Ibanez RX20 Electric Guitar

Ibanez · electric guitar

The Ibanez RX20 was Gary Clark Jr's very first guitar, given to him for Christmas in 1996 when he was twelve years old, a black solid body with a maple neck and a humbucker-P90-humbucker pickup layout typical of Ibanez's budget-oriented RX line from that era. It would be another five years before he picked up the more prized Blazer BL1025 that became his main long-term instrument, making the RX20 the true starting point of his entire guitar journey rather than a footnote before his real gear began. As an entry-level 1980s-designed Ibanez, it prioritized affordability and playability for beginners over premium tonewoods or hardware, exactly the kind of guitar that put a real instrument in a young player's hands without a steep price barrier.

• fundamental
• playability
• blues rock
• solid
• driven
• rx20
• first guitar