Snipped ring

To the unsuspecting guitar wielder, the Ibanez S-series guitars saw a simple, 2 fret addition- there's nothing to it, yes?

But be informed that due to the additional 2 frets in the current generation of S-series guitars, the pickup mounting ring was snipped at the factory to make way for the extension. The picture above also shows the neck extension which aligns itself with the cavity wall so we know that it's not an overhanging fretboard extension instead.