Re: (NGD) Vintage ibanez pre lawsuit score proline
F*** me, that's a minty looking PR1660! Case candy and trem arm included. The bolt on model was produced in 1985, coming in polar white, pink, or black. Alder body (I think?), maple/ebony neck. Modern Ibanez headstock makes its first appearance on Prolines. The pups are Ibanez V5 - ceramic powered rail units, with push/push pots putting them in parallel. Anyway, your axe looks bone stock and the case is original too.
How to read serial number: letter = month; YY; then production number, e.g. C851476 = March 1985, 1476th guitar produced that month.
Pro Rock'r whammy, quite a monster too
. I don't think it's technically a double locker, the tabs in the saddles just hold the string snug to prevent it from popping out, kinda like a bridge pin on an acoustic. Though if you crank the screws down hard enough it might compare, but I wouldn't recommend it, they strip quite easily. Still, it should keep in reasonable tune if set up properly (i.e. 9s and soft springs), but arguably useless for anything more than subtle wobbles. The trem pivots on two pins, which mate to the concave radiused studs, so, not a traditional knife edge arrangement. Invariably, this greater surface contact area creates more friction, potentially inhibiting tuning stability.
The other thing to be careful about is the intonation/saddle screw grommets. These are made of cast zinc, so making adjustments to radius or intonation under string pressure can result in this:
This happened to me this week, and, while I've tracked down replacements, they ain't cheap, being hard to find NOS/second hand bits.
Another annoyance is the Top Lock, which needs to be unscrewed in order to make truss rod adjustments - design fail.
I love these axes, but I'm holding out for an '86 model, which was neck through and came with an Edge. As has been said, Jackson threatened a lawsuit over these guitars, so they were pulled. Fairly collectible now.
Anyway, sick guitar, man; post it in the Ibz thread
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