The 482 is an electric hollow body/ semi-acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1965. It was made in Nagoya, Japan. It is based on the Gretsch Jet Firebird model.
The 482 features a full-sized, double cutaway, full hollow body design with a laminated mahogany top with ƒ holes on mahogany back and mahogany sides with black and white binding bolted to a maple and mahogany neck with a black headstock and a 19-fret rosewood fingerboard with white binding and pearl block position markers. Components include dual Kawai single-coil pickups, a Tune-o-matic bridge with roller saddles and adjustable muffler on a rosewood base, Deluxe Bigsby style tremolo, a 4-ply black pickguard, golden top hat knobs and pearloid individual tuning machines.
The 480 and 481 are similar models with other finishes.