Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

[Twisteramps]

Re: Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

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Nice Pete. Congrats!

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Come see my band play on the 7th (friday) and see the guitar! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Pete

[kmanick]

Re: Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

Pete I believe ( I may be mistaken but I've read this in several places) that the North Hollywood address was a USA custom shop where they built the artist(Satch, Vai ) guitars and custom orders for the few lucky ones that knew the shop was there between 90 - 92. I'll try to dig up the links to the site that described what was happening there at the time. I was looking at a USA custom shop about 8 months ago and did some research on USA Ibanez built guitars. That is a relatively rare guitar and worth some serious cake to the Ibanez collectors, especially with a maple neck.
Congrats on the score.

[nonamemx]

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wow thats cool!

I have a huge weakness for Floyds and Maple Fretboards. . .guitars with both those features are rare. (for me at least. . .none of my local stores ever have anything )

[The Eristic]

Re: Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

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Pete I believe ( I may be mistaken but I've read this in several places) that the North Hollywood address was a USA custom shop where they built the artist(Satch, Vai ) guitars and custom orders for the few lucky ones that knew the shop was there between 90 - 92.

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A N. Hollywood plate on a Saber, Power, USAC, or RG 7XX just means it's post-'91. The Custom Shop guitars usually have LA before the serial.

Here's the '92 Saber catalog page: http://ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1992/s_2.jpg

[Number Of The Priest]

Re: Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

So is that a Saber or a Radius? I could never really tell the difference between the two other than the fact that Satch used Radiuses (Radii?) before having the JS Series.

I don't know if it's common or not, but that special inlay is at the 21st fret rather than the last (22nd) fret.

You seem to be picking up some pretty damn cool Ibanez guitars there Pete. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[The Eristic]

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So is that a Saber or a Radius?

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It's a Saber. Take a look at the catalog scans for the different models to see the big difference. They have almost the same profile from the front,so you have to see them from the side or bottom.

http://ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1991/index.htm

[Twisteramps]

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yeah, it's pretty damn slim... reminds me of a Jackson stealth. Still not sure if I dig it or not - playing this guitar is like dancing with an anorexic supermodel. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Pete

[The Eristic]

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yeah, it's pretty damn slim... reminds me of a Jackson stealth. Still not sure if I dig it or not - playing this guitar is like dancing with an anorexic supermodel. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Pete

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They're a gift from God for loooooong shows, especially if you have a bad back. It does sort of throw you off at first, though, 'specially if you're used to Teles and Les Pauls.

[Posepatrol]

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Thats a Custom Shop, Mace Bailey, Mike Lipe, or Matty Bratto made it.

[Twisteramps]

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Actually, it weighs more than one would think by how thin the body is. Doesn't weigh as much as my archtop soloists did, but more than my charvel usa alder strat from '95.

Pete

[The Eristic]

Re: Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

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Actually, it weighs more than one would think by how thin the body is. Doesn't weigh as much as my archtop soloists did, but more than my charvel usa alder strat from '95.

Pete

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That's interesting. My S only weighs about 5 pounds.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...21834050NAJaNv

[etaeniura]

Re: Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

you may want to check with guys over on the Jemsite for more info, or the guy at Ibanezrules.com

[BigDaddyD]

Re: Bought a cool satriani-ish Ibanez...

Satch's original JS1 were just like that. HSH.

http://www.ibanezrules.com/images/us...h/P1010013.JPG

[Twisteramps]

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Found it in a catalog... at least, the same model and finish, doubt it's the SAME guitar:



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Pete

[nonamemx]

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GAH! Why cant Ibanez make any guitars that cool anymore? with beautiful maple fretboards!?