BER10

This was a late inclusion in the Ibanez September release - Bernth's BER10. As we can see here, it's based on the AZ model which Bernth had been playing for a while. If you've seen promo clips of this guitar, one of the highlights was getting the control knob & selector switch out of the picking hand's way.

If that's the main selling point of the instrument then it's a little stale. Refer to the Rob Balducci custom Ibanez guitar depicted above, you can see that putting stuff out of the way so the picking hand won't be impeded when it's in action was an idea done before but not implemented widely. The reverse shark tooth inlay is also currently on the SFS727 so nothing too refreshing there as well. 

The BER10 is a deserving signature model for Bernth but it's nothing too innovative. Ibanez should accord him a Prestige version, I seriously think he deserves it for all the things that he'd done & preferring the Ibanez brand name above all else. 

Pics: Ibanez / Rob Balducci FB

Saying goodbye to September with a word of thanks to all who contributed to keep me lucid in so many ways. The QR code on the left shoulder had been removed as I've been given a short term employment contract (5 weeks) before another round of uncertainty kicks in; grateful nonetheless. Wishing everyone a good October ahead as we enter the final quarter of the year.