Just won and paid for this 80s Ibanez Roadstar II (RG410 model) last night:

Looks like Ibanez's version of the Kramer Baretta!

Single humbucker with push-push coil tap in the single volume pot and original Ibanez Edge locking trem :boobies:

Never seen one of these before, but I used to have a gorgeous RS-525 "Purple Haze" twin humbucker model till it was stolen from my car in '88 ... and I never got over it (sob).

Maybe this will help heal the wound somewhat :)

Time to buy some electrician's black tape and convert it to a Mathias Jabs-esque look (a la wahwah :D )

Yay! Can´t get simpler than that! One pup, one knob. Looks great man. Now get your ass back to work, it´s monday ain´t it? I´m the only one supposed to have a whole week for scratching my balls, :lol: (j/k)

:lol:

I'm a HUGE Roadstar fan, Capt!

Those guitars were built TOO well. Great examples of Japanese craftsmanship!

Excellent score!

Good score. And they are right. Keep it simple, one pup, one knob !

And when it comes to simple knobs, Spasm's your man !

(boom boom).

Good one mate. Good luck with the striping.

:thumb:

no wonder it was cheap. they put the pickup in crooked. does it play nice?

Lovely new addition mate, look forward to hearing it in action, i can't say im familar with the model, but looks great, congrats on the purchase :thumb:

ugh that is one plain jane...doesnt give me the mildest twitch im afraid.

still, knowing the cap'n, he'll get some great sounds outa it.


regards,
jim.

I'm a HUGE Roadstar fan, Capt!



Same here Pete ... just never had the opportunity to score another one till now (almost 20 years later).

Here's the one I USED to have (catalogue pics) in the "Purple Haze", metallic flake finish & super-sexy contoured body (+ gold hardware & original "Pro-Rock'r" trem - the best ever).

Still miss ya baby :hug:

And when it comes to simple knobs, Spasm's your man !

(boom boom).


You know me too well methinks ... wot ... has Chris been spilling the dirt??!! :D

cheers mate :thumb:

You know me too well methinks ... wot ... has Chris been spilling the dirt??!! :D

cheers mate :thumb:

Again! Mister, it´s 18:23 here, one hour less at the Canary Islands, you better finish off the job, I mean it! :lol:

I'm saying nowt!
























Apart from, 1 pup, 2 knobs :lol:

Apart from, 1 pup, 2 knobs :lol:
No! :upset: If I say it´s one knob then it´s one knob. Period. :P

No! :upset: If I say it´s one knob then it´s one knob. Period. :P
Knobs & periods should never mix

Knobs & periods should never mix
Burp.

I'm saying nowt!




Apart from, 1 pup, 2 knobs :lol:



Right on cue mate! (why d'ya think I BOUGHT the damn thing in the first place?)

Hey ... if I had a pup and two knobs ... wouldn't THAT be something? :tard:

I could go hob-knobbing!

Might be a tad too hot tho' (... cue the stench of burning and high-pitched squeals)

John, I spotted this one in a local music store and walked out with it for $130!

http://www.stubble.org/temp/guitars/rs140_001.jpg

John, I spotted this one in a local music store and walked out with it for $130!

http://www.stubble.org/temp/guitars/rs140_001.jpg

You plan to record the song of your life with it? :lol:

:confused: you lose me everytime! What the hell is ticking in that big old melon uke? :thumb:

:confused: you lose me everytime! What the hell is ticking in that big old melon uke? :thumb:
He's in Spain, too much sun, the lad is barking obviously!

Jeezoose Chris, way to pimp in your Signature :lol: lmfao. Capt, nice axe man. Dunno how you can live without a neck pupp but right on for the looks.

Jeezoose Chris, way to pimp in your Signature :lol: lmfao. Capt, nice axe man. Dunno how you can live without a neck pupp but right on for the looks.

Well with the miserable fuckers who don't want the pic and you having a go about the wording I think I'll leave it just as it is cos it's doing it's job. :blowsraspberry: :lol: Have to have a lol or lmao somewhere eh?

Well with the miserable fuckers who don't want the pic and you having a go about the wording I think I'll leave it just as it is cos it's doing it's job. :blowsraspberry: :lol: Have to have a lol or lmao somewhere eh?

Well I like the pic (no surprise there?) shows there was life before jobs, marriage, kids and mortgages!! ... and if you wanna pimp yer site mate ... go right ahead :thumb:

John, I spotted this one in a local music store and walked out with it for $130!

http://www.stubble.org/temp/guitars/rs140_001.jpg

Personally, I don't go for a maple fingerboard on a dark body (I prefer rosewood and ebony), but that's a lot of guitar for $130 Pete.

My new one cost me £165 (abt $300).

The OLD one, when I bought it back in '86 was £450 ($900) ... and I didn't insure it against theft! :maddance: ah .. the folly of youth

Well with the miserable fuckers who don't want the pic and you having a go about the wording I think I'll leave it just as it is cos it's doing it's job. :blowsraspberry: :lol: Have to have a lol or lmao somewhere eh?

Oi cocknose! :lol:

Well I like the pic (no surprise there?) shows there was life before jobs, marriage, kids and mortgages!! ... and if you wanna pimp yer site mate ... go right ahead :thumb:


BTW mate, them early Ib's are well made as Pete said. Those two Icemans were solid and sounded hot. The sunburst one I had for a while was great except for the trem but the cheapo black one I had later was pretty awful. That does look like a Baretta with that pickup slanted.

Oi cocknose! :lol:


will do mate. No worries.

:confused: you lose me everytime! What the hell is ticking in that big old melon uke? :thumb:
Naaw, just a bit of wind surfing today. Boy this damn sail is too much for me. I keep trying and trying to hold it but the mofo keeps falling. To hell with it. Time for a beer.

I'm a HUGE Roadstar fan, Capt!

Those guitars were built TOO well. Great examples of Japanese craftsmanship!

Excellent score!


I agree...Ibanez produced its best stuff in the 80's and 90's.
I am the original owner of the Destroyer 2 1980 and the quaility of finish still stands up today.

What is the Roadstar's body made of?

I agree...Ibanez produced its best stuff in the 80's and 90's.
I am the original owner of the Destroyer 2 1980 and the quaility of finish still stands up today.

What is the Roadstar's body made of?

Basswood, according to www.ibanezregister.com (http://www.ibanezregister.com)

Speaking of the Destroyer II, I also used to have a beautifully finished DT400CS from '85 - to '86 (part exchanged it for my RS-525) - exact same model as Paul Gilbert's.

Speaking of the Destroyer II, I also used to have a beautifully finished DT400CS from '85 - to '86 (part exchanged it for my RS-525) - exact same model as Paul Gilbert's.


The picture you posted is my guitar exactly, I had no idea it was given the #DT400...I bought it new in 1980 and still play it today.The only other one i have seen was Paul Gilbert holding one on the cover of Guitar Player/Or World Magazine.

Getting Back to Your Roadstar.
Is Beechwood a common wood used.I have alsways heard of either Alder or Basswood or Ash.

P.S if I wanted to show you guys some pic's of my Destroyer II on this site how would i go about that?.

Parker

if I wanted to show you guys some pic's of my Destroyer II on this site how would i go about that?.

Parker It's easy mate! When you next reply to a thread you'll see a paper clip icon at the top of the reply window, click that and an upload window will open. Just locate your files and hit uplaod

It is Basswood ... like I said ... have another looksee up there :)

btw ... you can also use the "manage attachments" button to post pics, etc ... just scroll down a little way when you're composing a thread ... simple (like me).



Speaking of the Destroyer II, I also used to have a beautifully finished DT400CS from '85 - to '86 (part exchanged it for my RS-525) - exact same model as Paul Gilbert's.



The picture you posted is my guitar exactly, I had no idea it was given the #DT400...I bought it new in 1980 and still play it today.The only other one i have seen was Paul Gilbert holding one on the cover of Guitar Player/Or World Magazine.

Getting Back to Your Roadstar.
Is Beechwood a common wood used.I have alsways heard of either Alder or Basswood or Ash.

P.S if I wanted to show you guys some pic's of my Destroyer II on this site how would i go about that?.

Parker

Thanks for tips on how to post pic's guys.I have to admit i am way more comfortable around a Lespaul and Marshall than i am around PC's.
Captain sorry about using the wrong wood type i must have had beer on my mind....."Beachwood aged Bud Light"

Hey any plans to get out the router and make some new holes for a neck pickup?
Parker

Hey any plans to get out the router and make some new holes for a neck pickup?
Parker

Not yet ... let's see if the reduced wiring really improves the tone (as I've heard) before making any decisions.

I'm also quie ham-fisted at times, so I may not trust myself to do it.

Besides, I've already got neck pups in my Love Rock, S470 and Aria ProII, so the juicy neck pup tone is already available to me (if I want it).

Hey, looking at the DT in your avatar, it looks like you've got two '58' pups in there, instead of the stock 'V2' in the bridge and single '58' at the neck?

I remember the 58 had a beautiful blues tone at the neck ... a credible 'PAF' sound, but at the time, I was looking for a higher output from my guitar and although the V2 gave that, it was also too hi-frequency oriented for my taste then (like ... ear-splitting treble!). Back then, the notion of changing the pups just didn't occur to me (Doh!) ... guitars were either perfect as stock ... or else get a different guitar.

Fond memories of that guitar just the same ... perfect shape for an in-yer-face ROCK machine ... and the book-matched sunburst flame top? ... that was to die for!! (why did I get rid of it again? ... oh yeah ... the RS-525!)

Get some pics posted up soon, I feel a trip down memory lane coming on.

:thumb:

Hey Captian

I was half kidding when i asked about you putting in a neck pickup.Although it would be nice for added tone.
From what i can see that guitar looks like a work of art the way it is with the pup slightly angled and the smooth color of it...very space age.I wouldnt change a thing on it!.
And as you mentioned if you have other guitars with both already why take away from the nice lines the roadstar has.
Most of the time when playing live there are only a very few occasions someone would use a neck pickup anyway for the odd solo or rythem part.

My Destoryer originally came with two nickel covered 59's in it stock.I had one of the first production models to come out and had to wait around 6 month's to get it.Around 1985 i had a EMG 80 put in the bridge like you i felt the bridge pup was too bright and a little harsh.I have since put in a re issue Gibson Dirty Fingers bridge pup back into instead of the EMG but have never changed the original neck pup also like you i felt this pup was perfect and had a real blues voicing to it.The book matched top is the real deal on these guitars i dont think i have seen a nicer example on any other guitar.Back then Ibanez really wanted to make inroads into the American dominated market and they tried extra hard to top anyone at the time with their finishing work.




Park

Hey Captian

I was half kidding when i asked about you putting in a neck pickup.Although it would be nice for added tone.
From what i can see that guitar looks like a work of art the way it is with the pup slightly angled and the smooth color of it...very space age.I wouldnt change a thing on it!.
And as you mentioned if you have other guitars with both already why take away from the nice lines the roadstar has.
Most of the time when playing live there are only a very few occasions someone would use a neck pickup anyway for the odd solo or rythem part.



Park

'twas the other way round Park ... I traded the DT (together with a Gordon Smith Gypsy-1) for the RS-525 ... which was promptly stolen from me after a band rehearsal about 18 months later, un-insured, in the boot ('trunk') of my crappy run-around Ford. I got the car back, but not the guitar (which was worth 4x the car's value!!).

Look a couple of pages back, I posted some catalogue pics of the same RS model, though in black finish (catalogue colour 'swatches' also posted though ... mine was the "Purple Haze" metallic-flake red-purple with gold hardware). Sorry, but they were discontinued in the late 80s, after Floyd-Rose sued Ibanez over the Pro-Rock'r trem (which was much better than the F-R at the time IMO).

If you can find one ... GRAB IT AT (almost) ANY PRICE!! Beautiful-playing guitars, though you may need to change the pups to suit your taste. Their bodies were also in basswood, btw.

:thumb:

err-rr ... looks like you were editing your post my friend, at the same time that I was quoting it, so my reply seems to wander off topic somewhat :headscratch:

err-rr ... looks like you were editing your post my friend, at the same time that I was quoting it, so my reply seems to wander off topic somewhat


Sorry about edit.I did my homework and looked up your post.Thats why i changed the original.

Hey Captian

My Destoryer originally came with two nickel covered 59's in it stock.I had one of the first production models to come out and had to wait around 6 month's to get it.Around 1985 i had a EMG 80 put in the bridge like you i felt the bridge pup was too bright and a little harsh.I have since put in a re issue Gibson Dirty Fingers bridge pup back into instead of the EMG but have never changed the original neck pup also like you i felt this pup was perfect and had a real blues voicing to it.The book matched top is the real deal on these guitars i dont think i have seen a nicer example on any other guitar.Back then Ibanez really wanted to make inroads into the American dominated market and they tried extra hard to top anyone at the time with their finishing work.

Park

I Px'd my DT at the local music shop in my hometown ... and it was snapped up by another guy in the same town who was distantly known to me. I heard later that because he was p*ssed off with his girlfriend ... and also disappointed with the live sound from his amp at a local club gig, the idiot dipsh*t smashed my beautiful DT into matchwood and burned it at his gig!!! :maddance:

I'da kept it (somehow) if I'd only known what was going to happen to it :brickwall:

err-rr ... looks like you were editing your post my friend, at the same time that I was quoting it, so my reply seems to wander off topic somewhat


Sorry about edit.I did my homework and looked up your post.Thats why i changed the original.

you know it makes sense eventually :thumb:

I Px'd my DT at the local music shop in my hometown ... and it was snapped up by another guy in the same town who was distantly known to me. I heard later that because he was p*ssed off with his girlfriend ... and also disappointed with the live sound from his amp at a local club gig, the idiot dipsh*t smashed my beautiful DT into matchwood and burned it at his gig!!! :maddance:

I'da kept it (somehow) if I'd only known what was going to happen to it :brickwall:

Lets hunt em down! .....that is a serious offence in my book.
I cant stand to see any guitar smashed purposley destroyed.There is no honor in that.

Well lets hope he has to answer for that in his next life.
Park

Here is an old pic of me playing my Destroyer at a gig in the 90's.I cant think of a more rock n roll looking guitar than it.

Here is an old pic of me playing my Destroyer at a gig in the 90's.I cant think of a more rock n roll looking guitar than it.

Looks like a cool gig!

You should post the band pic in the "Post ur pics" thread - may get more response/feedback (sic) there too.

DT looks great. Would look even better close-up!

You should also start a thread of your own upon the DT ... and the rest of your gear (of course) - n/p for me with it being here, but this thread must be about done by now, so you won't get the exposure that's deserved.

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Thanks for the reply Captain ...its nice to talk to someone i can relate to age wise who had similar gear over the years, and is about the same age as me.
I will take down the pic i posted i only wanted to show you my guitar in a band setting that you would be framiliar with.
I guess being new to something like this i might have been a touch overzealous in posting my own pics on others threads.Guess thats always been my problem i charge forward first and ask questions later.
Thanks for the advice about a new thread.

p.s I went to ebay to check out Roadstars( i might just buy one) i wanted to confirm that the one to get is the model that has that Floyd Rose style block and tackle tremolo Right?
I also spotted one that had 3 single coils lace style with a non floating trem as well.( i dont normaly use trem arm's, more of a Gary Moore style player)

Parker

Hey Park ... I've got NO OBJECTION to you posting those pics in 'my' thread and you haven't "tread on my toes" by putting them up here. Hey, it's a discussion forum ain't it? Who said only MY pics in MY thread?

I only meant that if you wan't some feedback from the board on your pics and gear, best to put them up in an separate thread too.

Don't take them down from this one on my account, they're welcome! (see stingx's pic earlier too). :thumb:

There's a multitude of Roadstar models btw ... mine was only one of them, but all well-made.



Thanks for the reply Captain ...its nice to talk to someone i can relate to age wise who had similar gear over the years, and is about the same age as me.
I will take down the pic i posted i only wanted to show you my guitar in a band setting that you would be framiliar with.
I guess being new to something like this i might have been a touch overzealous in posting my own pics on others threads.Guess thats always been my problem i charge forward first and ask questions later.
Thanks for the advice about a new thread.

p.s I went to ebay to check out Roadstars( i might just buy one) i wanted to confirm that the one to get is the model that has that Floyd Rose style block and tackle tremolo Right?
I also spotted one that had 3 single coils lace style with a non floating trem as well.( i dont normaly use trem arm's, more of a Gary Moore style player)

Parker

Hey Captain.

I Understand the advice you were giving me hope you didn't take it the wrong way.I had posted a pic on another thread and after thinking about it for awhile i took it off as well...I am new to listing on a site like this and was just feeling a little unsure as to what the protocol's were and thought it best to maybe just watch people post and see how it all works.

Thanks again for the reply.
Park