Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster vs Ibanez RG 170 Black
The Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster and the Ibanez RG 170 Black are both electric guitars. The Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster leans sustaining and transparent. The Ibanez RG 170 Black leans high gain.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.46% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster
Fender · electric guitar
Ibanez RG 170 Black
Unknown brand · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster was built around a custom 'Big Dipper' pickup set whose middle position is deliberately scooped in the mids, producing the hollowed quack Mayer used for clean rhythm work. It pairs 1954-style body contours with a thick 1960s neck profile and a five-way switch. Discontinued after Mayer moved to PRS.
The Ibanez RG170 is an entry point into the RG line, keeping the format's defining features — a thin fast Wizard-style neck, 24 frets and a double-locking tremolo — in an affordable build. The HSH pickup layout gives a bridge humbucker for gain, a neck humbucker for lead, and a middle single-coil for the cleaner positions.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- Blues
- Alternative Rock
- Metal
- sustaining
- transparent
- high gain