RG1680

RG1680 Deep Black (more images)

The RG1680 is an RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1999. It was made in Japan by FujiGen as part of the upscale J Custom line. It replaced the RG1608.

The RG1680 features a mahogany body with a flamed maple top bolted to a maple neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with offset dot position markers. Components include DiMarzio pickups with a pair of humbuckers flanking a single-coil, a Lo-Pro Edge double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut and Gotoh tuning machines.

The RG1680 was discontinued after 2000.

Specifications

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Specifications for RG1680

Model name: RG1680 Year(s) offered: 1999–2000 Sold in: Japan Made in: Japan Finish(es): Amber (AM) 2000 / Deep Black (DBK) / Deep Red (DRD) / Twilight Blue (TW) 2000 Rare
Body Body type: Solid body Body material: Mahogany w/ flamed maple top Neck joint: AANJ Bridge: Lo-Pro Edge tremolo Hardware color: Cosmo black	Neck Neck type: RG J Custom Neck material: 3-piece maple Scale length: 648mm/ 25½" Fingerboard material: Rosewood Fingerboard inlays: Offset abalone dot Frets: 24 / custom jumbo (SBB216-195) Nut: Top-Lok III Machine heads: Gotoh SG38	Electronics Pickup configuration: HSH Bridge pickup: DiMarzio Steve's Special (H) Middle pickup: DiMarzio Blue Velvet (S) Neck pickup: DiMarzio PAF Pro (H) Controls: Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector

About this table

Images

2000 Ibanez RG1680 Twilight Blue ( this is a special model that does not appear in catalogs )

Other available finishes

Amber

Deep Red

Sources

• 2000 Japan catalog (page 11)
• 2000 RG J-Custom Guitars, Jemsite, archived from the original October 2017