Movie Guitars: Heartbreak Ridge Ibanez

[Newc]

Just watched Heartbreak Ridge (Clint Eastwood, Mario Van Peebles), and there's a scene of Peebles playing a leopard-skin guitar (right after the mudpit fight). It looks to be a neckthrough, since the back of the neck is painted as well, and the headstock is definitely Ibanez JEM/RG shaped, though I couldn't make out a logo.

The body style was a cross between a Kelly (lower front horn), a Mockingbird (top "horn"), and maybe a Rhoads (long curved top wing like a Roswell).

Looked like Rosewood with dots, v-trem or stopbar/TOM (too dark to see, but it wasn't a locking nut).

Orangish/yellowish "skin" with blackish leopard spots all over (front of head as well)

Anyone ever ID this guitar?

[Boxcar Willie 84]

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I remember that movie, didn't know it was Mario Van Peebles playing the guitar. I forget what it looks like so I'm no help.

[JRE]

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I remember the movie and him playing the guitar.

I am not great at IDing some of these things in the ways you guys do:

Routes, configurations, neck and headstock angles etc.

Sorry.
I am about as much help as my buddy who hasnt shipped my neck for my project yet..... [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

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[Superfly]

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"I've drank more beer, pissed more blood, and banged more quiff than all you numb-nuts put together"

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Great friggin movie !

[Alvin_Wilson]

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"Re-Con!"

[JRE]

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"I've drank more beer, pissed more blood, and banged more quiff than all you numb-nuts put together"

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Great friggin movie !

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I also think it kicks ass. Clint is great in there and has some fantastic quotes, like the one above!

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[Snoogans]

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I believe that was an XV500(?)
I had a mid-80s Ibanez catalogue that was showing them, but they were never brought into the UK. I remember thinking at the time that it was the only model in the whole range I wouldn't want! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Snoogans]

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Ah, here you go - I love Google

[Newc]

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WINNAAAAHHHH!!!

[Crusher]

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Awesome Movie!

[toejam]

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Ah, here you go - I love Google

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I can't remember if I've ever seen one of those or not, but I dig it! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Joe_Steeler]

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Sweede! Sweede! Sweede!
Geat movie, lot of it filmed in Puerto Rico.

[RacerX]

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and Pendleton & local bars [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/locations


Also I found in trivia:

"Prior to filming, 'Mario van Peebles' could not play the guitar, but took several quick lessons to convince Clint Eastwood that he could play the role of the wannabe rock star, Corporal "Stitch" Jones."

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/trivia

[heartfielder]

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"It's mind over matter...we don't mind 'cause you don't matter ! Swede !"

[nonamemx]

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Ibanez-XV500-VT-W-HS...1QQcmdZViewItem


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