Wish it was back (Part 7)

Ibanez used to have the Talman series as an alternative address for us Strat lovers. These guitars were departures from the RG/ S-series which are flagship models for the manufacturer. What I like about these guitars was the fact that there were offerings featuring single coils & P-90 pickups. If we take a look at the current Ibanez catalogue, we see a prodiminantly humbucking offering across the board. The manufacturer had the Talman in active feature back in the days when shred guitar went underground so the Talman was necessary to satiate one's need to be seen with a non-shred guitar because it was fashionable to do so. The Talman isn't all dead today. The Talman acoustic models are still rocking & a derivative of its solid body make comes in the form of Mr. Noodles' (The Offspring's) NDM2 model.