The FORGOTTEN DREAM GUITAR of the 1990s!

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What happens when a Japanese company hires an American luthier to build a 1990s super strat? This is the story of the 94-96 Ibanez USA Custom RG models built by Dave Bunker. With some truly unique features, this is a guitar that needs to be appreciated by today's generation of guitarists.
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@vibemasterguitars2306 2 года назад

I knew Dave Bunker he was absolutely not of this world , one of a kind for sure.

@taylorkeahey8748 4 месяца назад

I still have my Bunker era USA Custom, bought in ‘96. Such a beautiful guitar that I will never part with. I love that you point out the super thin C shape neck. It flies! Bunker was an electric guitar genius.

@comment.highlighted 2 года назад

I remember the Ibanez USA Customs series. They had crazy graphics and played great. I was too young to afford one, but my RG550 was pretty awesome 🙂

@zsaz4453 2 года назад

I had a rg550 too as my first real guitar..ibanez🙂🤘

@zsaz4453 2 года назад

The pus are still awsome sounding

@comment.highlighted 2 года назад

@@zsaz4453 Yes, the original RG550 was a great guitar. I’ve bought and sold several RG550 reissues over the years 🙂

@zsaz4453 2 года назад

@@comment.highlighted i still have a very old ibanez sa series...amazingly good looking

@zsaz4453 2 года назад

@@comment.highlighted my only wish is a old jem handpainted n whatnot..my teacher had one i hated him for that fact...then i can die in freedom lol

@connorsme71 2 года назад

My USRG30's neck is currently at Bunker Guitars getting adjusted. David Bunker, Dave's son is keeping his dad's legacy very alive!! Super nice guy, great stories and super easy to work with! I can't say enough great things about Bunker Guitars! Love your channel!! 👍🎸 🤘

@KidNato 2 года назад

I wanted one of these bad as a kid. Still love my Fuji-gen guitars.

@markcatron8996 2 года назад

I've still got my 94 RG570. Of all the guitars I've owned, It's the only one that has stayed with me through all these years.. I've got 14 currently, and that RG570 is still the first guitar on my rack.

@kbtofalconi1030 2 года назад

Those are the best guitars that Ibanez put out during the 90s. I had an Ibanez usa custom exotic wood and by far it has been the best guitar I have ever owned.

@Soloist1983 11 месяцев назад

UCEW1's (USA Custom Exotic Wood models) were far better guitars than these USRG30's. I've had them side by side and the PBC-made USRG30's leave a lot to be desired. UCEW1's were fantastic though!

@jeekyboi9564 2 года назад

The charvel model A with quilt top were fantastic 90's guitars

@geraldelder8983 2 года назад

It's interesting that you mention Dave Bunker because he had a shop back in the mid to late 89's in Coopersburg, Pa. His guitars all had the tention free neck. I played some of the guitars he had there, and they were awesome guitars. I wish I had bought at least one of them.

@manuelchavez3431 11 месяцев назад

I've got an actual Dave bunker guitar,I think it is the prototype for that one,don't know much about it but I've kept it safe for years,I think it's called the mvp it's, a great guitar,

@Rantila718 2 года назад

This is the first time ever hearing of this guitar for me..now I want to know more about it...thanks for the video review.

@philcoppolino1133 Год назад

I worked for dave bunker during this time and helped but together the collaboration with Ibanez. I also did the majority of the production set up at our shop to build these. I’m sure I’ve played the guitar in this video as I qc’d most of them along with Jim Donahue at the time from Ibanez.

@visionquest09 Год назад

Say, my guitar tech seems to think that Dave used Warmoth necks. Is that true?

@taylorkeahey8748 4 месяца назад

You must have QC’d mine as well. Thank you, sir!

@WattchomanBrandySavage 2 года назад

That thing is BEAUTIFUL.

@scotthoward6265 2 года назад

News to me as well; most pleasant of surprises; I considered myself an Ibanez fan-boy in the 80s/90s; wow, what a find, great demo

@sixwheelcarlisle8491 2 года назад

Never knew about these USA Ibanez guitars and I have lives in Pennsylvania almost my whole life

@narayanacooper8571 2 года назад

A funny thing... I 1st heard of this guitar & the Dave Bunker Sustaniac Tension Free neck just the other day when a member of a Farcebook Ibanez Group shared a pic of his (another member shared his Green 1 in the Comments, too). Now, only 2 days later I see your video on the same guitar! 😂

@OmarBhoo 2 года назад

A friend of mine has 2 Ibanez American Masters. Amazing guitars in every way.

@teddoucet7323 2 года назад

Steve has one heck of a special guitar

@Malum09 2 года назад

Damn, that guitar is beautiful

@mikehill666 2 года назад

I actually live in Philadelphia PA right outside of Bensalem where the old Hoshino Ibanez plant used to be I remember going up there when I was in my younger years but you have a great content I always come to check you out and then I’ve been as his beautiful

@GuitarMAXMusic 2 года назад

Thanks Mike!

@m.a.wilson4685 2 года назад

This is why I subscribe to RU-vid channels, especially your channel to learn something I DID, NOT, KNOW about Ibanez Guitars. I have a lot of favorite brands Ibanez and Fender being my top 2. Knowledge is Contagious, it should be spread all over the World. Thank You. Keep Shredding.

@Myrrhkuri 2 года назад

that seems like an awesome idea love the sound too

@shawmatt101 2 года назад

That top and that color is my dream guitar. I love Ib’s but I never heard of that tension free neck. That’s really cool

@CrushingAxes 2 года назад

I'm usually more into Jacksons/Charvels or Kramers, but this guitar looks really cool!

@lostreb 2 года назад

This video was very informative for me. Thank you, Max and please keep them coming.

@GuitarMAXMusic 2 года назад

You got it!

@THRobinson 2 года назад

That's gorgeous... wish I had guitars like that.

@xlr8r2010 2 года назад

Beautiful guitar....awesome!

@azcharlie2009 2 года назад

I've always like the look of Ibanez guitars. That one is gorgeous! Never had the chance to play one. They're more for playing metal, which I'm not really into....

@_mysilentblue2227 2 года назад

Cool I never even knew about these.

@sgt.grinch3299 2 года назад

That is perfection! Many guitars are beautiful and some are great, very few are both. What a shred machine, but I suspect there is no style that instrument could not conquer. Thanks to your Brother in Law, Steve.

@Barbarapape 2 года назад

Very interesting guitar with novel features. As an Ibanez and Steve Vai fan, i have Japan made versions, which are superb compared to todays Indonesian samples, which i find are hit or miss. When it comes to these guitars, the older Japan made samples are superior to what they make now. I was not aware that these USA ones existed. Thanks for improving my knowledge of the RG550.🙂

@MrClassicmetal 2 года назад

MIJ is always going to be superior.

@keithsmith9889 2 года назад

I honestly didn't know ibanez had any usa made models. Cool features and looks

@MrTubularBalls 2 года назад

They had a USA custom shop that did work for artists. It also produced some high-end series like this USA Custom, which I believe was constructed from scratch in the US. Other models were assembled in the US from bodies and necks made in Japan. They also made the US Custom exotic wood series (bolt-on, AANJ) and the American Master (set neck) series, neither had the tension-free neck. I see exotic woods on Reverb right now for 1.3k EU-1.6k EU (overpriced imho), and I see MA's from 3.1k to >9k, which is just absurd. I saw an exotic wood offered for 750 EU many many years ago. A blue stained model, with (repaired) body damage around the controls. Still kicking myself for not picking it up.

@ernieb3626 2 года назад

wow thanks Dave and Max. I have never heard of that type of neck. Im curious how the adjustment works I was hoping you would go into that. Thats ok Max that could have been boring for some. Thanks for the info on mr. Bunker, im sure there is information out there on how his invention works.

@zsaz4453 2 года назад

I wonder bout that too

@connorsme71 2 года назад

Bunker Guitars is still around! David, Dave's son is now running the business after his dad's passing. Super great guy, easy to work with. Just search for Bunker Guitars on the Interwebs.

@zsaz4453 2 года назад

@@connorsme71 are they expensive?

@maxmustardman298 2 года назад

Im so glad that some companies like Ibanez and ESP didn't fold like their American counterparts during the grunge / alternative era.

@1peanut 2 года назад

I Love my 1987 Ibanez RG550 , 1991 Ibanez RT450 and 1998 Ibanez S540. All made in Japan. Fujigen Ibanez is an everyday thing for me. Best guitars i have ever played. I dont play or own any other brand. I would love a USA made Ibanez.

@BrianBower 2 года назад

Oh man! I would love to try one of these. I love old Ibanez's

@TiagoMorbusSa 2 года назад

hey yo STEVE that's a hell of a guitar you got there!

@shnarfers Год назад

got one. butterscotch quilt. its nice. its a blem.

@guitarzan11litwin51 2 года назад

Nice. I have the Ibanez atk bunker version bass Also a pbc bass

@malcolmhardwick4258 2 года назад

Nice piece !

@tomterry2662 2 года назад

Yea i remember them. They was out of my price range. I was a bc rich man in the 90s. They also had usa. Models.

@BlazeGuitarLessons 2 года назад

That thing is sweet!

@metalpunk9519 2 года назад

Back when it took a week or two to build a great guitar not 8hrs, you can see & hear the quality ⚖lucky owner 🏆great demo & video Max⚔🤘😎.

@elwoodlodge7764 2 года назад

Another nice job, Max. I'd never heard of these before and this one is gorgeous. Btw, I know you consider yourself a Metal guy and like to shred but I really enjoy hearing your more bluesy and jazz type intros and demos. 🙂

@donhoughjr4388 2 года назад

Nice, I have an RG320 in translucent black that i swapped out the stock pickups with Seymour Duncan Blackouts it's not a U.S. made one but it's a shred machine now

@zachryanband5241 2 года назад

Dear God this is art.

@jlc904ubc Год назад

I have a hard tail one in the orange color. I love it. I will never part with it. Great video. Thanks

@jakebsowders357 2 года назад

That’s a badass guitar

@emilyscandycakes4530 2 года назад

I bought one new in 96....and now have 4 ...missing a black one and a blue one...they play fantastic...tones from tele to les Paul...and stay in tune...wish they can reproduce them again..

@raytull3922 21 день назад

I have one with a transparent blue quilted body and original active EMG 81s. Excellent condition.

@emilyscandycakes4530 21 день назад

@@raytull3922 for sale?

@emilyscandycakes4530 21 день назад

@@raytull3922 for sale?

@emilyscandycakes4530 20 дней назад

@@raytull3922for sale?

@emilyscandycakes4530 20 дней назад

@raytull3922 is it for sale?

@larsheuker 2 года назад

The american masters eventually transformed into the LA custom shop exclusive for artists

@Rikamortis6stringer 2 года назад

Insane never heard of em. I had an Ibanez V in the 80s, wish I still had it !!!!

@teriakamoto 2 года назад

Great Guitar. Out my price range but you never know. Guitars and Gear prices have gone through the Roof in the last year. With the Internet, finding deals is rare and in the case of any deal popping up, you gotta be quick. I'm a huge fan of Japanese Guitars made by great Luthier of the 70's. An American Custom Ibanez is a Dream Guitar of mine. Wes Hauch has some amazing Iceman models and in 7 String. I used to play the beautiful Prestige Models at a local shop in So.Cal and they weren't that out of reach in the early 2000's. Interesting Neck design. Thanks for sharing.

@weedian710 2 года назад

I'd sell my soul for that guitar.

@randymiles904 2 года назад

Awsome guitar. I like both of my Ibanez. They make great instruments. One of my favorites is an art 300 cayman. The one that looks like a crocodile. Lol I bought it cheap, modded, and set it up really nice. Made me an Ibanez fan. After seeing this, I think I want an rg. Lol

@bohemianhh Год назад

One cool think about that style of tremolo, is you can press it with the outside edge of your hand for neat subtle bends without even reaching for the bar.

@user-gl9uw6vv7b Год назад

I have one identical to this one and it is in amazing condition....I often wonder what the value is....

@GillyRibeiro 2 года назад

Yep. I've been looking for one of those like... for AGES!!! They don't come. Owners know what they own.

@visionquest09 2 года назад

There’s a few on Reverb.

@bjstein4242 2 года назад

Very cool looking at rare incentive guitars.. great episode.. looks like the headstock is mechanically separated from the neck taking more of the string tension and less on the actual neck making it straighter.. guessing the adjustment is only to artificially add some relief since the string tension does not affect the neck as much.. just my guess there.. very cool..

@nellawell4976 2 года назад

The Tone Zone P.U. can make just about anything Rock. Bought a used guitar & found that the bridge P.U. just didn't put-out so I grabbed the Meter and it only read 3.5k? Jumped on eBay to find a Tone Zone (cheap) cuz the lead had been cut-off @ about 6" and that would be exactly what I need. Now I own the last one built at the Mats? Plant (Westone Guitar) before they closed the doors for good, this is the Anniversary sucker Cook's!

@windsurfmaui8239 2 года назад

Good video. Really beautiful guitar. Is that a dual truss rod neck? I own a Warmoth Strat replacement neck that has the truss rod adjustment at the heel but also has a hex joint in the side for minor tweaking.

@Nugmania1 2 года назад

Cool guitar, originally USA customs had started selling 1989ish, you could pick your profile body design and pickups etc, oh and some killa graphics, but that neck system was unique. I had sold a couple of USA customs when they first came out.

@patrickmeaney6743 2 года назад

I have a 2018. RG 550 DX Genesis-MIJ-unreal quality guitar-p

@senacht 2 года назад

FWIW Warmouth is currently offering necks with a similar side relief adjustment. No affiliation. But I do own one I bought for a Telecaster build. Works as advertised.

@MrTubularBalls 2 года назад

Is it tension-free though? The Bunker design puts all the tension on the rod and headstock, there's no force on the fretboard.

@damonstewart70 2 года назад

You can NEVER go wrong with DiMarzio especially a TONE ZONE my FAVORITE PICKUP

@AndrewGonzalesArtistry 6 месяцев назад

I bought a USRG 30 in the mid 90’s - same exact purple color as in the video …. Pretty sure it was used but maybe not. I can’t remember. It was a really nice guitar but I wasn’t crazy about the pickups or color and eventually sold it. It was somewhat of an impulse purchase which I don’t regret.

@umur207akaydn5 2 года назад

It's amazing 😎👏👌

@greekfreak1980 2 года назад

I never understood why Ibanez doesn't open up the LA Custon Shop for ''mere mortals'', when ESP has one super expensive and proper custom shop in Japan and opened another super expensive, semi-custom shop in the USA? (FYI: The USA ESP models are not fully customisable like the Japan custom models, for example: you can't get a tremolo on a Horizon II, neither OFR nor other manufacturer. Hell, you can't even get a different type of fixed bridge!)

@GuitarMAXMusic 2 года назад

It's probably that there just isn't enough demand for it to make it profitable. An LA custom shop would be expensive to run, and there's probably only a handful of people that would get guitars there.

@greekfreak1980 2 года назад

@@GuitarMAXMusic Ibanez in general has a strange business policy, they´re the only major guitar company that doesn´t manufacture their guitars themselfs. They don´t own a factory of their own, but instead outsource all the manufacturing to other companies like Fuji Gen and Cortek.

@MrTubularBalls 2 года назад

Forgotten!? This is the holy grail of Ibanezes! I've seen them on ebay occasionally, for around $2.5k I believe. More than I'm prepared to pay unfortunately, and this video may drive up the price even more :( This particular one looks brand new. No wear on the hardware whatsoever, and the finish looks smooth as a mirror. It must have spent 28 years in a case, I can hardly believe it's real. But it would be hard to forge these, given the oddball tension-free neck system.

@muslimobaidullahshukhon3465 2 года назад

It was ibanez JPM shape guitar.

@hangman960 2 года назад

wow love that

@pastorofmuppets1968 2 года назад

I've played Rg's since the 80's. I still have 9 tasty examples living in my closet and I'll never let them go.

@APK-pn4qh 2 года назад

Dang. That is a beauty. I bet Steve never gets it back from Max! Which would be understandable lol. 😉

@audiomonster303 2 года назад

super sick

@flybynight1929 2 года назад

The 'Low Pro Edge' trems are the best ever!

@guitartec 2 года назад

I'm just spitballin' here, but it sounds like neck relief is achieved with a Gotoh side adjuster, like what Warmoth Pro necks use, except unlike the Warmoth, there's no main adjuster at the heel or headstock. Warmoth Pro necks have a main heel adjust for doing major adjustments as well as the side adjuster which is for minor adjustments only. There is still a truss rod, but the Gotoh side adjuster utilizes a wedge shape to apply minor rod pressure. There must be a rod of some kind in the Ibanez neck or maybe just stiffeners and a unique way to apply some pressure to them to cause adjustment from the side access hole. Maybe someone here knows for sure?

@abby-i1i 2 года назад

I can tell that your fingers do well on an Ibanez.

@colboysigmax 2 года назад

Nice, what about trying to get hold of a Rand from the 80's as used by Nelson

@707Berto Год назад

On the fence right now for a USRG20 (no bindings, black headstock) in mint condition for $1500. $2300 for the 30...

@damienhelmold6978 2 года назад

this in 7 string would be cool

@blindrommello38 2 года назад

i love ibanez series…

@HauntedGuitarMan 2 года назад

Never heard of that. I'm surprised.

@dajerk7082 2 года назад

I never heard of that neck before.

@shnarfers Год назад

that's TP purple not coral. I know for a fact. coral is a red color. your trem is a little high downtime to D#. thing is minty and nice bro. mine will blow doors in amber quilted maple. great playing very nice harmonic minor. the headstock is detachable and has a good angle.

@markmcgeachy 2 года назад

i blame you Max ! bwahaha because of you and your channel i just bought my first guitar . i bought a Jackson JS-22 DKA with a Floyd Rose . i think i got a great deal at $140 . i'm gonna learn shred !

@GuitarMAXMusic 2 года назад

Excellent!

@daultonwurst77 2 года назад

Could you do a demo on the orange terror stamp amp?

@Vipto69 2 года назад

Love it

@mburtondavis 2 года назад

I love it

@Derm666 2 года назад

This is actually the beginning of the prestige line chin and these are actually not even considered ibanez they were built by a totally different guy totally and it totally different factory small crew If you think these are rare check out American masters series

@jeffsguitarsgeargarage1691 2 года назад

Hey Max, I gotta ask you, I've been wondering this for a long time and I'd almost forgot about it, but then you show up w/ this "RARE" Ibanez you borrowed from your Brother-in-Law ... Is your Brother-in-Law ; STEVE VAI ?? No Lies !!

@codyroberts8324 2 года назад

I learned on a 59er

@zsaz4453 2 года назад

Tension free neck?ok i listen..tonezone pu's are great. .now i want one.i stuck in the 90s anyway.ibanez has always great stringaction...edit..several thousends...hm..maybe i buy the malmsteen fender😶

@HumanoidFX 2 года назад

I’d love for you to build another guitar. What would be your dream guitar?

@yargmatey57 2 года назад

Didn't the Petrucci model have the same neck?

@angellesambre1 2 года назад

Nice review, and no I didn't know about these. I shied away from Ibanez back in the day because "ALL the shredder's used them" and they started pumping out cheap sh!take mushrooms as a result. A lot of other companies ( Kramer comes to mind) did the same, and it got to where ( at least for me) you couldn't tell the quality from the trash... But I revisited them in the past few decades, and like 'em

@timyarbro4783 2 года назад

I've met Dave in Pennsylvania. A friend of mine built the building that he made those guitars in. This friend of mine also had one of his touch guitars that I once tried to play. It's not your average bear to say the least.