I am planing to bay IBANEZ ROADSTAR 2 Guitar (japan) and i need info on it .

I had an Ibanez Strat copy about 20 years ago that was great. I finally upgraded to a real strat but enjoyed the Ibanez.

I still have the Ibanez Roadstar II that I bought back in the mid to late 80's although I have since then upgraded to several higher end Ibanez models. The Roadstar II series is a great first or second guitar for beginning and perhaps intermediate players.

The only problem I ever had with mine was due to wear on the crowns (which of course is normal after years of constant use).

It stood up to daily play, weekly gigging and the rigors of being carried around crowded NYC subways.

It gets a thumbs up from me, but everyone has their personal preferences. It certainly doesn't feel or sound like a Fender strat so you should make sure that you play it a bit before purchasing it. Do they even sell these in stores anymore? If you can't physically get your hands on it before buying it you should definitely at least walk into a guitar center and try the lower end Ibanez strat models to make sure you are comfortable with the fretboard dimensions.

i just happened to purchased a used one that was made in 86. it cost me $186 with tax. now the guitar still plays really nice but when i bought it, it had tons of dings and scratches and thats what really made it a hard decision to make. the neck pickup is also badly dinged and so is the neck infront of it and the body under it. the only other problem i have with it is the licensed floyd rose tremelo. the trem didnt come with a wammy when i bought it and its an older models and back then they were still above the body not even cut into the body, so at times i do hit the floyd with my wrist and it tends to bother me. besides all of that and the strap peg that i have to replace, its a pretty good guitar, and i never thought of it as a strat like model.

Just put a new nut on an old Ibanez Roadstar II. This one has a one piece maple neck (not a seperate glued on fret-board).
The neck is nice and straight, which isn't always the case with a one-piece neck this old. I mean, I was able to set it up with around .001" to .002" of relief around the 7th fret area (could have given more relief, if I wanted to, but no need for that) I think the body is basswood. It seems to have the stock pickups, which I don't like. They were smarter than Fender, and put the finish coat on the fret-board *before* pressing the frets in, so that way the fret-board finish didn't take away fret height, like Fenders did. Frets are about .040" tall, and the fret-board radius is 11", so the neck plays much like a neck on the new Eric Johnson Fenders.
You could use one of these guitars in a totally pro situation, if it's set-up right and has the tweaks and mods done that just about any player needs to get a guitar right for them. The basswood bodies are good, the necks (from the examples I've come across) are GREAT.
Bridge is decent, but could be changed if needed. Tuners are decent, but could be changed, if needed. Electronics can all be replaced.
I took out the rather loose black molded plastic nut, and replaced it with a much harder, tight fitting Corian nut (so tight, I could pick up the guitar by the nut, without the nut having any glue holding it in it's slot).
Oh yeah, I also leveled the frets, but did a "basic" fret-level, and not a "deluxe" fret-level.

Rob

got a black one last month for $150 CDN at a pawnshop in Toronto. very high quality wiring in it, it has aftermarket front and middle pickups, seymour duncan humbuckers in a single coil space type. the bridge pickup is a stock humbucker. has a really cheesy non-floyd double locking bridge and nut setup that would have to be switched to a floyd rose type system to make it a serious guitar, but its all right for a backup guitar or for a beginner.

i don't know where you guys are gettin off thinkin that the ibanez roadstar II is just a mediocre guitar. i have one its from 86 and i got it for free a few years back and ive played it practically everyday and it had been played quite a bit before i got it and it still sounds beautiful and vicious and everything in between when i want it to and everything is still in awesome condition just a scratch here or there, it has two single coil and humbucker, original floyd rose tremolo, locking nut,one volume, one tone, and five position toggle, and ibanez smooth tuners. ive tried playing other guitars and none of them ever seem to be able to play as nice, comfortable, or sound like it.