New Jiva

While I appreciate Nita Strauss peddling the S-type Ibanez & not letting the RG occupy the spotlight too much, I'm wondering if there is any strong demand for the JIVA in the mean time. No details / numbers to back me up in the mean time but I'm very sure it's not happening here. Regardless of the circumstances, Ibanez has a new (non-Japanese) JIVA10R out this September but offers nothing new in terms of pickups; still the DiMarzio Pandemonium humbuckers with a True Velvet single coil in the middle.

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Domestic cyclone

Pre-lunch indulgence, a Cyclone episode. I bought this one because: 1) It's neither a Strat / Tele 2) It sports a 24.75" scale length sitting between the Jazzmaster (25.5") & Jaguar (24") 3) It was listed for a clear-out. 

A set of 10s to accommodate the afore-mentioned scale length.

The pickups in this guitar (Seymour Duncan): JB (bridge) / SSL-1 (neck). Was actually at Beez's yesterday to sort out the out-of-phase situation when both pickups were selected (middle position of the toggle switch). I need to rotate the selector toggle so if flicks up / down instead of the current left / right.

Johnston V

A new Schecter for Nick Johnston to perhaps properly blend into the Mastodon persona. Currently, this USA V-1 is out of reach for most of us, listing for USD6.5K. Perhaps a more affordable iteration would be made available along the way like they did for his Strat-type models.

Pic: Schecter

PN

The new Ibanez RG565R in pink neon is now available at Swee Lee: $1,549. No price hike (yet) as well. Waiting for the candy apple version to make it here as well.

Pic: Ibanez

W & G

The Ibanez RG550 in white / grey are now in stock at Swee Lee: $1,549. No price hikes (yet). 

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5111

Didn't realize this was already in the manufacturer's catalog. The ibanez RG5111 is a no-frills guitar; single pickup, single knob & non-locking appointments. My kind of guitar but I'm not into the colour & the Fluence humbucker. If the pickup is the major concern then you are better off with any single humbucking Ibanez, need not be a Prestige.

Pic: Ibanez