OK, let's take a look at what lurks under the Ibanez S970 cavity. We see a treble bleed capacitor for the volume pot, it's not a standard feature in Ibanez guitars so expect a difference if you roll your volume knob down. What does it do, really (if you are new to this)? It retains the top end if you choose to have your instrument volume at less than maximum levels. This means your tone won't mud-out, especially useful for the neck pickup applications. The other prim & proper treatment here is that additional shielding foil; we can clearly see adequate shielding (black) paint there so the foil inclusion was (to me) unexpected.
I'm wondering why Ibanez still chooses to equip the guitars above the standard tier offering with cheap, below par tone caps. ESP has Oranges in there, the rest of the manufacturers could learn a thing or two in this aspect.
