatures?

As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide,[8] and have two albums with RIAA diamond certification, Pyromania and Hysteria.[9] They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U.S.[10][11] The band were ranked No. 31 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"[12] and ranked No. 70 in "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[13] Def Leppard will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.[14]

Keep trying.

monquixote

Schnozz said:

Sporky said:

Schnozz said:

Going by that logic, Gibson shouldn't have a Pete Townshend Artist Model, because The Who have been 'totes irrelevant' for the last 20-30 years - Drew should have an Artist Model instead, because he's up and coming and might become famous in the future, so the multi-million fan base can come later. Sound business acumen.

Sound business acumen is having signature guitars for artists who are relevant. So Def Leppard - no.

I reckon a lot more people know Pete Townshend's name than whoever it was played guitar for Def Leppard. I'd go so far as to suggest that anyone who thinks they remember Def Leppard is probably actually thinking of Whitesnake.

Even so, how many guitars are sold based on pensioner signatures?

As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide,[8] and have two albums with RIAA diamond certification, Pyromania and Hysteria.[9] They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U.S.[10][11] The band were ranked No. 31 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"[12] and ranked No. 70 in "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[13] Def Leppard will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.[14]

Keep trying.

All that is  irrelevant compared to the question "Do kids rush out and buy guitars because of Def leppard?"

I'd argue the answer is no and on that basis they would be much better trying to arrange an Ed Sheeran Sig.

Sporky

You do realise most of those references are from twenty years ago, right? So, again, irrelevant except to musical historians. 

Also the link to the claim that they've sold over 100 million records reveals they've not even sold half that many.

Either way they are not a relevant present-day operation, and the idea that Ibanez should be giving them signature instruments is teetering on the edge between funny and ludicrous.

[edit] Just curious - why are you so invested in this? 

hubobulous

Phil Collen's already got a long standing relationship with Jackson, and his PC1 is a great guitar.

Not for the kids perhaps, but Def Leppard's have just completed a successful tour marking 31yrs of The Hysteria release. Very well attended so I guess it depends on your definition of relevant.

Sporky

hubobulous said:

Not for the kids perhaps, but Def Leppard's have just completed a successful tour marking 31yrs of The Hysteria release. Very well attended so I guess it depends on your definition of relevant.

Very well attended by, at a guess, a fairly narrow demographic who don't buy a lot of Ibanez guitars?

StormshadowGuitars

Irrelevant for the past 20-30 years = Selling out arenas and stadiums in every country the decide to tour, still........

Sporky

StormshadowGuitars said:

Irrelevant for the past 20-30 years = Selling out arenas and stadiums in every country the decide to tour, still........

And yet most people, I'll bet, don't even realise they're still going. They are irrelevant, and the idea that Ibanez would have a Def Leppard signature (which is where we started) is daft.