Show your Ibanez!

[AccustomedtoStandards]

Originally Posted by Leiste

Lucky you!!! Tell us the story - how did this come about???
I always loved the Greeny!

I pre-ordered a 777 LNG from Big Dudes Music City here in Kansas City as soon as they were announced. I waited months, into early 1988 and still no guitar. My friends and I used to go to Big Dudes at least a couple of times a week and I'd check in. It was always "we're working on it." Eventually they told me that they didn't think they were going to be able to get one and wondered if I wanted to maybe buy an RG, or wait on one of the first 77FPs they knew they were getting.

I told them I might be interested in the 77FP, but really wanted the LNG and I'd keep waiting for a while.

Fast forward to June 4, 1988. I was at a different music store, Cuzin Jed's Guitar Shed (welcome to Missouri) where Joe Satriani was doing a signing and clinic before his show at the Uptown that night.

Not Jem related, but funny anecdote - My good friend actually had Satch sign an issue of Guitar for the Practicing Musician that had one of his tunes in it. He took the magazine, paged through to the transcription and looked at it for a couple minutes and then said "That's not right" with a smile and a little teasing lilt to the "right." He signed the mag and handed it back.

So, after we get through the line, I run into...my salesman from Big Dudes. His name totally escapes me, unfortunately. He said "We got you an LNG. We found one unsold in inventory in a store in Oklahoma and it should be here next week." So, I met Satch and found out I was getting my LNG, then later that evening saw Satch in concert the same day. It was a good day.

Originally Posted by Joeydego

Correct me if I'm wrong, I believe Vai signed 100 or so of these and numbered them, only this color. These late 80's Ibanez guitars are LEGENDARY. I love my 1990 Universe, regardless HOW ugly River thinks it is.

There were 777 Loch Ness Green Jems made and Vai signed all of them. The backs of the guitars for the U.S. guitars and the trem plates for the ones that stayed in Japan (so they didn't have to ship the guitars to the U.S.). He signed all the U.S. guitars in the Ibanez booth at NAMM.

I always found it ironic, however, that Vai never really played the LNG that much. He plays one in the Stand Up video:

DAVID LEE ROTH ~STAND UP~ - YouTube

DAVID LEE ROTH ~STAND UP~ - YouTube

but once the FP came out he mostly played those and once the VWH came out, he hardly plays anything else.

[csplayer089]

Originally Posted by Joeydego

Correct me if I'm wrong, I believe Vai signed 100 or so of these and numbered them, only this color. These late 80's Ibanez guitars are LEGENDARY. I love my 1990 Universe, regardless HOW ugly River thinks it is.

The Universe and other uniquely colored Ibanez's have their place in the companies history. I like them as well. And you're right. One guys opinion on an internet forum? Who gives a shit.

[alekssorokoletov]

Originally Posted by Joeydego:

How's that hollow body? Are they MIC?

This is a great guitar, very comfortable and great sounding. This guitar is MIC, but very good quality made.

I have two more semi-hollow guitars, but I can't give preference to any of them. They all have their own unique voice. One of them - '07 MIK Epi Sheraton II with Gibson Classic 57/57+, and other - mid '90s MIK Epi Sheraton II with Schaller Golden '50 pickups.

[rjudo]

Any Ibanez fans out there?


Not sure how to post these without linking back.........
Old hard drive with the pic's died.

[ibanezcollector]

[Leiste]

In my former days I used to have a Flower Pattern. . .

[lexluthier]

My 1991 Ibanez Frank Gambale FG100. Hardly ever see these around. It's a crazy guitar, with the recessed neck, trem, pickup rings, etc. Vintage frets on a shred guitar is rather odd as well.

[Trea]

BeFunky Crop on iPad by Oreely, on Flickr

Here is mine. 1985 RS420SB. Very rare mid year model. It's the one I would grab first in a house fire :-)

[belleswell]

24 total 15 are Ibby's The J Custom RG3 is my fav player.

[Jaypee319]

Happy with my Ibanez bass

[guitar_randy]

Here is mine.Anyone want to buy it or trade me for a epi iommi sg?
I don't really like Ibanez

[fretno]

'85 AH-10

[cilizal]

I found this Ibanez Art300, what a great top, Les Paul shape, Active pups that sound like hell. I have to admit that as soon as I looked it, I fell in love with it !!!

[lexluthier]

Originally Posted by fretno

'85 AH-10

Cool, I have one too, but someone put a neck pickup in mine.

[joebonsai]

FUN!!!!!




don't take it too serious!!! LOL

[RaSTuS26]

Originally Posted by joebonsai

FUN!!!!!




don't take it too serious!!! LOL

Just hope that bat the Gibby guy is wielding is made of certified timber, LOL.

[Ice812]

1980 Ibanez PS10 Paul Stanley Signature




2006 Ibanez RGT42DXFM

[DADDEO]

WOW!. What a collection. The last few looked very much like Westone Thunder 1's
& 1a's

[fretno]

Originally Posted by lexluthier

Cool, I have one too, but someone put a neck pickup in mine.

The AH-20 had a neck pup , is it one of those ?

[Happy Grumpz]

My S470

[justbob]

My ART100

[Pneumeric]

I only own one, but I am positively obsessed with Ibanez. <:
This one's my main axe. The pickups are hot pink, just bad lighting.



RG350EX with Dimarzios, Edge Pro w/ locking stud mod, brass block, killswitch, etc. etc.
Not too special, but she's been through a lot. Very special guitar to me.

[Donnie]

Those are some beautiful guitars, Ill be having one soon hopefully.

[Electroman67]

Originally Posted by Joeydego

So i've never opened this thread cuz i dont have an ibanez nor have i ever....and let me say OMFG there's some nice guitars and some lucky sob's that own them in this thread.
Damn fine bunch of fiddles in this here thread indeed,very impressive thread guys.....so heres a question for you ibanez owners....my local music store has one like Joey has here but W/OUT the handlegrip cutout,it has a Floyd Rose and the trem seemed very tight on it and it just felt blah overall.He's askin $160
The owner keeps the trem bars behind the counter for teens wantin to divebomb im guessin'. So could this model be worth a chit w/ some TLC? Or just stay away from it? For now i dont have a model number due to setting it back down so fast,but the interest is there,just encertainty.
Any 411 would be helpful, pretty much everything else on the guitar looks like Joeys.

[Pneumeric]

The lower-end Ibanez guitars, in my opinion, aren't generally worth fooling with.
How similar to the picture are we talking, though? That JEM design is oft-faked, and sometimes quite poorly, at that. If it really is similar in every way minus the handle, you might want to be careful...considering it's from a music store, I doubt that's the case. Just throwing it out there, though!

[csplayer089]

Originally Posted by justbob

My ART100

I didnt realize the ART100 is a set-neck guitar. It actually looks really nice. I dig it.

[justbob]

The art 100 is a great guitar. Mine was a pawnshop find for $150.

[Electroman67]

Originally Posted by Pneumeric

The lower-end Ibanez guitars, in my opinion, aren't generally worth fooling with.
How similar to the picture are we talking, though? That JEM design is oft-faked, and sometimes quite poorly, at that. If it really is similar in every way minus the cutaway, you might want to be careful...considering it's from a music store, I doubt that's the case. Just throwing it out there, though!

Although i didnt snag a pic of the git,i did get one of the tag,price and headstock....maybe even a model?....gimme a minute,loading to pixplace brb

[Electroman67]

Well i did get a model #...i took this to research online later, like a need another frikkin guitar lol, thanks for takin the time to reply. http://] and was off a little on the $$

[Electroman67]

The best i remember, it looks like this http://http://www.stringsite.com/ima...RG350DX_WH.jpg