Ibanez's Lack of Maple-Fretboard Guitars...

[Kilby]

s470? I'd look into that, just watch out for the quality control (I've heard of one guy who got one with the pickup selector in back to front :lol: )

That was the wolfgang version ;) (for those who don't know Mad Eddie likes the pickup selector to be bass ackwards)

Iv'e a lot about about the frets not just being needing tidied up but actually needing to be inserted properly in the first place :(

I'm currently pricing Ibanez S series guitars ATM, and from what I have read so far I'm not prepared to buy online. Possibly I'd just be better off buying something more conventional (esp at my advanced years)

Rob...

[dave_mc]

^ yeah, the problem with the (non-prestige at least) korean guitars is the quality control. I wouldn't be keen on buying one online either.

Matchetts normally have pretty good prices, comparable to internet (well, within £10-£20, and you'd end up paying at least that in postage from most UK sites anyway), i think they had an s470 last day I was in (though ring them to check), so that might be an idea.

[SamR]

The reason i love the PGM guitar is because of its maple fretboard, i love black dot inlays, the only other ibanez's ive seen with maple fretboards have been custom made, and a few early swirl Jems. I would definately consider buying Ibanez a lot more if they offered a choice between maple and rosewood.

[Kilby]

Matchetts normally have pretty good prices, comparable to internet (well, within £10-£20, and you'd end up paying at least that in postage from most UK sites anyway), i think they had an s470 last day I was in (though ring them to check), so that might be an idea.

I hope to be back home next week (for a job interview) so I will call into Snatchetts and see what they have on offer (and possibly a wander down to Marcus or Bairds, though it's not really worth it most of the time)

Rob...

[dave_mc]

^ yeah, it sucks that all the belfast guitar shops are about half a mile apart... :(

:drink:

[Davey]

i played the 1550 w/ maple fretboard the other day..

i remember the old 550 feeling a LOT better than this one... even though it has a prestige neck.. felt weird all in all.


and the pgm has a 5 piece now? since when?
i heard some rumours they were going to discontinue the maple fretboard on that one too.. which i thought was beyond silly

[SamR]

I dont think Paul Gilbert would allow that one.

[noodleplugerine]

Maple fretboards are definetly an option which should at least be available in the Ibanez line, I remember a few being around, I guess they didn't sell well enough.

[Mr Ed]

Yeah, they should at least be offering it on SOME models. The lack of fretboard choices would be one of (possibly only) my complaints about Ibanez.

[indysmith]

Maple fretboards are definetly an option which should at least be available in the Ibanez line, I remember a few being around, I guess they didn't sell well enough.

I don't see that being true. The Ibanezes that have really gone down in history (the 550s) had maple fretboards, and it's clear that the majority people on here, a guitar-related forum, want maple fretboard ibanezes

[Mavet]

I voted for maple, although it looks shite on black guitars, therefore not totaly metal  :twisted:

[indysmith]

I voted for maple, although it looks shitee on black guitars, therefore not totaly metal  :twisted:

WOT?!
Nothing says danger quite like Black'n'Yella

[Crazy_Joe]

I voted for maple, although it looks shitee on black guitars, therefore not totaly metal  :twisted:

You must be on drugs!

[Sifu Ben]

I dont think Paul Gilbert would allow that one.

Why not? Surely the origin of this rumour is the fact that Paul's been playing a lot of rosewood fingerboards lately  :roll:

[zigmund]

Just a guess on Ibanez's apparent reticence with maple: I'm wondering if this would necessitate  them builduin gtheir pups again from the ground up? I'm again thinking from the angle of Dims sounding (to my ear) fine in the woods they use, yet too tetchy and over-puckered(er, why have I chosen those words I wonder) in proximity to too much toppy-sounding wood.
  They still(again) do an Artist AR300, which is as close as you get nowadays. Very nice I gather(nice pups too); even better with pot/cap upgrade. (I did have a S1540 in bubinga some time ago and I liked the Prestige neck and Quantum pups; flogged it as the trems do me 'ead in :oops: