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Post by briman on Nov 27, 2011 22:40:02 GMT -5
I just bought a Ibanez S470 off Kijiji locally here for 125 dollars! It's in great condition too! For that price I would have thought it was stolen but it's from a guitar school / store and I got a receipt. I feel lucky! These sell usually for around 300 to 600 dollars. Plays really nice too but I need to just polish it. I am trying to put a pic here but don't know how to do it! When I click on "insert pic" it gives me this - ![]() [/img] |
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Post by Ayton(e) on Nov 28, 2011 1:40:31 GMT -5
Good job. My S540 is the best sounding of my Ibanezes with the Splawn. The mahogany just seems to do the job. A lot of the others sound thin. Do you get the Q series pickups with the 470? They are also my favorite stock Ibanez pickups, so much more juicy than their other in-house stuff. If I was still into the thin necks I would pull that bad boy out more often. The image tags go either side of the web address where your picture is. So: [img]http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9972/rg550dscf0894.png[/img]Would show you my RG550:  You gotta get your picture uploaded first to somewhere else; I use ImageShack. |
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Post by briman on Nov 28, 2011 2:49:10 GMT -5
Ok cool thanks. I didn't realize I had to get my pick hosted. Yeah the neck is very thin compared to my other guitars but it sounds very warm. It really has nice tone. I could tell when I played it at the store acoustically...... nice sustain and vibe feel through the wood. Suprised me cause the neck and body are so thin. I think the wood aged nicely! I feel guilty but happy as a pig in sh$t that I got this thing so cheap. Good guitar to take to the cottage or camping with my microcube or my nephew grabbing it and hacking around ..... don't have to worry about it. It wasn't set up very well either. The action was super high and the neck bowed back a little because the truss rod was too tight. I got her all set up now. That is a sweet looking ibanez you got there. I have a thing for maple fretboards especially birds eye. I am the same as you as I used to love thin necks when i was younger and I owned 5 ibanez's at one time. I sold them all a long time ago.  This one brings back memories for and it's fun to play a guitar that feels a little different.   |
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Post by briman on Nov 28, 2011 12:33:07 GMT -5
I forgot to mention the pickups are AH1, AH2 and AS1 middle. They sound decent.
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Post by briman on Dec 7, 2011 2:45:08 GMT -5
I might be trading this Ibanez tomorrow for a Samick Radio Ten that has been reliced. There might a chance to get an old LP copy with set neck that is black. Can't wait to check these guitars out.
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Post by Ayton(e) on Dec 7, 2011 11:07:10 GMT -5
Of 14 guitars, some around $3,000, my TV Twenty is my number one.  |
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Post by briman on Dec 7, 2011 19:24:26 GMT -5
I got the radio ten. Traded for the s470 and he also gave me 50 bucks. The truss rod is too tight on it and I need to go and get a truss rod wrench to slack it off a bit. This is the first guitar I've owned that doesn't use allen key. The guitar plays great except for buzzing at 2 and 1st fret on the 1 and 2nd string which is due to the truss rod being too tight i beleive. The guitar feels alot like my Wolfgang Archtop Standard and the pickups sound identical also! I am amazed at the quality from these pickups........ I honestly say they sound exactly like my wolfgang pups. I will post pics soon.
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Post by Ayton(e) on Dec 7, 2011 23:18:24 GMT -5
Good choice. Vintage trem? Popsicle color? I am actually building another TV Twenty. Have the neck and body from a home-resprayed model with the Saraceno configuration (Hum-Hum, Floyd) that will be refinished and rebuilt just as soon as I do 100 other things.  |
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Post by briman on Dec 8, 2011 0:06:08 GMT -5
I am going to put a floyd rose on it this weekend right after the 30 or so other things I have to do lol. The nut is buzzing a little on the high e string so a new locking nut will get rid of that. I re-adjusted the truss rod tonight and it plays and feels great. Plays like a 2000 dollar guitar. Love the pickups especially the neck. That body looks great. Like the colour and it's got a floyd! Mine will soon! I believe that is a Radio Ten body. I think the TV twenty's have single neck and middle with tone pot and the Radio's have 2 hums and no tone pot. Not sure but I think so from the few that I've seen.   |
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Post by Ayton(e) on Dec 8, 2011 11:46:37 GMT -5
Cool, man! Maybe get some coffee on those relic wounds or something, they always look too fresh when people do 'em quickly at home! Looks otherwise in good shape though, and they are so playable.
There are a lot of configurations considering the guitar was only made about two years. There are HSS Radio Tens, HSS TV Twenties, fixed bridge versions of both, tune-o-matic bridges, Gotoh bridges, vintage trems, Floyds... It's tough to nail down a solid spec. I thought the green body was a Ten as well, but the guy sent me the neck and hardware later, and what do you know, TV Twenty headstock. Maybe when I finish stripping it I'll find they filled the tone pot hole?
Good luck sticking a Floyd on, that's some scary shiz!
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Post by briman on Dec 11, 2011 2:45:38 GMT -5
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This one brings back memories for and it's fun to play a guitar that feels a little different.