Super Sleek S Guitars Combine Comfort with a Big Sound!
Sixteen years ago, everyone knew that a fat mahogany body delivered great tone, but also extra weight and discomfort. Then the Ibanez S changed everything. The S is thin around the edge to give you great comfort, and thick around the neck, pickups and bridge to give you great tone. The current S line offers both double locking and synchronized trems, some including built-in piezos so the S can add acoustic clarity to its signature mahogany tone and sustain.
S470DXQM at a Glance:- Mahogany body with quilted maple top
- Three-piece Wizard II maple neck with bound rosewood fingerboard
- Three DiMarzio IBZ pickups (two humbuckers plus one single coil)
"The Times They Are A-Changing..."
The lyrics to that Bob Dylan song from the 1960s perfectly sum up the fundamental way that modern guitars have evolved: Big, heavy tone without the big heavy body. Super sleek S guitars provide complete playing freedom and comfort without sacrificing your look or sound by combining a mahogany body with a quilted maple top in Transparent Lavender. Clearly, this isn't your dad's electric guitar. The S470 also features the ZR (Zero Resistance) tremolo, a major technological advance in trem smoothness and stability that allows players to bend notes or entire chords up or down without worrying about tuning problems.
Wizard II Prestige Three-Piece Maple Neck
Anyone that works with wood knows that layers equal stability. Which is why the S470 comes with the Wizard II Prestige neck, a three-piece maple neck that will probably never need adjustment, no matter how hard you play. Another interesting touch is a return to the elegance of a bound rosewood fingerboard. The thin, fast and flat Wizard II necks also deliver on the promise of effortless fret work, thanks to the extreme cutaways and the 22 jumbo frets.
IBZ INF Pickups Deliver Maximum Tonal Variation
Yesterday's guitars were often able to produce only a few tonal variations. Hey, what good is a sleek, sexy guitar if it doesn't have the sound to match. Thanks to the three specially-designed IBZ humbuckers in the neck and bridge position plus an IBZ single coil in the middle position, you get a super wide tonal spectrum at all volume levels from a whisper to an all out, ear damaging roar!
- Color: Red Viking
- Body Type: Solid body electric
- Neck Wood: Maple
- Top Wood: Quilted maple
- Back Wood: Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Rosewood (bound)
- No. of Frets: 22 jumbo
- Position Markers: S470DX special inlays
- Pickups: IBZ (in H /S / H configuration)
- Controls: Tone and Volume
- Bridge/Tailpiece: ZR trem
- Pickup Switching: Blade switch
