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1998 BL825 VB
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The BL825 is a Blazer series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1998. It was produced in Japan by FujiGen.

The Blazer series is a line of guitars with styling similar to the Fender Stratocaster.

The BL825 features an alder body bolted to a quartersawn hard rock maple multi-radius neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot position markers. Specially designed JL/ Daisensei pickups are installed in a cream pearloid pickguard with a pair of humbuckers flanked by a single-coil with a special 5-way selector and a push-pull coil split on the tone control to allow authentic single-coil tones. Other components include a Wilkinson non-locking synchronized tremolo bridge, a graphite nut, knurled metal dome knobs, and Gotoh tuning machines.

The BL1025 is a similar model with a different bridge and additional neck detailing. The BL840 is a similar model with an HSS pickup configuration.

The BL825 was one of the last new Blazer models to be introduced before the discontinuation of the entire line after 1998.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for BL825
Model name: BL825
Year(s) offered: 1998
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Finish(es): Black (BK) / Vintage Burst (VB)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Alder
Neck joint:
AANJ
Bridge:
Gotoh 510AT tremolo (10.6mm string spacing)
Pickguard:
Cream pearloid
Knob style:
Knurled metal dome
Hardware color:
Chrome
Neck
Neck type:
Blazer multi-radius
Neck material:
1-piece quartersawn Canadian hard rock maple
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Fingerboard inlays:
White dot (6.5mm)
Frets:
22 / large (SBB214-195)
Nut:
Graphite
Machine heads:
Gotoh SG38
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HSH
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez JLD2 (H)
Middle pickup:
Ibanez S3 (S)
Neck pickup:
Ibanez JLD1 (H)
Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector / push-pull coil split on tone
String gauge (factory):
.009/.011/.016/.024/.032/.042 (round wound)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional finishes/ details
1998 BL825 BK
Black
HSH 5-way Blazer
Pickup switching diagram
Controls VT5
Control layout

Sources[]

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