Ibanez Roadstar 2

1983 roadstar series II made in japan
22 frets
i dunno, its painted olympic white with a white pickguard
1 vol, 1 tone, 5 way pickup selector
three single coils; i think stock
uhmmm...what are active and passive electronics?
all maple neck
its painted
strat body style
floyd rose
just your basic tuners
the neck is maple, pretty thin, nice action
hard case

my style varies from metal to punk, and this guitar rules
i use a laney amp with some crappy noname head, and i use boss metal zone distortion, brownsville wah, boss auto wah
its pretty quiet, theres very little feedback, and i love it
sound varies from rich and full, to raspy, to a shimmery sound
i have it sounding like metallica, slipknot, saves the day, and dead kennedys...so theres a good variety
i love this guitar

the guitar has great action
the pickups are fine, but i want to throw on a duncan invader, a lipstick, and a soapbar
the top is fine as far as im concerned, and the bridge has withstood 18 years of abuse!
the guitar was perfect, and will most likely stay that way

i use this guitar for a lot of gigs, and it gets no feedback and always gets the sound i want
the hardware is fine for now, bt its starting to get a little misty
the finish is good, but im a spaz and drop it often, so theres some dings and dents, and the pick screws up the paint a little
the strap buttons are perfect
it is the most dependable guitar i have ever had over a long period of time, and i have quite a few
most of my gigs i use it without backup

ive never had to deal with the company, since the guitar is perfect
well, its 18 years old, so i wound up paying for a tune up
i have no clue about the warranty

ive been playing for 4 years, and i have an epiphone lp, a carlo robelli strat, a laney 4x12, a samson 1000 watt pa, 1983 tama swingstar, 1998 crate electra bass
i had nothing to say, since i got the thing for free
if it were stolen or lost, i would have to find it, and if i couldnt id buy another, just cuz it rules.
i love everything about the guitar, except the color, which is olympic white, and its kinda gross, but very unusual, so its cool
i absolutely love the neck...its so fast and easy to playand it fits unlike any other
i compared it to the ibanez iceman, the epiphone lp(which i bought), and a telecaster
i wish it had a himbucker...a duncan invader

1983. Got this when I was 19, I'm 37 now - just recently came to appreciate what I had. This model came during the Eddie VH era, stock with a humbucker at the bridge and a single at the neck. Three postion switch, volume, tone. Stock trem. All white this gal is.

I changed out the stock coils about 7 years ago, can't remember what went in! I liked it before, but the new p/u's pushed it over the edge. I split the rear humbucker, ripped out the tone control and threw a phase swtich in there. Added another switch to give me choice of front or rear coil of the humbucker. Many choices of tone.

I play what comes to my brain, which is mostly rock, but palette ranges from soft and melodic to knock your head of hard. This guitar does this with aplomb! I like I don't sound like anyone else, this guitar not only has it's own sound, but has a personality I miss everytime I pick something else up. It's strat-like, but the humbucker offers more than that. My custom wiring makes huge difference I think.

Goes from thin twangy to cruncha muncha fat at the flip of a swtich. Great for layering while recording. Again, the custom wiring allows thin to fat tones. Wanna hold some of the bottom, go fat with the humbucker, wanna cut through and make her sing, use the coil split - this guitar is there.

Plays well, though not amazing. I don't still have this guitar for it's wondeful playability, but it's far from bad. Tone to be had all over the neck, upper frets not all that smooth to get around on.

Tremelo is stock, and it works! Put new strings on, stretch them for a song or two, and wham, it's in. I can yank the trem pretty crazy and it stays in tune. I've learned how to make it go out, which is much better than learning how to keep it in. Don't know why this stock trem works so well, but it does, and at 18 years old, I think that's pretty amazing.

Built to last this thing. I've dropped it I can't count how many times in I don't know how many ways. Pick it up, and if the tuning heads didn't get hit, most likely she's still in tune. No kidding. It's scary this thing doesn't go out more than it does, but who's complaining.

Never had to deal with Ibanez over this gal. It just works.

Someone rated this one of the most under rated guitars - I have to agree. This thing has kept me happy for a long time. I've picked up everything I could get my hands on, where's there's been different, and sometimes classy or refined, this guitar has personality out oozing out the jack. A friend indeed.

If you have one you want to ditch, or know of someone who does, email me, I might be interested.

i don't know when it was made! i got it with a hardcase that is rock solid. it has 22 frets, 2 humbuckers, a floyd rose trem, and is painted in a weird candy pink, which looked more like a layer of plastic than colour. hmmmm. but it was cheap, wasnt it. pinky (hehe) has 2 push/pull potis. body looks like strat and is VERY!!! heavy, by far heavier than a les paul for an example. the neck is very slim, not painted and feels wonderfull, really. so lets go to the...

played without an amp it is the best tone i ever heard from an electric!!! i guess the heavy wood makes that. i love to play it at home while watching TV or write songs.
but if plug it in...uh oh! it sounds somewhat bland clean and very muddy, even crappy on high gain! even my cheapest epiphone sounds better! i think i got the production line with the pickups out of the ass....
i play in an very fast punk rock band, and there is absolutely no defination with this babe. tried over many amps, believe me.
i know a guy who has exactly the same miss piggy and replaced the PUs with emg81 and this guitar sounds very very good! so maybe if i have too much money someday...(please send some!)

the setting was very good when i got it. very low action, and i love the neck. but then...at a very lousy gig i got so mad that i trashed it on the stage several times and then jumped on it with my docs. so the trem was dead, the potis were stomped into the body with the surrounding wood. the headplate was burst and the pink plastic wasnt so nice anymore... glued and fixed it the next day, screwed down the trem cos i hate floyds anyway. so now piggy is one big optical disaster. but i call that style!

as mentioned above, i killed it then i glued it and then i played it.
try this with an gibson and you will end up crying! the finish lasted very much till that night, it is like a layer of plastic, damn solid.
i replaced all my guitars strap buttons with schaller locks, cos iz my only chance to minimize the damage.
depend on it? piggy yes, sound NO!!!!!!
i don't gig without backup anyway.

i hate them! i mailed them several times with different answers and never got any reply. very strange.

i play since 1988, i own a gibson sg61 reissue, a epiphone sg400 (which is a very good cheapo guitar!), a fender jagstang which i love!!! and a completely wasted and broken east german jaguar copy - the allmighty musima 25 deluxe. what a piece of shit!!!
i had a marshall VS100 head which sucked very much, last year i bought an sovtek mig100h and cant stop grinning since then. i play through a (tatahhhhh....!) cable direct into the amp, then in an park 4x12 cabinet which had the shitty 35 watt celestions but i replaced them with H&H speakers, now iz ok.
if it were stolen i wouldnt buy another one. it just doesnt fit my style in look or sound. i would have sold it, but iz so fucked up that i wouldnt even get 50 bucks for it, and i dont want to give it away for free. someone interrested? (hehe)
i think with the right pick ups this guitar is a very good thing to buy. it isnt too expensive anyway. but for high gain sounds i wouldnt use it in 1000 years. just the wrong piggy for punk!

1983 22frets solid top wjvolume,tone five way selector sss passiove electronics, maple, dark flamed top, strat, schaller? rosewood,

country and rock, accostic 12 fenderm 80 etc, some noise on single setting, dry or tely sound when i switced the bridge and middle pickups, inexpensive but used it for eight years professionally

good action, pickups need constant adjustment, every thing was good when new

used it for eight years plus many casuals and it h as held up very well

never needed repair

40 years, couldnt find another one, comparable to strat, great guitar for price

I won two Roadies, one is a '83 the other a '85. The '83 is the strat copy with 3 single coil pickups, 5 position switch, gray-black metalic body, rosewood neck. I swapped out two pickups with Duncans. This is the toally versitil guit-fiddle. My '85 is a flat top start with bookmatched stripped maple top, electric blue color. It has the duel single to humbucker pickups making it the ultimate guitar. Both are better than my other Epiphone/Fender/Cort/Washburn electrics by far.

They have the best sounds, I can sound like any other guitar you want.

The '83 has very good action, but the '85 has the best action I have ever played. It is so low and smooth. I have yet to have played ANY other guitar with action as good as my '85. The finishes are great, very detailed, no mechanical flaws, all joints fit smoothly. The frets are smooth and thin.

both have tumbled, fallen, bounced, slid, I even had an old 50 lb. Advent speaker fall on the '83 in it's case. It put a huge hole through the top of the case but no damage was done to the guitar. not even a blemish. These babies are built to last. I have gig'd in all sorts of weather, and never had issues with the necks.

Never needed it

IF you find one of these, buy it. You will not be disapointed. I just saw one in a shop for $199. It had some dinks, but it was worth it. These guitars might not have the Gibson or Fender name, and if that's what matters to you please don't buy one. Let the real musicians grab it up and take care of 'em. These are the real deal! once you own one you will understand. Good luck Hunting!

my ibanez is the best guitar i have ever played out fenders squiers and gibsons id take my ibanez. it has a red flamed paint job, 24 frets, h/h pickups that change to single coil pickups when your press the volume knob down, it also has a iabanez rock r' locking bridge, and a string lock at the nut, a three way switch for the pickups, two volumes and one tone. it has a mple knech and a rose wood finger-board the body

i use a fevender reverb amp and i am getting a behringer workstation but the guitar sound great on all the amps ive played it on, good range. and the bridge humbucker sound particularly good with distortion. it has a very full sound to it also and it plays a wide spectrum of sounds.

the action is set up for speed and the fretboard is really falt but it makes it easier to play fast. the 3 way pickup switch make a little noise and the nut on the trem are kind of hard to deal with while muting but all around the factory guitar is excellent

the hardware is mint and the guitar is an 85' so it does last. it is a very dependable guitar i would play without a backup any time.

ive been playing for 7 years and i also own an accoustic and have played about 10 differnt top name electrics. if it were stolen i would get fricken' medevil on the person who took it.

Mine's a lefty '84 i've had since new. Black, probably basswood body and all maple neck. 3 single coils that i replaced with Dimarzios. I hate noise! It's a brilliant guitar that i have played constantly. Already had it refretted and it's due for another.

I play my own particular style from clean to mean and all sounds are fantastic. Unplugged it's a great sounding guitar and this is the best indication for a good electric sound. I've had many amps from Fenders to Voxs to Marshalls and always got a useable sound. Have a Boss VF-1 at the moment and the sounds are impressive.

It was cheap to buy so let's not get carried away. One flaw is that the high E string is misaligned and actually nearly runs off the fretboard by about the 20th fret. Never mind. I don't play up there. The bridge saddles used to chew up D strings constantly until i fitted Graphtecs. Standard trem used to be troublesome but has played in over the years. Had a graphite nut from the start though.

Have played 100's of gigs with it. Broke a string......once! She is well battered now and nothing to look at but who cares....she rocks! I can depend on it but only a fool would play a gig without a back-up. I've dropped it heaps....never broken.

Never used it.

I'm always on the look-out for Roadstars and being a lefty makes it nearly impossible. They are well worth the trouble. They are simple, great sounding working guitars. They must be dirt cheap. Try one if you see one. I will never sell mine and would be devastated to lose it.

Mine has 22 frets and was made in 1983. It has a 2 tone sunburst finish and it includes a 5 way switch and one tone and one volume knob. it still has its original pickups, i think. it has a strat body for this guitar is a strat copy. It has a Floyd Rose bridge and a S-S-S configuration. The only flaw with this guitar in terms of general info is the weight. This guitar is heavy compared to the Ibanez guitars made today and it hurts your shoulder after a while.

Im sure this guitar fits any music style, for i like to play hard metal and the previous owner plays more old-fashioned rock. Check my Ibanez Smashbox review if you want to know about my stuff. Only the middle setting on my 5 way switch doesnt work. You can get a dark sound from the first switch setting and a brighter tone from the 5th setting. Overall great sound.

I bought this thing used about a little more than a year ago and there were a few paint stratches, but a Sharpie fixed those. it has a loose input jack, but i doubt that it had it when it was made. The finish is fadd, but thats no problem

this thing is very durable. im not sure what it is made out of, but it is very strong. i have V-hooks on mine, so putting a new strap on is very hard. I can depend on it, but not without a backup, only because of the input jack. otherwise, i would use it without a backup in a heartbeat.

i havent dealt with them

I have been playing off and on for 5 years and this was my first electric. It was a great buy for the cost and even if it was 300 dollars more expensive, it would be worth it. I would definitely recommend trying to find one if you are in search of a nice guitar with good sound. If it was stolen, i would be mad

Not sure what year...early 80s I think. Solid top, cream finish, black Pickguard, S/S/H, coil splitter on humbucker, Floyd Rose with Locking Nut. Nothing spectacular

I can't stand the sound. I play mostly classic rock and some new age. The metal heads seem to like the sound of these guitars but it doesn't suit my style at all. It just doesn't seem to have any tone at all, very bland.

Bought it used, but it was set up pretty nice. Had a few nicks bt nothing major

I have mixed feelings about this category. In general this guitar is a beast. very strongly built and I am not worried about banging it around. Even extreme temperatures don't put it out of tune or hurt playability. I have only had to adjust the neck once in the 14 years that I have owned it. on the other hand, I have had to replace the jack, the tone knob, and the 5-way blade. Both the wood and the finish seem quite soft. doesn't take much to put a fairly deep dent in it and almost all of the screws are stripped. The tuners are crap, but it doesn't matter much with the locking nut.

I've been playing for 14 years and this was my first guitar. I have played mostly acoustic guitars over that time which is why I haven't replaced it yet. I have ordered a Carvin TL60 and am anxiously awaiting it. This guitar has suited my needs but it has not excelled at it and I definately would get something else if it were lost or stolen. I don't like the floyd rose and I have added extra springs to stabalize it (I don't use trem). I'm not crazy about the color either but niether of those things are the fault of the guitar. The only redeeming quality of this guitar is the neck. the face is a beautiful rosewood and the back is unfinished. the action is great and the playability of the guitar is really nice. I am considering pulling the neck, replacing the tuners (With sprezels), replacing the locking nut and putting it on another body, but that is a future project. If not for the neck I would have given it an overall rating of about 4

This is your basic strat inspired guitar.But i actually like the body shape more than a fender, its horns have extra corners on the inside.Im not sure what year it was made, but it shows definated signs of aging. It has Three of the best sounding single coils i have ever heard.Black body,white pickguard,fixed bridge,maple neck and board,the headstock is a bit ugly though.The Ibanez smooth tuners look like they were made a few years ahead of their time, they are more modern looking than the rest of the guitar. the neck is surprisingly thin for an older guitar.oh yeah,it has 22 fretts.Its nice and simple but has gooooood tone and playability, i think it could kill a strat.

I have never liked fenders but everyone told me to use one for my music(Sadly i am wasting my talent in a punk rock band that sounds like blink 183 or whatever).I have been switching off between a Kramer,a Gibson,and a Danelectro for a while, but i could never find the right sound i was looking for.I am anti-fender so i would never get any guitar directly inspired by one, but my sisters boyfriend had this old ibanez laying around that he gave me( i never liked that guy before, but after a free guitar how can you not love somebody?)It was old so i thought the tone would at least be alright, but i was wrong, it was PERFECT!I hit the jackpot, the exact tone i was dreaming of was living in this guitar, waiting for me for years.If you play punk(maybe not gutter punk)than you NEED one of these guitars.

I never got to see the factory set-up, it was all tweaked out when i got it.the finish looks alright, but over the years it could no longer resist the abuse, there are a number of chips on it(perfect for taking on the road,pre-battered).It had Good action after i got through with it.

I got it pre-thrashed so i am not afraid to bump it or anything.it seems pretty solid though.

Oreo

I am in love with this guitar, it replaced a Kramer, a Gibson, and a Danelectro.And i got it for free!And yes,I would try to find another if something happened to it.This axe has all the sound i have ever wanted and it is a little chipped and stuff so im not afraid to take it with me places.I think all guitarists should have one of these,my ibanez could beat up your strat any day!After 5 years of playing i think i found my choice guitar for life.