Ibanez Q52PB Electric Guitar
The Q52PB is a Q series headless solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2023. It is made in Indonesia.
The Q52PB features a poplar burl top on an ergonomic, compact, light-weight and resonant nyatoh body bolted to a roasted maple and bubinga neck with a 24-fret roasted birdseye maple fingerboard with mother of pearl step off-set dot position markers and luminescent side dots. Components include a pair of Q58 humbucking pickups with brushed stainless steel covers, individually mounted Mono-Tune bridges with integrated tuners and a custom string lock.
The Q52 employs a dyna-MIX10 switching system (see diagram below) with an "Alter switch" toggle which allows the user to access ten distinct tones. The Alter switch appears to tap one coil of the humbucker (as opposed to a traditional coil-split which disables one coil completely) to achieve a sound similar to a single coil without the drop in output which typically accompanies a coil split. The video below offers a sample of some of the tones available.
The Q52 is a similar model without the poplar burl top. The QX527PB is a related seven string model with slanted frets.
Specifications
- Body type:Solid body
- Body material:Nyatoh w/ poplar burl top
- Neck joint:AANJ
- Bridge:Mono-Tune (10.8mm string spacing)
- Knob style:Knurled metal flat head dome
- Hardware color:Cosmo black
- Neck type:Wizard C
- Neck material:3-piece roasted maple/ bubinga
- Scale length:648mm/ 25½"
- Fingerboard material:Roasted birdseye maple
- Fingerboard inlays:Mother of pearl step off-set dot/Luminescent side dot
- Frets:24 / jumbo Jescar EVO gold
- Nut:Custom (42mm)
