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UCGR Dark horse (1989)
UCGR Dark Horse (more images) Red copyright sprite

The UCGR Dark Horse is an RG series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1989. It was produced in the United States as part of the Graphic Design series of the USA Custom line.

These RG guitars were custom made to order in the USA and featured custom graphics. All of these were highly desirable, but none more than the few models that were made in much smaller quantities and weren't in the catalog.

The "UCGR Dark Horse" features a basswood body bolted to a maple Wizard neck with a 24-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with Sharktooths position markers. Components includes a pair of DiMarzio IBZ/USA F2 humbucking pickups at the bridge and the neck positions and a DiMarzio IBZ/USA C2 single coil pickup in the middle position, an Edge double locking tremolo bridge, a locking nut and Gotoh tuning machines.

UCGR Dark Horse 1989 - Rick Klemann
Dark Horse (paint) Enlarge sprite

The image on this guitar, entitled "Dark Horse" was handpainted and signed by Artist: Rick Klemann.

This represents only the "stock" configuration, as customers could customize the guitar to their own desires. The customer could select the pickup configuration and pickups, the fretboard material and inlays, the headstock, the hardware color and more.

The "UCGR Dark Horse" was only produced in 1989.

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Specifications for UCGR Dark Horse
Model name: UCGR Dark Horse
Year(s) offered: 1989
Sold in: USA
Made in: USA
Finish(es): Dark Horse (paint)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Basswood
Neck joint:
Tilt joint
Bridge:
Edge tremolo (10.8m string spacing)
Knob style:
Top Hat (Black plastic)
Hardware color:
Cosmo black
Neck
Neck type:
Wizard
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Fingerboard inlays:
Sharktooth
Frets:
24 / Jumbo
Nut:
Top-Lok III (1.69")
Machine heads:
Gotoh
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)
Electronics
Pickup configuration:
HSH
Bridge pickup:
DiMarzio IBZ/USA F2 (H)
Middle pickup:
DiMarzio IBZ/USA C2 (S)
Neck pickup:
DiMarzio IBZ/USA F2 (H)
Controls:
Master volume / master tone / 5-way lever pickup selector

Images[]

Additional details
Dark Horse (HSS)
HSS configuration [1]
  1. Picture from Kosaku's Guitar collection.