Fresh Iron

I'm not a fan of the Ibanez Iron Label series because I see these guitars as variations of the standard model, just souped up with active electronics.

The finish is a little different as well.

The release of the models you see here, are at best, nothing special.

It's a little overblown when the media labelled them as 'new'.

Nothing new, really. Ibanez had been working with this formula before. Even before the Iron Label models came along, the 8-string RG2228 features a pair of EMG pickups. Do I own any Iron Label guitars? Yes, but I'm with the S-Series version with passive pickups.