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The Destroyer is an Ibanez brand electric guitar model (originally) manufactured at the FujiGen musical instrument factory for the Hoshino Gakki Company. The Destroyer model was first introduced by Hoshino Gakki in 1975 and was based on the Gibson Explorer design.
Armed with a very comfortable neck, Dimarzio Air Norton humbuckers, and style for days this guitar is at home playing rock, blues, metal, and everything in between. Great for studio and live use, you will absolutely love this guitar.
This 1975-76 Ibanez Destroyer guitar is one of the rarest manufactured with the back made from beautiful quarter-sawn Sen-Ash wood. They only made these in 1975, then changed to regular cuts for cost savings. Has matched Super 70 pickups like those that Eddie Van Halen used on VH 1 & 2.
The Ibanez Destroyer 2459 model was based heavily on Gibson’s legendary ’58 Korina Explorer. It featured a clear finish on what is believed to be an ash body (lots of debate on whether Ibanez actually used Korina wood or not), a three-piece maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, and two Ibanez Super 70 humbuckers with chrome metal covers.
Mar 4, 2018 · Ibanez Destroyer Information Exchange by TheDestroyerGuy - A fan site devoted to the free exchange of information relating to the various models of the Ibanez Destroyer electric guitar.
Sep 6, 2019 · Super-Strats became Eddie’s guitars of choice by the 1980s. But, in the early days of Van Halen, the Ibanez Destroyer was the king of his rig. And, it’s the guitar that he played for some of VH’s defining early moments. So what’s the story of the Destroyer? When did he use it? And how come it isn’t a mainstay of his rig today?
The Ibanez Destroyer DT520FM solidbody electric guitar gives you instant attitude - sonically and visually. The DT520FM serves up fat, snarling tone and prodigious sustain, courtesy of its hardtail design, resonant mahogany body, eye-popping flame maple top, and two DiMarzio humbuckers - an Air Norton in the neck position and a Tone Zone at the ...
He used it during his club days starting in 1975, and the guitar can be heard on some of the most iconic Van Halen songs on the first 1978 album. Below are the various incarnations of Eddie’s 1975 (model 2459) Ibanez Destroyer.
In the mid ’70s, Ibanez went after the ultimate American rarities when it introduced copies of Gibson’s “modernistic” trio of electric guitars from the late ’50s; its Rocket Roll model was a copy of the Flying V, the Destroyer channeled the Explorer, and the Futura was a nod to the patented (but never produced) Moderne.
Ibanez Destroyer, Solid Body Electric Guitars. See 1 musician review, how 29 pros use it, 2 candid photos, and where to get a deal on Ibanez Destroyer, ranked #1699 in Solid Body Electric Guitars and rated 4.5 of 5 on Equipboard.
