ibanez and shred guitarists

[pro-fusion]

Re: ibanez and shred guitarists

I was pleasantly surprised by a high-end Ibanez Prestige that I played at a used-guitar store a couple of weeks ago. Don't remember exactly which model it was (a fancified bolt-on RG), but that one had tone to spare and a great neck. Most of the Ibanez I see at Guitar Center play and sound like crapola.

By the way, I would echo what someone said about Ibanez working with their endorsees. You'd have to say that Ibanez went the extra mile with Satch and Vai to create guitars to appeal to them specifically. So much so that I wouldn't actually want either sig model! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] I liked that Prestige I played way better than the JEMs I've tried in the past, and the JS is too trebly and has 22 frets--not for me.

[ July 13, 2003, 11:18 PM: Message edited by: pro-fusion ]

[Metalcop]

Re: ibanez and shred guitarists

I think that CC's Ibanez's were the very first JEM's, and he only had a couple of them, at the most. The only one I remember seeing is the desert yellow one , and possibly one shocking pink one? The pink one was probably a BC Rich. They definitely had the monkey grip, if my memory serves. I have never seen or heard of Kirk Hammett playing an Ibanez. If you (or anybody) could post a pic of that, I would love to see it.

Here's a pic of CC's JEM:


[ July 13, 2003, 11:36 PM: Message edited by: Metalcop ]

[ChickenScratch]

Re: ibanez and shred guitarists

In Metallica's Live Sh*t Binge And Purge Kirk plays an Ibanez on the concert from the Black Album tour. He uses it in his (weak) solo then thrashes it.

[777SteveVai777]

Re: ibanez and shred guitarists

Originally posted by Metalcop:
I think that CC's Ibanez's were the very first JEM's, and he only had a couple of them, at the most. The only one I remember seeing is the desert yellow one , and possibly one shocking pink one? The pink one was probably a BC Rich. They definitely had the monkey grip, if my memory serves. I have never seen or heard of Kirk Hammett playing an Ibanez. If you (or anybody) could post a pic of that, I would love to see it.

Here's a pic of CC's JEM:

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yup. Desert Yellow Jem. One of the very first models produced, the first being the Lochness Green. It can be seen in the video for "Every Rose Has It's Thorn."

[Newc]

Re: ibanez and shred guitarists

He also had an Ibanez neck on a Jackson or Charvel Hot Rod Flames (Hot Wheels) Strat body in "Talk Dirty To Me".

Newc

[SARJ]

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CC did in fact play what appears to me to be something in the RG570 range. I have a few pics in an old magazine where he's playing a lazer blue (I think) Ibanez RG something. I know it's not a Jem series. I have seen him play the Jem series guitars though, but he did play alot of RG's too. Was CC DeVille an Ibanez endorser? I remember he endorsed CRATE amps back in the good ol' days. I kinda always wondered why. I was told that he had Marshall guts put in CRATE cabs and heads, but promoted CRATE. Thats kinda like Dimebag endorsing Randall and getting caught with Marshall heads in Randall cabs.

[jgcable]

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CC has been with Randall for a very long time.

[countandduke]

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Ever seen Shawn Lane ripping it up on a Charvel 750xl..damn that guy is fast!!

[BigDaddyD]

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Rusty Cooley also play Ibanez. Just for the record, his playing does nothing for me. Even he looks bored in that clip. Technique is one thing, but I think it is more important to play for the song, not just because you can.

[toejam]

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Originally posted by Metalcop:
I have never seen or heard of Kirk Hammett playing an Ibanez. If you (or anybody) could post a pic of that, I would love to see it.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've seen Kirk live use his black Ibanez RG for like one song and then smash it. I think his tech rebuilds it for him so he can smash it again... unless he's got more he just smashes. I also saw a pic of him playing a black Ibanez Iceman (he was wearing a beret in the pic, so it was probably from the Load/Reload tour.

[toejam]

Re: ibanez and shred guitarists

Originally posted by ChickenScratch:
In Metallica's Live Sh*t Binge And Purge Kirk plays an Ibanez on the concert from the Black Album tour. He uses it in his (weak) solo then thrashes it.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] Live Sh*t was recorded during the Justice tour. Did they add extra footage or something from the Black album tour when they re-released it on DVD?

[Tekky]

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Come on Toejam.. This IS Metallica we're talking about here... of course they would give people another reason to buy their live recording... again.. [img]graemlins/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[toejam]

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Good point! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Hotrodder]

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Originally posted by Jon Villalobos:
CC did in fact play what appears to me to be something in the RG570 range. I have a few pics in an old magazine where he's playing a lazer blue (I think) Ibanez RG something. I know it's not a Jem series. I have seen him play the Jem series guitars though, but he did play alot of RG's too. Was CC DeVille an Ibanez endorser?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I remember CC playing a LOT of BC Rich gunslingers.

[Bob From Accounting]

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Originally posted by toejam:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by ChickenScratch:
In Metallica's Live Sh*t Binge And Purge Kirk plays an Ibanez on the concert from the Black Album tour. He uses it in his (weak) solo then thrashes it.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] Live Sh*t was recorded during the Justice tour. Did they add extra footage or something from the Black album tour when they re-released it on DVD? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There are 3 concerts From (the original) Live Sh*t Binge And Purge
1 Audio (Mexico City 93')
2 Video (Seattle 89' & San Diego 92')

I think he was refering to San Diego 92'.
There Kirk plays a Ibanez RG470 and trashes it during his solo.