20th Anniversary Ibanez RG's

[Glave]

I'd have total GAS over this if I didn't already own a 88 black RG 560. Bought it new and slapped an old DiMarzio SD in it. Been my main axe for almost 20 years.

[bsteff666]

I will be interested to see these. Yep, those RG's were everywhere in 87-88.

My first real electric guitar that wasn't a Cort or Hondo or other crap was a black with black pickguard & rosewood board RG550...none more black.
I eventually added the green Dimarzio pickups & knobs to look more like a JEM. Good memories.

[JBall008]

Street price of around $1,000 is not that bad for a limited anniversary model. And, it looks like one of the colors is going to be black. And, I think two will have maple boards and one will have rosewood.

I believe the colors have been leaked and you're right, one of the colors will be black. The other two are Weathered Black, and Matte Black

[markD]

BLACK?!?!?! ughhhh....count me out. i HATE black guitars.

[rjohnstone]

BLACK?!?!?! ughhhh....count me out. i HATE black guitars.

That's why they make this stuff called paint.
I may get one and paint it neon pink and green.

[markD]

hahaha, too much work. by the time i did all that, i could buy a used one and hotrod it.....like i used to do!! if i am dropping cash on a new guitar i don't want to change it. that is why i started buying USA jacksons....they had everything i want right off the shelf.

[Mikernaut2]

I'm just making my own 20th aniversary Rg550 I got a carotene orange body, maple neck ,neon yellow pickguard, throwing some emgs in it, just waiting for the damn 3 position pickup selector to arrive from some slooooow Ebay seller.

Although it would be tempting to get a neon green Rg if they make one in that color. I do like the roadflare red as well but its pretty simular to carotene orange so I dont think I would spend another $1k just for it.

Werent these about $600-$700 back in the day. Guess we have to consider inflation but I sure as hell wouldnt buy a plain Rg in black.

[Trypp Powell]

I bought one in October of 1987 for $450.00, new, as a present to myself for my 16th birthday. The store I had gotten it in about about three weeks before they received one of the 1st Jems.

I still have that guitar, and use it for the occassional detuned song or two.

Mine is a neon pink (I don't recall ever seeing the roadflare red) with a maple board.

I would like a neon green one, but not for $1000.00

That was the year that RG's took off, so it is kind of cool that Ibanez is doing this.

I remember skipping school back then and riding up to Atlanta Discount Music and they had a friggin huge rack of RG's.

I still prefer the Jackson SL-1 (if I could only have one guitar, the SL-1 would be it), but the RG's are cool for what they are/were.

[diablomozart]

the neon pink was called roadflare red...they also came in desert sun yellow...white...black...damn i coulda swore there was at least one or two more colors thast first year...carotene orange came a year later...followed by a veritable cornucopia of colors after that...one of my friends has an original road flare red 550 after all these years...d.m.

[rjohnstone]

I have the first RG560 that was ever painted Jewel Blue from the factory... and yea... it's an '87. It became a standard color in 88 or 89 I think.

[Trypp Powell]

Thanks for the info-all these years I though it was pink.

[BTB007]

[BTB007]

Notice these will have an "Original" Edge reissue trem. I'm not sure if these have the AANJ or not, though. And, also not sure about the pickups yet.

[markD]

sweet!! the yellow one is MINE!!!!

[Econ]

Does anyone know if they will have the original wizard neck or will they have the wizard 2 neck profile?