Monday, May 16, 2011

Separated at birth (yet again)

This is the wonderful but discontinued Ibanez SZ model, wish it was back...

Conceptually, Schecter's C1 model & the Ibanez SZ are only slightly differentiated.

We can say so for Yamaha's (discontinued) RGX model here as well.

Not forgetting Cort's Katana offering- they are all fundamentally similar with slight differentiation to respect the design/ copyright threshold.

When a particular guitar design establishes a forte in terms of appeal, it will be imitated. Many of us will not hesitate to embrace the design fundamentals in other manifestations because having an experience with one, we know what to expect from the other. Ibanez's SZ & Yamaha's RGX are sadly extinct; they were both very good guitars for the money but the manufacturers have their reasons to do away with them.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ibanez SZ and Cort KX my fave guitars,.. too bad swee lee is too pricy.. even with a Cort KX5, it would have been a cheap high end guitar.. is there any other distributor of cort sub? i might consider asking bgwguitars if they can get me one..

subversion.sg said...

the Cort stock here is... slow... suggest you check with BGW if they can help you with this :-)

Anonymous said...

bro sub, you've been wanting to get a cort katana for a long time already right?

Anonymous said...

the schecter is too big for me.. im a small guy so i need something proportional..

subversion.sg said...

if i come across a non-black Katana, i'll definitely consider :-)

Anonymous said...

same here! Cort KX5 pearlwhite black binding and w/b zebra pups!..