BL470

BL470 Sky Blue (more images)

The BL470 is a Blazer series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1981. The Blazer series is a line of guitars with styling similar to the Fender Stratocaster which were made in Japan by Dyna Gakki.

The BL470 features a birch and basswood body bolted to a rock maple neck with a 21-fret maple fingerboard with black dot position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez V2 humbucking pickups mounted in a white pickguard with a phase switch, a brass tremolo bridge and Smooth Tuner II machine heads.

The BL450 is a similar model with a pair of single coil pickups.

The BL470 was discontinued after 1982 along with the entire Blazer line.

Specifications

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Specifications for BL470

Model name: BL470 Year(s) offered: 1981–1982 Sold in: Worldwide Made in: Japan Finish(es): Burgundy (BY) / Sky Blue (SB)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: Birch and basswood Neck joint: Bolt-on w/ metal plate Bridge: Brass tremolo Pickguard: White/ black/ white Knob style: Knurled metal dome (solid brass) Hardware color: Gold	Neck Neck type: Blazer Neck material: One-piece rock maple Scale length: 648mm/ 25½" Fingerboard material: Maple Fingerboard inlays: Black dot Frets: 21 Machine heads: Smooth Tuner II	Electronics/ Strings Pickup configuration: HH Bridge pickup: Ibanez V2 (H) Neck pickup: Ibanez V2 (H) Controls: Master volume / master tone / 3-way toggle pickup selector / Phase toggle Output jack: ¼" mono (top mounted) Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

About this table

Images

Ibanez BL470-SB ( Rear: Basswood body bolted to a One-piece rock maple Blazer neck and Smooth Tuner II machine heads )

Other available finish

Burgundy

Additional details

Headstock

Smooth Tuner II

Controls layout (w/ 3-way pickup selector)

Sources

• 1982 Blazer & Studio series catalog (pages 4–5)
• Blazer series, Ibanez Vintage (Jim Donahue's site), archived July 2003