50 one-of-a-kind Ibanez customs

[LeftyJ]

Ibanez just released a unique range of 50 one-of-a-kind custom shop guitars and basses to commemorate 50 years of Hoshino USA. Some are made in their LA custom shop, and some in their Japanese shop. Most are guitars, but there are some basses among them as well. They won't be available outside the US, and there's only one of each but I thought they were too beautiful not to share 😎

 

Each one of them has a story, and several detailed pictures. 

 

https://www.ibanez.com/usa/special/50th_Anniversary/50-guitars.html

 

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by LeftyJ

[jd56hawk]

[Pea Turgh]

I’ll take Natsu, please!  (And also Hang 10… sshhh…)

[fleabag]

That first one would be ideal to play in a forest.  A snipers dream

[Grahambythesea]

They are very cleverly engineered and the leak pattern is quite. Make a good coffee table, but won’t make it play any better. Nice grain is plenty good enough IMHO.

[uk_lefty]

How can they be one of a kind if there's fifty of them??! 

🤔

Edited February 17, 2022 by uk_lefty

[Doctor J]

A collection of very serious business, indeed.

[LeftyJ]

11 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

How can they be one of a kind of there's fifty of them??! 

🤔

The emoticon won't show, so I'm not sure if you're trolling or being serious  but literally no two are the same. 

[uk_lefty]

Just now, LeftyJ said:

The emoticon won't show, so I'm not sure if you're trolling or being serious  but literally no two are the same. 

I was joking, no worries 😄

[uk_lefty]

Being serious now.... They will be absolutely stunning to look at, hold, and to play. I do like a premium Ibanez.

[NancyJohnson]

They should do some with Gibson headstocks.

[Happy Jack]

Straight into a hardcase in a climate-controlled store-room, never again to see the light of day, let alone be gigged.

 

Manufacturers have spent years trying to accelerate the Vintage (they call it relic'ing), so now they're trying to accelerate the Rare.

 

[Guest]

12 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:

won’t make it play any better

 

Next you'll be telling us tort doesn't add richness to the tone 

[WinterMute]

1 hour ago, Happy Jack said:

Straight into a hardcase in a climate-controlled store-room, never again to see the light of day, let alone be gigged.

 

Manufacturers have spent years trying to accelerate the Vintage (they call it relic'ing), so now they're trying to accelerate the Rare.

 

Yep, instant investments, never be played in anger, what a shame.

[BigRedX]

If I had the money and liked any of these enough to want to buy one (I don't) I would most certainly play it and gig it (again providing that when I received it I thought it was good enough as an actual musical instrument).

[Woodinblack]

Nice that Ibanez only care about the US