Details & History
I really did not plan on buying this guitar. Really. But Dave (guitar-playin' partner in crime) had to drag me out to Guitar Center to do some shopping for accessories. Then I saw this hanging on the wall. I successfully avoided it for at least 10 minutes, but then I just had to play it. Surprisingly, I was able to give it back to the sales rep and walk out of the store, but I'd only been home for 30 seconds when I called the sales rep back and told him I wanted it. I'd really been hoping for an RG7-CSTVV with the piezo pickups, but the laws of supply and demand were making them hard to find and upwards of $2000 to own (just a little steep, IMHO). This contrasts nicely to the UV777... the mahogany body is a lot warmer than the basswood, and the direct-mounted pickups provide much more clarity. I recently upgraded the pickups to the Dimarzio PAF 7/Tone Zone 7 combination, and now this is probably the best sounding seven string in the world!
| Body | Mahogany with AAA flamed maple top |
| Neck | Maple neck with bubinga stripe, all-access neck joint, 25.5" scale |
| Fretboard |
Rosewood, 24 frets with abalone offset dot inlays |
| Pickups | (2) Dimarzio humbuckers--PAF 7 DP759 (N) & Tone Zone 7 DP755 (B)-- direct mounted!! |
| Controls | 1 volume, 1 tone, special 5-way switch |
| Finish |
Vintage violin (transparent) with natural binding
Ebony headstock with abalone Ibanez logo Tortoiseshell covers for trem/control cavities on back Black chrome hardware |
| Trem | Lo-pro Edge 7 with locking nut |
| Mods |
Original pickups were Dimarzio New 7's.
Black straploks installed |
| Other misc. stuff | Only 24 were produced |
| Serial number | #F9937306 |
| Production year | 1999 |
| Year acquired | 1999 |
| Made in | Japan |
| From |
Guitar
Center Cincinnati, OH |
| More Specs |
Ibanez
website Jemsite.com Dimarzio website |
| *If any specs are not correct, please let me know... I got most of these figures off the 'net and by word-of-mouth, so they may not be 100% accurate, and I may just be ignorant enough to believe it. | |
