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RBM10BK
Reb Beach Signature Model
SN: N/A YEAR: N/A OWNER: © Ibanez Catalogue 1994 USA

Details & History

 

BODY MAHOGANY
NECK RBM ALL ACCESS
1Pc MAPLE
SCALE
FRETBOARD ROSEWOOD
INLAY PEARL DOT
BRIDGE LO TRS I
HARDWARE GOLD
PICKUP CONFIG H-S-S
PICKUP'S SB10 (N)
SB10 (M)
HB10 (B)
CONTROL 1VOL 1TONE
5WAY
FINISHES BK (BLACK)
EG (EMERALD GREEN)

 

 

SN: F402859 YEAR: 1994 OWNER: Nicholas Crowson

Details & History

I bought this guitar of ebay.com a month or two ago from a guy in Germany who could barely speak / write English so I was a little bit worried about what I would actually expect to receive from the couriers. Having a poorly photographed guitar described as 'bran num' via email is a little worrying!!
The guitar was actually brand new (no dings or anything) and even had still had plastic film over the pickguard. The condition is truly amazing. I'm assuming it had sat in a warehouse for years!!
The whole thing cost me in the region of £ 460 inc. postage to UK.
It does look a little different from the catalogue poster you have shown-

* The rear pickmounting (?) plate is gold
* The Ibanez logo is gold
* The fine tuners on the trem are also gold
* The trem also looks a little different. It looks identical to the Lo-Pro on my DNA and Burnt Jem.

The pickups are pretty crap and offer little tonal variety even using the coil-tap. Clean sounds are very lifeless, but heavy crunch distortion and sustaining lead tones sound passable. It looks a little different with the body cutaway and the headstock with the gold tuning pegs and gold Ibanez logo looks very cool (I couldn't part with the guitar just because of how cool this looks!!). The whole things screams 'Metallica style metal' just on looks alone!
It might not be the classiest looking guitar or best sounding ever BUT there's something about those quirky looks and comfortable neck which feels so good. But, hey its still nowhere near as cool as my DNA!!

Nick

 

 

SN: N/A YEAR: 1995 OWNER: 1995 Catalogue Shot

Details & History

A little about the history of the RBM by Jimi D

The RBM Voyager models were introduced in 1991, I think... The first available models were the RBM1 and RBM2 - the RBM2 was the Koa "signature" guitar, and 150 of them were signed and numbered by Reb... no one's really sure but there's probably less than 500-600 RBM2s around, and some estimates are considerably smaller than that. In 1994, the original Japanese RBM models were replaced by the Korean RBM10 and RBM400 - the RBM10 was a true Korean RG guitar, and suffers from crap pickups and the TRS Trem... The RBM400 is basically an RBM1 with natural finish. They stopped making them after 1995. Reb is now with John Suhr Guitars. The dates here are tentative, but I can confirm them. Jimi D

 

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