Friday, January 24, 2014

Ibanez 2014: The 9

This is one of the talked about guitars coming from the Ibanez camp this 2014; the RG9. A real surprise at all? Not really, there was a proto 9-string in 2013. Ibanez most probably had things in motion already & waited for the right time to release this monster. Am I gonna get one? No obligations at all. More strings doesn't equal greatness for both the player or the instrument per se. I foresee strings availability issues (ditto pickups) unless the manufacturer had tailored things to encroach bass strings compatibility but that would mean some serious design considerations over at the headstock, nut & bridge. Will give it a go if it makes it here, not really enticed.

5 comments:

Godsmen said...

The million dollar question is......

the 9th string is what key? Heavier or lighter string??

Ijau D. Koceng said...

harp wannabe? hehehe...

Jebong said...

Only 9 strings? I play 16 strings for breakfast.

subversion.sg said...

i usually have cereals or peanut butter sandwiches :-)

Godsmen said...

I think for this model they not selling this as a production model is it? I don't see this model being listed as the 2014 model on their website.