Ibanez now roasting..

[Nagisa]

Re: Ibanez now roasting..

Cool axe. Good combination of features, and glow in the dark side dots are a nice touch.

I agree with elelpe, it really does look like a Suhr copy. Not familiar with Martin Miller at all; did he previously play Suhrs? That would explain a lot. Of course this sig model costs as much as a Suhr so for my money I'd go for the real thing. Still, for me this looks way preferable to a typical flashy shredstick.

I share some idle curiosity about those pickups.

Suhr is MIA Prestiges are MIJ. Prestiges are cheaper here in Japan where I live. With the exchange rate it’s maybe 1900 usd. Suhrs are 4k usd or more here though.. The funny thing is almost no one here plays Ibanez, they mostly go with the big 3

 

[devastone]

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It's not just the Martin Miller sig, it's the whole AZ line, and the Tom Quail sig.

http://www.ibanez.com/products/u_eg_pre18.php?year=2018&cat_id=1&series_id=2&pre=0

http://www.ibanez.com/products/u_eg_sig_series18.php?year=2018&cat_id=1&series_id=19

Charvel is doing "Suhr-a-likes" now too - http://charvel.com/guitars/pro-mod_dk24/

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Look at the RT's from the early 90's...
https://www.guitar-muse.com/image-gallery-ibanez-guitars-1930-2010-3236
[url]http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/1992_Series_catalog
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[devastone]

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I had an RT once, they can be picked up pretty cheap if you keep your eyes open. Great guitars, and yes, very similar feature set.

I was talking more about the roasted necks on the AZ series and the new Charvels, and their semi-blatant "Suhr-ness".

 

[Nightburst]

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I always wondered if 'roasted' is just another marketing term for 'colored in a different shade of yellow/orange'? I cant' picture a giant oven with guitar necks inside, I just can't.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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^^Well....what is the Surh-ness?
Ibanez has made stuff that looks like modern super strats in a long time, the roast neck thing is just new fashion and trend, same with those "fantastic" steelfrets, some years ago it was all about in tune nuts and no vibratos and so on....true bypass strings and heavy density dark hole matter bodies...
Anyways sarcasm aside, they are really ramping up stuff, probally eating away at the old arrogant establishments markets along with Surh and others...(Danish name haha).........
Hmm that "new" headstock looks like a Cimar one....not that pretty.

 

[ChAoZ]

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I always wondered if 'roasted' is just another marketing term for 'colored in a different shade of yellow/orange'? I cant' picture a giant oven with guitar necks inside, I just can't.

The wood is roasted then made into necks

 

[stevie_bees]

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About time they reissued the Roadstar...

 

[Nagisa]

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I always wondered if 'roasted' is just another marketing term for 'colored in a different shade of yellow/orange'? I cant' picture a giant oven with guitar necks inside, I just can't.

Well apparently the premiums are regular roasted in an oven and the prestiged use a newer and heavier roasting. My prestige’s neck still smells like smoked woodchips on the grill, not a bad thing though

 

[treyhaislip]

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I always wondered if 'roasted' is just another marketing term for 'colored in a different shade of yellow/orange'? I cant' picture a giant oven with guitar necks inside, I just can't.

Roasting wood is not a new phenomenon–maybe for instruments but it has been used for thousands of years to improve wood for similar benefits. For guitars it makes the wood lighter and doesn't require a finish.

Here's an article on doing it yourself; however, I believe the best results come from vacuum roasting (somewhat similar to what they do to utility/telephone poles.)

If you haven't tried a roasted neck, you totally should–you won't regret it. (All of my maple necks are roasted plus I have two roasted swamp ash bodies.)

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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The look and smell is nice too