Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

[Ashurbanipal]

So, last year it was RGs, this year it's Artists. I wonder if this means there will be eventually Icemen, Destroyers, and, dare I say it, Roadstar/Proline? http://www.ibanez.co.jp/japan/gc2014/index.html

Super 58 pups, Gotoh hardware. They seem to have done away with the coil splits etc. that the top end models features in the 80s and 90s.

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

This is giving me serious GAS.

 

[FuseG4]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

man those are good looking.
that first one you posted comes in a Marine Sunburst and long story short I could use a cigarette and a nap.

 

[DankStar]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

those look great

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

They seem to have done away with the coil splits etc. that the top end models features in the 80s and 90s.

My recollection is that the coil split sounds were barely worth using. The Tri-Mode (Series/Split/Parallel) switching was preferable.

Obviously, SD P-Rails would be an anachronism on a re-issue guitar from before PRs were invented but they would sound fabulous.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

****n hell

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

The Tri-Mode (Series/Split/Parallel) switching was preferable.

That's the one I was thinking of primarily, I know some of them came with pre-amps etc.

 

[TIGEREYELASER]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

To the OP, you give me GAS...

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

The first series that I remember came with a more ornate tailpiece and no mode switching. There was also a semi-hollow versions with F holes.

I suspect that the coil split was a reaction to the push-push switching on the Yamaha SG1000/2000/3000 and that Tri-Mode switching was meant to be a step beyond. (The push-push pots could, obviously, only offer two options.)

 

[ColeJustesen]

Re: Ibanez Genesis series, take 2 - AR content

Those are seriously amazing! I would love to get my hands on one of those! I know a few guys who love their Artist guitars.

Cole