NAMM 2020: Ibanez has gotten its new year off to a strong start with a slew of fresh releases ahead of Winter NAMM 2020. The brand has added a total of 19 new s to its catalogue for this year’s January convention.
The updated AEG series is championed by the AEG200, which sports a solid Sitka spruce top, okoume back and sides, nyatoh neck and Ovangkol bridge and fingerboard. It also comes with an Ibanez T-bar undersaddle pickup and AEQ-TTS preamp complete with onboard tuner.
The middle-child of the AEG line-up comes with a flamed maple top, sapele back and sides, nyatoh neck, and walnut bridge and fingerboard. The AEG70 comes with the same electronics as the AEG200, along with Ibanez Advantage bridge pins and chrome die-cast tuners.
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The AEG62 is an entry-level that comes with a sapele top, back and sides. A nyatoh neck and walnut fingerboard complete the tonewood profile while the electronics set-up continue with the Ibanez T-bar and AEQ-TTS.
The AEG50 is another entry-level offering but trades the sapele top of the AEG62 for spruce. It is also available as a nylon-string .
The new Ibanez Artwood s are divvied up into two grand concerts (ACFS580CE and ACFS300CE), a dreadnought (AWFS300CE) and a grand concert baritone (ACFS380BT). All models feature a solid spruce top, five-piece pau ferro/mahogany neck and either pau ferro or okoume back and sides.
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Another consistent feature across all four models is the use of Ibanez’s DP1 preamp and T-bar undersaddle and block contact pickup system, which adds in a pickup at the neck joint. Stereo outputs also allow users the option to run both pickups through a mono signal or split the undersaddle and block contact pickups to separate outputs.
The first AZ model to feature an all-ash body, the AZ2202A Prestige also comes with an S-Tech roasted maple fingerboard, dual Seymour Duncan Hyperion humbuckers and Ibanez’s dyna-MIX10 switching system, which delivers 10 unique pickup combinations for various voicing options.
The AZ2204B Prestige sports the same dyna-MIX10 switching system and Seymour Duncan Hyperion pickups as the AZ2202A, but exchanges the neck humbucker for two single coils. This Super Strat-style also comes with Gotoh Magnum Lock tuners with height-adjustable posts and a Gotoh T1802 tremolo bridge.
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The five new AZ Premium s come with either poplar burl or Bocote top, but otherwise continue to feature the same specifications as the traditional AZ Premium series like basswood bodies, roasted maple necks, Seymour Duncan Hyperion pickups, and Gotoh hardware.
The limited-edition RG6PPBFX Premium comes with a standard American basswood body and features a Wizard neck made from 11 pieces of maple, walnut and purpleheart. Its pickups are a set of coloured Bare Knuckle Aftermath humbuckers that match the ’s Tropical Seafloor finish, and also comes wired to a coil-tap switch for greater tonal versatility. The RG6PPBFX Premium is one of the few non-multi-scale s to feature Ibanez’s mono-rail fixed bridge.
The new regular production RGs feature American basswood bodies, poplar burl tops and 11-piece Wizard necks. The complementing DiMarzio Covered Fusion Edge humbuckers can also be coil-tapped like the RG6PPBFX Premium via a switch located on the lower bout of the body. The RG1121PB and seven-string RG1127PBFX come with mono-rail fixed bridges akin to the RG6PPBFX Premium, while the RG1120PBZ uses the Edge-Zero II tremolo along with the dyna-MIX10 switching system.NAMM 2020: The dust is almost settling on the Anaheim Convention Center, where we came, saw and conquered this year’s NAMM Show. Here are our favourite electric s – plus one acoustic! – that we managed to demo or check out in the four days in sunny California.
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Unsurprisingly, Dennis Fano’s Solus earns a spot on this list. The Novo is another sophisticated and immaculately finished offset-bodied six-string, powered by a single Fralin T-style single-coil in the bridge position (also available as a P-90 version). Other specs include a tempered maple neck, a 9.5-inch-radius rosewood fretboard, clay dots, 22 frets and an unbleached bone nut.
Eastman’s SB55/v-SB is a roaring rock ’n’ roll beast. The brand keeps it simple and straightforward for this single-cut, opting for a cap-less okoume mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck, ebony pickguard and a single Lollar Dog Ear P-90 to supply the muscle.
At long last, Tom Morello’s not-so-secret Fender signature Strat was shown to the world at NAMM 2020. The Soul Power Stratocaster is based on a modified Designer Series Strat, and features a raft of mods and customisations that the Rage Against The Machine noisenik himself uses. These include a kill-switch toggle, a recessed Floyd Rose trem system and that iconic Soul Power decal.
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Gibson’s show-stopping Non-reverse Firebirds, whose Maestro Vibrola trem and vintage-inspired colours made them some of our favourite s of the show. According to the brand, it intentionally chose these bright colours to almost give the Firebird a “pawn shop” look.
Taylor‘s Grand Orchestra series adapts the V-class bracing construction for use in the brand’s biggest and deepest body shape, improving sustain and dynamic range. In addition to V-class, the new 618e features figured maple back and sides with a Sitka spruce top.
The Comet is the latest addition to Harmony‘s Standard Series, and is based on the 60s-era H-72. Interestingly, this is also the rejuvenated brand’s first-ever semi-hollow design. It sports Harmony’s gold foil pickups – tuned for a warmer and fuller tone – and a double-cutaway mahogany body with a mahogany set neck.
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, the Fender Rocky Stratocaster is an acid trip of an electric . It’s designed by Paul Waller – the master builder studied the actual, original instrument – and shares the same body, pickups, wiring and asymmetrical C neck shape of Harrison’s Strat.
One of D’Angelico‘s rarest s, the Deluxe Bedford SH is a three-pickup semi-hollow of which only 100 will be made. It features a basswood body, a three-piece maple/walnut/maple satin-finished neck and an ebony fingerboard. Electronics-wise, the uses two Seymour Duncan STR-52 Five-Two’s in the neck and middle positions, and a Seymour Duncan SM-1b mini-humbucker in the bridge.
Gibson has announced a massive overhaul of its Epiphone brand for NAMM 2020. Arguably the most notable of the changes is the introduction of a new larger ‘Kalamazoo’ headstock shape for its Epiphone Les Paul and SG models.
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From the Epiphone Modern Collection, the Les Paul Standard Figured has a weight relief mahogany body on which a figured top sits. Coil-split ProBucker pickups power the – which lists for only $699.
The Trinity is Relish’s first foray into the mass market. The Swiss company has partnered an Indonesian maker – PT Cort – to produce this solidbody that features its innovative pickup-swapping system. It ships with two Relish Buckers, but single-coil and P-90 units can be fitted, too.NAMM 2020: Day One of Winter NAMM 2020 in sunny Anaheim, California is over, but our ears continue to ring from the cacophony of the show. We covered quite a bit of ground today, visiting brands big and small to check out all the cool gear they were launching, from retro-vibe s to unexpected signature collaborations to spanking new stompboxes. Listed here are 10 of our top picks of today:
The long-awaited Fender Acoustasonic Stratocaster is finally here. The beautiful instrument combines a hollow construction with innovative electronics to deliver hum-free Strat-inspired acoustic and electric tones. Listen to it above. Also, check out some of Fender Custom Shop’s crazy new creations here.
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Definitely one of our favourites of the show so far, the Gibson 60th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standards will be available in three variations: V1, V2 and V3. Here we check out two V1s – which features the same specs as a ’59 Les Paul – one in an “unfaded” finish and another in an Antiquity Burst finish.
Eastman‘s gorgeous new thinline is the Romeo-SC. It features a solid spruce top with mahogany laminate sides and back, a maple neck and 12-inch-radius ebony fretboard. Tone is provided by a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack single-coil in the neck and a Seymour Duncan Humbucker in the bridge positions.
One of the most exciting NAMM 2020 developments so far has been Gibson’s massive overhaul of its Epiphone brand. Key in this overhaul is the new larger headstock shape for its Gibson-derived Epiphone Les Paul and SG models. These include the Epiphone Les Paul Junior, Les Paul Special, SG Special, Les Paul Standard 50s, Les Paul Standard 60s, SG Standard and 61 SG Standard w/Maestro. Take a closer look in the video above.
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After doing the rounds on the rumour mill, the Fender Tom Morello Soul Power Stratocaster has finally made a proper appearance. The features a number of customisations favoured by Morello, from a recessed Floyd Rose locking tremolo system to a HSS pickup configuration and even a kill-switch toggle. Check it out here.
Martin‘s biggest launch of the show is the SC-13E, which aims to to bridge the boundaries of electric and acoustic . The new features an offset shape and is targetted at more experimental and boundary-pushing six-string players.
2020 brings about three new pedals for Teisco’s growing collection. The Overdrive and Distortion are self-explanatory additions to the brand’s analogue stompbox family, while
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