1988 Ibanez 540P White Custom Made In Japan with Original Hard Case
Commission Sale Shop Collection Only Pre Owned
This stunning Japanese Ibanez is a 1988 540p in White with a custom added neck (believed to be a late 80s or early 90s RG Series neck added by original owner) and original hard case.
It's fully set up with very good frets, fast neck, nice low action and in pretty good shape except for some dings on the body and a couple of marks on the back of the neck. See Ibanez description below :
The 540P is a Power series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1987. It was part of the Roadstar Pro series which also included the 540R Radius and 540S Saber models. It is also referred to as the PRO540P.
The Power or P body is an offset double-cutaway shape with thin horns. It is reminiscent of the RG body, but the sides are tilted toward the top, making the top smaller than the back.
The 540P features an alder body bolted to a maple Wizard neck with a 22-fret rosewood fretboard with dot position markers. Components include DiMarzio built IBZ/USA pickups with a humbucker at the bridge and single-coils at the neck and middle positions, an Edge double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut and Gotoh tuning machines.
Instead of a typical 3-way or 5-way lever selector for the pickups, there is a mini-toggle to activate each pickup. In addition the bridge humbucker can be coil-tapped to get a single-coil tone. The 1988 model lacks a tone control.
The 540P is based on the first of two body shapes designed for the Power series. The 'reverse RG' styled Power body style was introduced in 1988 with the 540PⅡ-HH and 540PII-SH. The 540P was discontinued after 1988 in favor of these new models.
Specifications
Specifications for 540P
Model name: 540P / PRO540P |
Year(s) produced: 1987–1989 |
Sold in: Worldwide |
Made in: Japan |
Finish(es): BK (Black) / CK (Cosmo Black) 1987 / CO (Carotene Orange) 1988 / DG (Dark Grey) 1988 / MG (Magenta) 1987–1988 / VP (Violet Pearl) 1988 / WH (White) 1987–1988
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Body |
Body type: Solid body |
Body material: Alder |
Neck joint: Tilt Joint
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Bridge: Edge tremolo |
Hardware color: Cosmo black |
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Neck |
Neck type: Wizard
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Neck material: 1-piece maple |
Scale length: 648mm/ 25½" |
Fingerboard material: Rosewood |
Fingerboard inlays: Pearl dot |
Frets: 22 / jumbo |
Nut: Top-Lok III
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Machine heads: Gotoh SG38
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Electronics |
Pickup configuration: HSS |
Bridge pickup: IBZ/USA (H) |
Middle pickup: IBZ/USA (S) |
Neck pickup: IBZ/USA (S) |
Controls: 1987, 1989: 1 volume / 1 tone (w/ push/pull coil-tap) / 3 pickup mini-toggles (on/off) 1988: 1 volume / 2 mini-toggles (on/off) for single coils / 3-way mini-toggle for humbucker (off/coil-tap/humbucking) |
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