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Ibanez Destroyer Model: DG-351

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Status:

Known

Model:

DG-351

Line:

X-Series

Serial Number Format:

presumed to be the same as that of the DG-350 but this is unverified

Machine Heads:

Smooth Tuner Mini II

Neck Composition:

1-piece Maple

Neck Type:

Bolt-on

Fingerboard Composition:

Rosewood

Fret Count:

Scale (inches):

25.5"

Body Composition:

Flame Maple top on Basswood

Binding (H / N / B):

? / ? / ?

Number of Pick-Ups:

Pick-Ups by Position (N / M / B):

V-5 / x / V-5

Bridge:

Edge or Sure Bet Tuning System™^[1] (see Comments below)

Tail:

Edge or Sure Bet Tuning System™^[1] (see Comments below)

Controls:

(1) Master Volume
(1) Master Tone
(1) 3-way Toggle

Control Knobs:

unknown

Hardware Color:

Black

Finish(es):

Amber (AM)
Black (BK)
Pearl Marine (PM)

Market:

East^[2]

Year of First Catalog Appearance:

1986

Catalog Appearances:

1986 Ibanez Profile Flex Appeal issue

Comments:

this model replaced the DG-350 beginning in 1986.

What follows is the purest speculation on my part. I have no proof but I believe the following to be true based upon what I have learned regarding the DG-555 and from someone who had reached out to me years ago. They had what I thought at the time was a modified DG-350.

for 1986: the Pro Rock'r/Top-Lok II combination was upgraded to the Edge/Top-Lok III
for 1987: addition of the Back-Stop tremolo spring system^[1]

Footnotes:

[1]	the "Sure Bet Tuning System" (SBTS)™ was the marketing name for a bundling together of the Edge tremolo unit, the Top-Lok III locking nut, and the Back Stop spring system.

[2]	the targeted Market values are assumptions based upon the geographic region or the language of the catalog(s) in which a given model appears. If a model appears in a Japanese language catalog, the Market is assumed to be East. If a model appears in an English language catalog, the Market is assumed to be West. Otherwise, geographic area such as North America or Asia determines the market designation of East or West.

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