[ZeroSignal]

Ok. Here's the translations for the Ibanez Model Numbers.

(Disclaimer: This only really applies to guitars made 2003 and on)

Examples:

RG8427F = Roadstar Guitar, J. Custom, Made In Japan, 2 pickups, 7 string w/trem, flame maple top.

RG320FM = Roadstar Guitar, Made In Korea/Indonesia, 2 pickups, w/trem, flame maple top.

There are some inconsistencies in the model numbers that are unexplainable (like SZ's with the 0 digit but no trem and other random stuff) and these only really apply to RG, S, SA, SZ and some AX series guitars as the others just seem to increase with the sophistication of the guitar.

GRG = Gio Roadstar Guitar
GSA = Gio Sabre A (?)
GSZ = Gio Sabre Z (?)
RG = Roadstar Guitar
RGT = Roadstar Guitar Through Neck
RGA = Roadstar Guitar Arched Top
RGR = Roadstar Guitar Reverse Headstock
S = Sabre Series
SA = Sabre Arched Top
SV = Sabre Vintage
SZ/SZR = Sabre Z (?)



Prestige Model Numbers:
Codes:
--8### = J. Custom
--4### = Made In Japan (MIJ)/Korea (MIK) Prestige
--3### = J. Custom/Special Edition
--2### = MIJ Prestige (higher quality than "1"?)
--1### = MIJ Prestige

(N.B. 1. I think the construction standard increases with the number. 2. I can't figure out what the second number means on prestige codes.)

--##7# = 3 Pickups (p/u) H-S-H
--##6# = 3 p/u H-S-S
--##5# = 3 p/u H-S-H
--##2# = 2 p/u H-H
--##1# = 1 p/u H

--###8 = Prestige 8-String
--###7 = Prestige 7-String w/trem
--###71 = Prestige 7-String w/o trem
--###0 = Tremolo System

Prestige Suffixes:
A = Ash Body
AB = Ash Burl Top
E = Sharktooth Inlays
F = Flamed Maple Top
FB = Figured Bubinga Top
FW = Figured Poplar Top
G = Roland Equipped
H = Mahogany Body
L = Left-Handed
Q = Quilted Maple Top
X = L. R. Baggs Piezo Equipped
Z = Edge-Zero tremolo system


Non-Prestige Model Numbers:

Codes:

--7### = 7-String

--#6## = MIJ
--#4## = MIJ/K
--#3## = MI Korea/Indonesia
--#2## = MI China

--##7# = 3 Pickups(p/u) H-S-H
--##6# = 3 p/u H-S-S
--##5# = 3 p/u H-S-H
--##2# = 2 p/u H-H
--##1# = 1 p/u H

--###1 = Fixed Bridge
--###0 = Tremolo System

Non-Prestige Suffixes:
B = Basswood
DX = Deluxe (?) Sharktooth Inlays
EX = Extreme (?) Inlays / EMG Equipped / 27" scale
FM = Flamed Maple Top
FX = Fixed Bridge
L = Left-Handed
M = Maple Neck
MH = Mahogany Body
QM = Quilted Maple Top

There you go... I figured it out a while ago with the help of a jemsite article on 7-Strings and I needed to put it somewhere...

And before you ask... Shits And Giggles. ( / )

[OzzyC]

BTW, RG = Rigid Guitar.

[ZeroSignal]

Originally Posted by OzzyC

BTW, RG = Rigid Guitar.

[OzzyC]

Originally Posted by ZeroSignal

That's what the History of Ibanez book says, IIRC.

[ZeroSignal]

Hmmm... Interesting...

Any links?

I googled 'Ibanez "rigid guitar"' and got nothing except guitar cases!

[Toshiro]

I was under the impression that RG was Roadstar Guitar, since that's what they were before the Jem, a rename of the Roadstar.

[ZeroSignal]

I need links!

I'm going to update and alter this until it's all right! I put a (?) after anything I'm not totally sure of...

[Toshiro]

You're forgetting lot's of non-current models that destroy some of the "rules".

RG5xx.
RG7xx.

An RG770 had sharkteeth and binding. An RG770DX had a maple board, colormatched sharkteeth and binding.

S540. There were about 5+ different models of S540, some of them H-S-S, some H-S-H.

From 1994 to 1997 RG4xx guitars were made in Korea. From 1994 till the present all S4xx guitars were/are.

Seriously, Ibanez breaks their own "rules" on a regular basis. The list itself might drive you nuts to get it correct.

Catalog shots of Roadstar's called RGs and RGs called Roadstars:
1986
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1986/p05.jpg
1988
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/...oadstar5_3.jpg
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/...oadstar5_4.jpg

[ZeroSignal]

Originally Posted by Toshiro

You're forgetting lot's of non-current models that destroy some of the "rules".

RG5xx.
RG7xx.

An RG770 had sharkteeth and binding. An RG770DX had a maple board, colormatched sharkteeth and binding.

S540. There were about 5+ different models of S540, some of them H-S-S, some H-S-H.

From 1994 to 1997 RG4xx guitars were made in Korea. From 1994 till the present all S4xx guitars were/are.

Seriously, Ibanez breaks their own "rules" on a regular basis. The list itself might drive you nuts to get it correct.

Catalog shots of Roadstar's called RGs and RGs called Roadstars:
1986
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1986/p05.jpg
1988
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/...oadstar5_3.jpg
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/...oadstar5_4.jpg

Well I used the modern Ibanez model numbers so they don't really count.

Roadstar -> fixed!

[Toshiro]

Better put a disclaimer on it stating that the list is only from 2003 on, or so, and you need to change this:

--#4## = MIJ

Because the S470, and RGT42's are both Made in Korea. The last MIJ 4xx series were the RG470s and RG7420/21, which are both long gone.