Saturday, December 25, 2010

Headstock finishes

Some time ago, while I was in one of the guitar stores here, I overheard the frustration of one Ibanez fan who was wishing for a matching headstock-body finish for the RG3550 as seen above. Everything was so right for him less the black headstock.

The RG3250 in Japan sports a matching body-headstock finish. It's rather unfortunate that such a desirable model is available elsewhere but here. Ibanez should offer a limited availability for its regional exclusive models instead of having none at all in foreign markets. The body-headstock finish should also be matching for more models as this proves to be more desirable for many of us; we want more uniformity in our instruments' finish. This is why we subconsciously embrace black guitars- because the black headstock matches the body.

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