Your most 80's looking guitar

[Ascension]

My 1991 Carvin X 220C and matching 1991 X50B Hot Rod Mod Head. Real hair band rig.

 

[Ascension]

Few I have owned.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

UnderTheFlame83, hehe , well, you can still find these for $400-500, which is not bad at all considering prices of Ibz from this period have gone up (plus 80s stuff is popular again).

The Guitar, nice, what colour is yours? Yes, the original push-buttons are unobtainium, maybe seen them for sale once in the past decade. However, the closest type I can find are interlock push-button switches, you can get them on flea bay, aliexpress etc. No PCB like Ibanez oem, so some thought required for wiring, but closest option to stock.

Mincer, she's a keeper. Fully loaded with SDs, of course. I wonder what the rationale behind the slanted singles was, tapping into some JEL vibes?

This thread is full of win. All the Carvins, Ironbirds, supersts.. Spandex and big hair may be ugh, but the guitars of the era totally hold up.

 

[The Guitar]

Ashurbanipal Not sure what the original color was. Last owner repainted it.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Ashurbanipal Not sure what the original color was. Last owner repainted it.

D'oh yes, I remember the thread now.

I think yours was originally CM (copper metallic).

 

[Mincer]

^That is a fantastic color!

 

[Mr. 80's]

That color reminds me a lot of the Burnt Orange BC Rich Gunslinger Retro they made right before they discontinued them.

 

[Securb]

Great thread, great porn. There are some drool-worthy guitars posted here.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Copper and gold are probably my favs for that model. There's also silver, though many now look snot green b/c of clearcoat ageing.

 

[Bogner]

I would have to say my Lee Garver RR Polka Dot V. I will snap a pic mañana.

 

[LLL]

Lee Garver

Who? Don't you mean Lee Garvel... the dude that did Garvel guitars (and collab'd with Grover Johnson for Johnson guitars with those shark tooth inlays)?

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Here's a couple that remind me of the 80s

 

[v8stang289]

My RR is my most 80's for sure. Especially with the Super Distortion

 

[hamerfan]

Can be anything more 80ies?

 

[Bogner]

Lee Garver Custom Shop RR Polka Dot and ESP Limited Edition Dave Mustaine Signature.

 

[Securb]

My RR is my most 80's for sure. Especially with the Super Distortion

I am beyond jealous this guitar is so full of win.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Come to think of it.... All my guitars are very 80s looking..
LPs, explorers, and Vs. since I sold off all my MLs.... Ya that's my thought this morning.

Here's another 80s guitar which is 100% Judas Priest inspired.

 

[Securb]

Come to think of it.... All my guitars are very 80s looking..

I love all of your guitars, especially Lucy!

 

[1neeto]

Well any super strat with a Floyd Rose and pointy headstock is as 80’s as it gets. I don’t currently have anything from the 80’s, but I used to have a Jackson PS-4 from the 90’s but it was as 80’s as it gets. Reverse headstock, Floyd Rose, and HSH configuration. I also used to have a mid 80’s Kramer Focus 1000 (budget Baretta), a 85 Ibanez AH-10 (Holdsworth signature), another Jackson that escapes me right now.

The closest thing to 80’s style I have right now is this 1999 ESP LTD F-200.

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[LLL]

Funny, for being a complete 80's ho, I don't have any working guitars that really scream "the 80s".

Maybe more like "the 70s".