Ibanez through the centuries

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Author Message Hackneyslim Username: Hackneyslim Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 6:30 pm:    Just wondering, but how do you guys reconcile the different [percieved] faces of Ibanez? We have the 70's replicas, the subsequent originals (and signature models) and the more modern 'stunt' guitars, eg the Jem/RG series. This is leaving aside the earlier, 60's models, due to my utter ignorance of them, not to mention the Artcore series and anything else I may be blissfully unaware of. Is there a consistent Ibanez identity, not to mention quality, running through these products, or can one detect a change in the corporate sensitivity of this company? Or, more likely, am I just talking crap? I would go for C) Talking crap. Answers on a postcard... h Tristan Username: Tristan Registered: 03-2005 Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 4:45 pm:    I remember mentioning this in another thread. I believe that since the late sixties through the seventies Ibanez tried to compete with a market that was practically owned by Gibson. They competed, and came up with some wonderful models, like the Artist and Artstar, many very nice solid and hollow bodies. Seems to me that ever since they've discovered the market for "shredder" type guitars, year by year the production of the more "gibsonish" type of instruments is fading. and these days, instead of making you a proud Ibanez hollow body\semi player, they give you that stupid Opel symbol so you can state everywhere "check me out, I'm a stud" They probably want to be at where the money is, but today, the range of non "shredder" type guitars coming from Ibanez is very little. Unless you consider the chinese manufactured guitars. I don't think a serious player would thing of an AF75 as a real substitute for a gibson. There are, still, some nice signature models, and ofcourse two fabulous runs, the PM and GB series. I played both of them like one year ago in a store and I really liked it. Today, 2007, I think Ibanez will soon notice that the crave of the market for vintage style guitars is wild, and I hope they'll change direction in the future, or just add more to what there's already is. Don't get me wrong. I used to play alot of fusion (UK\early rit\Hillage\Akkerman kind of stuff) and my ex teacher had an Ibanez FGM100 (a Gambale model) that I truly loved. But I think it's possible to create both. I hope I'm not too tiring.

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