Ibanez reveal second signature guitar for Yvette Young: YY20

Yvette Young has been bringing the Ibanez Talman back from the shadows of electric guitar obscurity with her progressive chops for a few years now and her efforts were rewarded with the YY10 signature guitar in 2020. Now we have another to admire; YY20. Along with a an excellent launch video.

This time the sparkle is Orange Cream and takes a more Tele-inspired spec stance compared to the YY10's Strat-style leanings. 

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A pair of Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups and three-way blade selector underline the T-style here. There's also a Gotoh GTC202 bridge on an alder body with a YY-profile maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard. 

Premium feature include a bone nut, luminescent side and fretboard dots and Gotoh Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads with a price of $1,099.

The YY20 also includes stickers designed by Young. 

Rob Laing
Reviews Editor, GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.