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Blazer · April 28th, 2007, 06:38 PM

As I stated in my Gibson Corvus post, I didn't end up buying it. But that shop DID carry something else that caught my eye.

According to the Ibanezrules site, this is an RS 225CB in "Cosmos Blue" and is was in need of some TLC. The non-original bridge pickup (A Dimarzio, I checked that) was wired the wrong way, the frame of the neck pickup was broken and the backplate and the vibrato arm are AWOL. I payed 175 bucks for it.

But after a pit stop and a cleaning job, I found out that this Ibby is a very comfortable player, it has a nice fat neck and the uncontoured tele-like body doesn't feel blocky at all. Best of all, this guitar sounds killer, that Dimarzio really blazes.

I siad it before I'll say it again, old Ibanez Roadstars are killer guitars, grab then while they are still affordable.

studio1087 · April 29th, 2007, 01:43 AM

Early 80's??

Very cool. I love searching "Ibanez Blazer" blazer on ebay. I would love to have one of the Strat style guitars that Adrian Belew played. I had a blue one when I was 20.

Cool guitars.

Cassidy · April 29th, 2007, 02:34 AM

Nice catch, I'd love to have that one as a "companion" for mine... a Roadstar II RS135 from 1985. Mine's got three single coils and a phase switch, and I do have the trem bar. They're awesome...

Cassidy

Tim Armstrong · April 29th, 2007, 03:13 AM

I had a Roadstar II with a pair of humbuckers and a vintage strat-style bridge a while back. Like yours, a pawnshop prize (I think I paid around $130 for it in 1995). Mine was sunburst on the ugliest wood imagineable, even stranger was that it was a veneer! I spray painted it teal, and it was a fun guitar.

A few years later I gave it to a friend who had helped me out of a couple of jams...

I miss it!

Cheers, Tim

6942 · April 29th, 2007, 09:10 AM

Blazer, congrats!!
Your guitar looks great!!
In fact, it looks almost identical to my guitar: A 1986, MIJ, Westone Spectrum ST.
I wonder if they were made in the same factory?

Steve

Blazer · April 29th, 2007, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6942

Blazer, congrats!!
Your guitar looks great!!
In fact, it looks almost identical to my guitar: A 1986, MIJ, Westone Spectrum ST.
I wonder if they were made in the same factory?

Steve

Nope, Westones were made by Matsumoku and Ibanez by Fuji-gen, so they're not from the same factory and frankly that don't look as much alike either.

maestrovert · April 29th, 2007, 02:05 PM

This one's pretty cool.... Linkie

Blazer · April 29th, 2007, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maestrovert

This one's pretty cool.... Linkie

Well that one SHOULD look like this.
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/...artist/p08.jpg

It seems that the one in your pic has a pickguard added.

maestrovert · April 29th, 2007, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blazer

Well that one SHOULD look like this.
http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/...artist/p08.jpg

It seems that the one in your pic has a pickguard added.

Is that a problem ?

i sure hope not !

Anyways perhaps you noticed how it's mounted....if you didn't, look close.......
it's a completely reversible mod, no extra holes drilled.

it's not mine b.t.w., just a cool pic i happened across

Poppatwang · April 29th, 2007, 03:51 PM

Won mine in a drawing 20 years ago. It's PINK!

austintele · April 30th, 2007, 12:51 AM

I bought a natural blazer(like a roadstar) last nov for 160.00 and it's great.

Strat layout, light, two piece body, and plays great

Sarge · April 30th, 2007, 09:53 AM

I bought an 85 RoadStar RS 335, a nice sounding strat style guitar with 2 buckers, white with white binding for $150...a great deal. Also got an 83 Ibanez RS1010 SL, archtop Lukather...what an axe!

April 28th, 2007, 06:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blazer Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,820	I bought a vintage Ibanez roadstar today. As I stated in my Gibson Corvus post, I didn't end up buying it. But that shop DID carry something else that caught my eye. According to the Ibanezrules site, this is an RS 225CB in "Cosmos Blue" and is was in need of some TLC. The non-original bridge pickup (A Dimarzio, I checked that) was wired the wrong way, the frame of the neck pickup was broken and the backplate and the vibrato arm are AWOL. I payed 175 bucks for it. But after a pit stop and a cleaning job, I found out that this Ibby is a very comfortable player, it has a nice fat neck and the uncontoured tele-like body doesn't feel blocky at all. Best of all, this guitar sounds killer, that Dimarzio really blazes. I siad it before I'll say it again, old Ibanez Roadstars are killer guitars, grab then while they are still affordable. __________________ "I reject your reality and subsitute my own." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters

April 29th, 2007, 01:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
studio1087 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: May 2003 Location: Near Milwaukee Age: 45 Posts: 6,390 34 Photos	Early 80's?? Very cool. I love searching "Ibanez Blazer" blazer on ebay. I would love to have one of the Strat style guitars that Adrian Belew played. I had a blue one when I was 20. Cool guitars. __________________ John

April 29th, 2007, 03:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA Age: 50 Posts: 13,148	I had a Roadstar II with a pair of humbuckers and a vintage strat-style bridge a while back. Like yours, a pawnshop prize (I think I paid around $130 for it in 1995). Mine was sunburst on the ugliest wood imagineable, even stranger was that it was a veneer! I spray painted it teal, and it was a fun guitar. A few years later I gave it to a friend who had helped me out of a couple of jams... I miss it! Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

April 29th, 2007, 03:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Poppatwang Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,099 13 Photos	Won mine in a drawing 20 years ago. It's PINK! __________________ The Dieselfitters http://www.dieselfitters.com Roy Hubbs http://www.royhubbs.com

April 30th, 2007, 09:53 AM	#12 (permalink)
Sarge Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pgh,Pa Age: 54 Posts: 3,550	I bought an 85 RoadStar RS 335, a nice sounding strat style guitar with 2 buckers, white with white binding for $150...a great deal. Also got an 83 Ibanez RS1010 SL, archtop Lukather...what an axe! __________________ A coward dies many deaths, a Soldier once.

April 29th, 2007, 02:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cassidy Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Out West... Wisconsin Age: 62 Posts: 504 11 Photos	Nice catch, I'd love to have that one as a "companion" for mine... a Roadstar II RS135 from 1985. Mine's got three single coils and a phase switch, and I do have the trem bar. They're awesome... Cassidy

April 29th, 2007, 09:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
6942 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,938	Blazer, congrats!! Your guitar looks great!! In fact, it looks almost identical to my guitar: A 1986, MIJ, Westone Spectrum ST. I wonder if they were made in the same factory? Steve

April 29th, 2007, 02:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
maestrovert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 8,024	This one's pretty cool.... Linkie

April 30th, 2007, 12:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
austintele Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2004 Location: austin, texas Posts: 1,551	I bought a natural blazer(like a roadstar) last nov for 160.00 and it's great. Strat layout, light, two piece body, and plays great

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