Details & History
ALRIGHT HERE WE GO, THIS IS THE STORY OF THIS GUITARS LIFE AS I KNOW IT!!!!! THIS IS AN IBANEZ RBM 10 (REB BEACH MODEL, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, REB BEACH PLAYED WITH WINGER IN THE LATE 80'S/EARLY 90'S AS WELL AS BEING A PROMINENT STUDIO MUSICIAN). IBANEZ MADE THREE VERSIONS OF THESE GUITARS AT THE TIME, AN RBM 1(MOST EXPENSIVE APPROX COST NEW: 1200.00), AN RBM 10(NEXT IN LINE IN QUALITY, NOT QUITE AS ORNATE WOOD AND SUCH, APPROX COST NEW: 900.00) AND THE RBM 100(CHEAPER VERSION OF THE RBM SERIES, APPROX COST NEW: UNKNOWN). THIS IS AN RBM 10, SERIAL NUMBER: C5052555, I ORDERED THIS GUITAR NEW ABOUT 1992 OR 93, IN 1994 I WAS IN A FINANCIAL PINCH SO I TOOK IT AND AN AMP I HAD TO A LOCAL PAWN SHOP AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I LOST THE GUITAR. I WAS SICK ABOUT THIS AND WISHED I HADN'T DONE IT, BUT NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK, RIGHT!!! WELL, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO I HAPPENED TO BE IN THE SAME PAWN SHOP AND LO AND BEHOLD THEIR SITS MY GUITAR (NO AMP THOUGH, I COULDN'T BE THAT LUCKY). I KNEW IT HAD TO BE MINE BECAUSE OF A SCRATCH THAT I PUT ON IT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CORD INLET AND IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE PAWN SHOP RECORDS THAT IT WAS INDEED MY OLD AXE. WHOEVER HAD IT IN THE MEANTIME TOOK DECENT CARE OF IT BUT IT DOES SHOW THE WEAR AND TEAR OF AN ALMOST 10 YEAR OLD GUITAR. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO SAY THAT IT SOUNDS AND PLAYS EXCELLENT, THE NECK IS STRAIGHT AND ALL THE ELECTRONICS ARE THERE AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE CASE SHOWS THE BRUNT OF THE WEAR AND TEAR, IT APPEARS THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE KEY FOR THE CASE WAS LOST AND THE MIDDLE CLASP WAS "REMOVED" (READ: BROKE OFF), THE CASE ALSO HAS SOME SCUFF MARKS BUT THAT IS WHAT A CASE IS FOR, TO TAKE THE HITS THE GUITAR CANNOT!!! NOW FOR WHAT IS WRONG ON THE GUITAR: THE MOST OBVIOUS FAULT WITH THIS GUITAR IS THE FACT THAT THE BONEHEAD WHO OWNED IT IN THE INTERIM MANAGED TO STRIP ONE OF THE NECK SCREWS, WHY THEY FELT THEY NEEDED TO REMOVE THE NECK IS BEYOND ME BUT I WASN'T THERE SO THEY MAY HAVE HAD A LEGITIMATE REASON, I HAVE SINCE REPLACED IT WITH A BIGGER SCREW AND IT IS JUST FINE NOW EXCEPT THAT IT IS A DIFFERENT COLOR AND NOT EXACTLY THE SAME SCREW. I CHECKED WITH THE LOCAL IBANEZ DEALER ABOUT GETTING A NEW NECK AND THEY TOLD ME I SHOULD GO BUY A BIGGER SCREW AS IBANEZ WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO CUSTOM MAKE THE NECK SINCE IT'S NOT A CURRENT PRODUCTION GUITAR ANYMORE, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO PICK ME UP OFF THE FLOOR WHEN THEY TOLD ME WHAT IT WOULD COST!!!!!! I CAN SAY HOWEVER THAT IT IN NO WAY EFFECTS THE PLAYABILITY OF THE GUITAR AT ALL. THE GUITAR HAS IT'S SHARE OF LITTLE SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE, THE WORST OF WHICH I INCLUDED WITH THE PHOTO'S. THE NATURAL FINISH OF THE GUITAR REALLY HIDES THEM WELL AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY LOOK FOR THEM TO SEE THEM. THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE GUITAR ARE: SOLID MAHOGANY BODY WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED NATURAL SATIN FINISH, 22 FRET MAPLE NECK WITH ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD, FRETS ARE IN OVERALL GOOD SHAPE WITH NO MAJOR WEAR ON THEM, ALL ACCESS NECK JOINT, IBANEZ DOUBLE LOCKING LO TRS 2 TREM WITH THE BAR, IT HAS A HUMBUCKER-SINGLE-SINGLE CONFIGURATION ALTHOUGH THE TWO SINGLE COIL PICK-UPS ARE DUAL RAIL, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IBANEZ CALLED THESE PARTICULAR PICK-UPS BUT THEY ARE THE STOCK ONES THAT CAME ON IT, ONE VOLUME KNOB, 5-WAY SELECTOR SWITCH WITH A TOGGLE SWITCH TO SPLIT THE HUMBUCKER, ALL HARDWARE IS GOLD EXCEPT THE WHAMMY BAR, IT'S BLACK BUT ALSO THE STOCK ONE THAT CAME WITH IT. NOW THIS BRINGS US TO WHY I'M SELLING THIS GUITAR, I RECENTLY PURCHASE A LATE 80'S TO EARLY 90'S NECK THRU ESP M-1 TIGER, LIKE GEORGE LYNCH USED TO USE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, I CURRENTLY HAVE MY EYE ON ANOTHER ONE AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO PURCHASE THIS GUITAR, I HAVE TO LET ONE GO, SO THERE IT IS!!!! IF YOUR LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW HOW FICKLE GUITAR PLAYERS CAN BE, AND HOW THEIR ALLEGIANCES RUN PRETTY SHALLOW SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO EQUIPMENT, THERE ISN'T A GUITAR PLAYER I KNOW WHO HASN'T SACRIFICED ONE GUITAR TO GET ANOTHER ONE, DON'T TRY TO HIDE IT, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE :-)!!!!!!! BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. I WANT MY BABY TO GO TO A GOOD HOME, SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF HER AND TREAT HER RIGHT!!!! THIS GUITAR WITH THE RIGHT AMP HAS TONE AND SUSTAIN THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A MAHOGANY BODIED INSTRUMENT, IT'S A VERY GOOD PLAYING GUITAR AND SOUNDS AWESOME.
{Wow thats a great story. Can anyone top it? Ed!}
