1983 Ibanez RS1500 Sunburst

Offered for sale:

Used 1983 Ibanez RS1500 serial number K831480.

This guitar is in very good condition, neck and frets are fine. Cosmetically there two chips on the headstock, one on the front and one on the back.

The RS1500 is a Roadstar II series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1983. It was made in Japan as part of the Roadstar Custom line.

The RS1500 features a neck through body construction with ash body wings with an arched top attached to a three-piece laminated maple neck with a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot position markers. Components include a trio of Ibanez Super Power 6 single coil pickups mounted in pickup rings with the bridge askew, a Hard Rocker Pro single locking tremolo bridge, Sure Grip II control knobs and Smooth Tuner II tuning machines.

Controls consist of a master tone and a shared volume for the neck and bridge pickups along with a 3-way pickup selector. The second volume allows the center pickup to be added to any combination of the neck and bridge.

This model is somewhat rare having a narrow production window, there is quite a lot of interest in these RS1500 guitars.

Original hard-shell case included.

“We carefully inspect every instrument when we buy it and bring it up to our standards before we offer it for sale. We also do a full set up before we ship. If you decide to purchase this guitar, please let us know what gauge strings you prefer.”

GUITAR SPECS:

Year(s) produced: 1983–1984

Sold in: Europe / USA

Made in: Japan

Finish(es): Brown Sunburst (BS)

Body type: Solid body

Body material: Ash body wings w/ arched top

Neck joint: Neck-thru

Bridge: Hard Rocker Pro tremolo

Knob style: Sure Grip II

Hardware color: Gold

Neck type: RS Custom

Neck material: 3-piece maple

Scale length: 648mm/ 25½"

Width at nut: 1 5/8”

Radius: 9 ½”

Fingerboard material: Rosewood

Fingerboard inlays: Pearloid dot

Frets: 21

Machine heads: Smooth Tuner II

Pickup configuration: SSS

Bridge pickup: Ibanez Super Power 6 (S)

Middle pickup: Ibanez Super Power 6 (S)

Neck pickup: Ibanez Super Power 6 (S)

Controls: Two volumes / master tone / 3-way toggle pickup selector

Weight: 7.8 lbs.

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