Reb Beach

In this photo we can see Reb Beach playing his Suhr Reb Beach guitar. In his official web site, he says, "My main guitar is the Suhr (pictured above) I bought at Rudy's Music Stop on 48th Street, New York in 1986. It is a solid Hawaiian Koa body with a Pau Ferro (Brazilian Rosewood) neck and stainless steel frets. It is very heavy, but has worn into my body over the years and I love it. The guitar is fitted with an original Floyd Rose tremelo system that is set up to pull back as well as forward like all my guitars, a John Suhr JST humbucker and 2 Suhr noiseless single coils".

The Ibanez RG560 was the guitar that convinced Reb to sign up to Ibanez for an endorsement deal in the early 90's. Following the success of the first Winger album, several companies approached Reb with endorsement offers, but it was the RG560 that swung it for Reb.

The following quotes are taken from the October 1990 edition of Guitar World magazine. Reb's guitar tech, Dave Lewis, talks about the RG560 - "Reb has 2 versions of the 560. The Black one is the guitar that made him decide to go with Ibanez. It's fairly Strat-shaped, with a mahogany body." The pickup configuration, consisting of 2 EMG SA single coils and 1 EMG 85 humbucker in the bridge position, offers a smooth, fluid, flat frequency response. "Reb likes to get a lot of crunch, but he doesn't like too much bass or treble. This combination is almost like a Les Paul in the rhythm mode".

Reb Beach is associated with the Ibanez RBM2NT Limited Edition Reb Beach Signature Series guitar, as noted in an article by BraveWords discussing his upcoming guitar clinics during his Italian tour.

At 4:55 Reb discusses his personal Ibanez that he designed.

he Ibanez WRB-3 has taken on almost mythical status amongst collectors of Ibanez guitars and fans of Reb. Once again, the guitar was designed by Reb himself in 1990. Always a fan of models such as Gibson's Explorer, Reb used that model as inspiration, adding his own twist with the extended lower horn and sleek curves, rather than the Explorer's hard, angular lines.

Only 100 of the guitars, decorated with the Winger graphic, were produced for sale in Japan only, each one personally signed and numbered by Reb. 3 guitars were also built for Reb himself. Unfortunately Reb was forced to sell all 3 of his WRB-3's "for rent in the 'dark time' we try not to remember".

The guitar came supplied with a form fit gig bag and an accessory set including strap, tremelo bar and grip pad.

Finding a genuine WRB-3 today is an almost impossible exercise as there were only 100 made. The last example in mint condition with all original accessories and gig bag was sold by Rich Harris on his Ibanez Rules website at www.ibanezrules.com If you know of one for sale, let us know!

At 1:32 in the winger music video for seventeen Reb is seen playing a Kramer pacer 1984 edition.

This Guitar Geek rig diagram states that Reb Beach used an Ibanez Roadstar Custom.

In the video for Winger's "Seventeen," Reb Beach is seen playing a Kramer Pacer Deluxe (1984-1987) at the 2:05 mark, as shown on Facebook.