Sweet new Ibanez RG Prestige run!

[engage757]

Not affiliated, just noticed and thought it was hot.

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/showth ... p?t=318749

 

[cardinal]

Wish they wouldn't bother with the paper-thin veneer top.

 

[mystixboi]

i would have ordered if it were a 6

 

[Metlupass2]

Price?

 

[garey77]

Wish they wouldn't bother with the paper-thin veneer top.

Curious as to whether or not this is true.

 

[cecilbag]

This almost makes me want a seven but I've tried that route twice. Not for me. Maybe someday I'll get good on six

 

[cardinal]

Wish they wouldn't bother with the paper-thin veneer top.

Curious as to whether or not this is true.

With Ibanez, the quilt tops are usually a veneer. The plastic binding is a bit of a give away. If it were the typically 4mm maple top, they would use the exposed-edge faux binding.

 

[spacebard]

Price?

$1999

 

[garey77]

Wish they wouldn't bother with the paper-thin veneer top.

Curious as to whether or not this is true.

With Ibanez, the quilt tops are usually a veneer. The plastic binding is a bit of a give away. If it were the typically 4mm maple top, they would use the exposed-edge faux binding.

Really? On a $2k guitar? I'd be pretty disappointed.

 

[spacebard]

Looks like I will be the owner of one of these beauty...just ordered one

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

If it's a Prestige or J-Custom, the top will be a real cap. Not veneer.

Premiums, however, will all be veneer tops.

 

[Sardocasm]

Typically Ibanez guitars don't do much for me, but I'm finding myself strangely drawn to this one. That purple finish and markerless maple board look stunning together.

 

[cardinal]

If it's a Prestige or J-Custom, the top will be a real cap. Not veneer.

Premiums, however, will all be veneer tops.

Dunno man. The S Prestige guitars use a thin veneer (obvious around the input jack). And these don't have the exposed-edge binding of the typical 4mm maple tops.

This thread confirms that a similar run was just a veneer. Guy took off the neck and shows a pic of an unpainted neck pocket. Not a real top:
http://www.jemsite.com/forums/f16/ibane ... &_k=43muju

I'd just prefer to have a solid color or trans finish over the mahogany rather than a veneer, but others may feel differently.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

At least one of the new 2017 Premium models advertises a 7 mm top.

 

[cardinal]

^ and it has exposed-edge binding, not plastic.

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

If it's a Prestige and it has a veneer, I'd be pissed as fuck!

Looks like I'll be sticking to the usual alder, basswood or ash bodies or the J-Customs.

 

[cardinal]

Ibanez has been getting sloppy with some of this stuff. I kinda wanted one of the ash-bodied 752s, but other than the fact I can't gell with the color, many of them have three-piece bodies with obvious seems. Just looks bad to me. Either use a center seem, 2-piece body or paint it a solid color. And the veneers are lame IMHO.

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

Ibanez has been getting sloppy with some of this stuff. I kinda wanted one of the ash-bodied 752s, but other than the fact I can't gell with the color, many of them have three-piece bodies with obvious seems. Just looks bad to me. Either use a center seem, 2-piece body or paint it a solid color. And the veneers are lame IMHO.

Agreed on the veneers. Fucking lame as fuck.

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

I really like this guitar but the fucking veneer really puts me off buying it. I'd rather not have the veneer and just make it a full mahogany body.

 

[engage757]

It's not a veneer on a Prestige.