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Date Spotted: May 17, 2002
Owner: nuno
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This pristine beauty is owned and loved by my Ibanez buddy
Nuno who lives in Italy. Suffice to say that he adores 80s Ibanez
and luminous paint. Also featured in his nice collection from
the period are a Maxxas, a Radius and a 550 Roadstar, among many
others. Here's his description:
"Paid $600, she came in good shape, but with a thick
layer of rust on the Edge's saddles. The rest was in pretty good
condition, overall. Basswood body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard,
22 medium-size frets, Edge tremolo, an IBZ F3 humbucker at the
bridge and an IBZ C2 single at the neck, a 3-way switch and just
the volume knob. Simple and straight, as I like. The F3 humbucker
is incredibly powerful, with plenty of harmonics, thick tone
and juicy mid/treble freqs. The C2 is a vertical single, which
means that it's absolutely devoid of any buzz while maintaining
the typical twangy
single tone.
One of the coolest things about this lovely creature is that
the body is about 15% smaller than any other standard guitar,
which means that it's way lighter and easier to handle (yet still
perfectly balanced), and better sized to the player's body. Too
bad the standard sizes are so big... we're not all as tall as
Vai & Gilbert!
Another cool thing is that the nut is 45mm, not the typical 43mm
of many Ibanez models.
The '80s look she has is due basically to the reverse headstock,
the pretty Japanese canary yellow finish and the sharktooth inlays."
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