Namm 2025 predictions

[GTR37]

And here as a website:

New Gear for 2025 | NEWS | Ibanez guitars

New Gear for 2025

www.ibanez.com

Honestly pretty boring lineup. I like the green flame top AS93FM.

I kind of like the Tom Quayle but I am not sure about the pickups , we have very different styles

 

[saarangnarayan]

pretty boring lineup

I was told by someone at Ibanez that this is only part of the new lineup. There will be more stuff probably at NAMM or in a couple of months’ time. They’ve been doing staggered monthly releases for the last couple of years anyway. The early-January catalogue for the year hasn’t been a thing since 2022.

 

[DrewJD82]

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I say it every fucking year, “Why do I keep getting my hopes up that they’re going to release anything appealing?”

They still have the sig models to announce at NAMM and generally have 3rd quarter releases, but this was abysmal.

 

[norminal]

I will say that this one is pretty bad-ass:



The only thing I’d change is the pickups (and logo) to nickel or chrome. I loathe gold on any guitar.

 

[norminal]

I say it every fucking year, “Why do I keep getting my hopes up that they’re going to release anything appealing?”

I’ve found Ibanez’s line pretty boring since the late 90’s. Probably why I only buy and own their guitars from that era.

 

[DrewJD82]

I’ve found Ibanez’s line pretty boring since the late 90’s. Probably why I only buy and own their guitars from that era.

I just said it at Sevenstring earlier this week, their last great year was ‘98. Once skunk stripes started showing up* it was a quick road the Edge Pro and since then they’ve just put out junk or just nothing interesting at all. The AZ line has been a hit for them, but I have zero interest in them.

*There’s no issues with the skunk stripes, it’s just the period they stopped making one-piece necks and the guitars felt different ever since. 90’s MIJ or GTFO.

 

[the-trooper]

Fender and Gibson reading last two pages of thread

 

[DrewJD82]

I will say that this one is pretty bad-ass:



The only thing I’d change is the pickups (and logo) to nickel or chrome. I loathe gold on any guitar.

That one is pretty cool and it looks like they’re paying attention to Solar with those specs. There’s no way Solar isn’t eating into their sales at this point.

I also dig the pale moon ebony S series, I just don’t dig the S body for actual playing because it feels like playing an actual pancake.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

I hear there's gonna be some new killer tube/ss preamp from some company named "ADA"...

 

[norminal]

I hear there's gonna be some new killer tube/ss preamp from some company named "ADA"...

2025: The Year Of The Re-Issue

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

2025: The Year Of The Re-Issue

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