S6521Q

S6521Q Surreal Blue Burst Gloss

The S6521Q is an S series solid body electric guitar introduced by Ibanez for 2017. It is made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale Prestige line.

The S6521Q features a quilted maple top on a mahogany body bolted to titanium reinforced maple and walnut Super Wizard HP neck with a 24-fret marbled rosewood fingerboard with binding and offset dot position markers. Components include dual DiMarzio humbucking pickups, a Gibraltar Standard II fixed bridge and Gotoh locking tuners.

For 2018 the wood species of the body was specified as African mahogany. For 2019 the marbled rosewood fretboard was swapped for Macassar ebony.

The S6570Q is a related model with a middle single-coil pickup and a double locking tremolo bridge.

Specifications

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Specifications for S6521Q

Model name: S6521Q Year(s) offered: 2017–2024 Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2017–2021 / Asia & Africa 2017–2021 / China 2017–2021 / Europe 2017–2021 / USA Made in: Japan Finish(es): Surreal Blue Burst Gloss (SLG)
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: 2017: Mahogany w/ quilted maple top & white binding 2018–2024: African mahogany w/ quilted maple top & white binding Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: Gibraltar Standard II fixed (10.8mm string spacing) Knob style: Gotoh VK1-19 knurled metal dome Hardware color: Cosmo black	Neck Neck type: Super Wizard HP Prestige Neck material: 5-piece maple/ walnut w/ KTS titanium rods Scale length: 648mm/ 25½" Fingerboard material: 2017–2018: Marbled rosewood w/ binding 2019–2024: Macassar ebony w/ binding Fingerboard inlays: Offset white dot Frets: 24 / jumbo nickel silver (Prestige edge treatment) Nut: Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL (43mm) Machine heads: Gotoh SG381 MG-T locking	Electronics/ Strings Pickup configuration: HH Bridge pickup: DiMarzio The Tone Zone (H) passive/ alnico' Neck pickup: DiMarzio Air Norton (H) passive/ alnico Controls: Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector Output jack: ¼" stereo barrel String gauge (factory): .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046 (D'Addario EXL110) Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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Rear of body

Pickup switching

Controls layout

Sources

• S6521Q product page, Ibanez USA, archived November 2017
• 2017 Europe catalog (p. 24)
• 2018 Europe catalog (p. 26)
• S6521Q product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2018
• S6521Q product page, Ibanez Asia, archived January 2019
• S6521Q product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2020
• S6521Q product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2021
• S6521Q product page, Ibanez USA, archived June 2022
• S6521Q product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2023
• S6521Q product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2024