"PROMETHEUS"
Take only a passing glance at this hand-crafted RGA, and that might be all you think you’re looking at. However, there is much more going on with this instrument than meets the eye. Some features, like the Roasted Maple neck, Flamed Maple top, and Madagascar Rosewood fretboard are obvious and apparent, but the Japanese Custom Shop built this guitar with some subtle one-off features that could easily go unnoticed. First, the archtop of this RGA is more dramatic than those on the production models. The guitar also has a 50mm-thick body, 6mm thicker than a production RGA, along with a fatter “C” shaped neck. The combined effect of both characteristics is a thicker, heavier sound, while still preserving plenty of articulation and clarity. Other custom features specific to this instrument include a 12”- 16” compound radius, a nitrocellulose finish, stainless steel frets, the newly designed Gibraltar Elite bridge, and Y.O.S. “Smoggy” humbuckers. The end result of all this custom sculpting is an RGA that’s far more tonally flexible and covers more sonic ground than most production models but remains a faithful ode to this Ibanez fan favorite.