Ibanez Q54 Standard Headless Electric Guitar, Roasted Maple Fingerboard, Copper Metallic Matte

Description

With new developments in instrument expertise, the prominence of extra technical taking part in kinds, and gamers’ want for lighter, extra moveable devices, right now’s headless guitars are pushing far past designs of the previous. Nevertheless, even with all these developments, Ibanez nonetheless noticed an thrilling alternative on this house. The Q or Quest collection is a completely new idea for Ibanez. The “Quest” on this case was to not simply to adapt an present instrument right into a headless design, however to develop a completely new guitar from the bottom up. This vary options numerous distinctive components meant to maximise tone, efficiency, and taking part in consolation. These embrace, customized R1 single coil and Q58 humbucker pickups, a brand new Mono-Tune bridge, and a proprietary customized string locking mechanism. The QX subseries can be geared up with progressive 8-degree inward slanted frets, uniquely tailoring their ergonomics to the advantage of extremely technical gamers. Finally, this collection provides a various and versatile sufficient function set to draw not solely the trendy, technical guitarist, but in addition gamers who could have by no means even thought of a headless guitar earlier than. No matter style, Q (Quest) permits guitarists of each background to query the total scope of their inventive prospects.
To fulfill the demand of assorted taking part in kinds, this Wizard C neck has a really impartial form – it’s not too thick, too skinny, or too flat. The 3pc Roasted Maple/Bubinga development additionally provides nice stability and long-term sturdiness.
The attractive Birdseye Maple fretboard imbues this mannequin with an unique look. The fretboard is heat-treated for a balanced assault and wealthy maintain.
Stainless-steel frets boast wonderful corrosion resistance. The large and tall fret-type provides a fast response and easy articulation when taking part in chords and clear tone when taking part in single notes.
The R1 / Q58 pickup combo is designed particularly to be used in headless guitars. They supply a clearly outlined sound, facilitating wonderful tonal stability by way of all frequencies. The lows are highly effective with out being muddy, and the highs are vivid and clear, however by no means harsh. These pickups, with their tonal stability, and very low noise efficiency, work extraordinarily nicely with each digital and analog results.
The dyna-MIX 9 provides 9 sound variations and might swap between humbucker and single coil modes with only a flick of the mini swap. One mode even simulates a humbucking sound from the mixture of two single coil pickups.