Headstock finishes

Some time ago, while I was in one of the guitar stores here, I overheard the frustration of one Ibanez fan who was wishing for a matching headstock-body finish for the RG3550 as seen above. Everything was so right for him less the black headstock.

The RG3250 in Japan sports a matching body-headstock finish. It's rather unfortunate that such a desirable model is available elsewhere but here. Ibanez should offer a limited availability for its regional exclusive models instead of having none at all in foreign markets. The body-headstock finish should also be matching for more models as this proves to be more desirable for many of us; we want more uniformity in our instruments' finish. This is why we subconsciously embrace black guitars- because the black headstock matches the body.

Ibanez 2010 @ swee lee

Was informed some of the new 2010 Ibanez guitars are available at Swee Lee, one of which is this stunning RG350M (referring to the colour, of course, have not hear/ felt it in action). List: $868...

Ibanez 2009

Ibanez has decided to expand its maple fretboard RG offerings this year, among others, we see the introduction of the RG3550M, above. The highlights of this guitar:

• DiMarzio pickups (not the DiMarzio IBZ units, mind you...)
• 1987-profile, very thin necks
  

Also resurrected this year is the RG1550M, so if you see ads in the domestic guitar forums of dweebs trying to off-load their pre-2002, discont'd RG1550 for a ransom, be informed that you can wait for the above guitar to debut here. It'll save some money, of course.