Ibanez Joe Satriani 20th Anniversary JS20TH Prestige Guitar

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Basswood body with Silver Surfer 3-D Graphic
24 Fret JS Prestige neck with Rosewood fret board
Dimarzio PAF Pro & FRED Hum-Buckers
Ibanez EDGE Locking Tremelo plus moulded Hard case included

Collectable Joe Satriani 20th Anniv model

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I first saw this guitar displayed on a perspex life sized model of the Silver Surfer at the NAMM show...

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Ibanez Joe Satriani 20th Anniversary JS20TH Prestige Guitar

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Joe Satriani's collaboration with Ibanez guitars and also the 20th Anniversary of his iconic album "Surfing with the Alien" Ibanez present the JS20TH Prestige electric guitar featuring the album sleeve design graphics on the body of the instrument.

As is the usual state of affairs with Ibanez this guitar's body has been crafted from Basswood and uses a JS Prestige custom designed Ibanez neck with a 24 6105 fret Rosewood fret board featuring Abalone dot inlays. The pick-ups are a Dimarzio PAF Pro in the neck position with a Dimarzio FRED at the bridge controlled by a master tone and seperate master volume control alongside a 3 way selector toggle switch.

The JS20TH has a locking tremolo system bridge in the shape of the Ibanez EDGE whilst the main area of the body and headstock are decorated in the album sleeve graphics of Joe Satriani's album "Surfing with the Alien ..." The graphics depict the Silver Surfer (A Marvel Comics Super Hero character) astride his silver surfboard with a colourful red, blue and yellow background. The Silver Surfer figure has been produced so that his body has a 3-dimensional form which protrudes out of the body of the instrument and is of course finished in silver.

NB Due to its high value and rare availability this instrument must be personally collected from our Portsmouth store once purchased.

by Gig Stig

I first saw this guitar displayed on a perspex life sized model of the Silver Surfer at the NAMM show in Los Angeles in January of 2008, the guitar was slung around the Silver Surfer's neck and it was a lasting image from that show. It has now been officially released albeit in very limited numbers but I have to say that the graphics have been expertly re-created from the "Surfing with the Alien" cover sleeve ....

Aside from the glitzy cosmetics this is still a very fine guitar, it uses a couple of Di-marzio hum-buckers to create a metallic wall of sound when cranked up whilst the neck is luxurious to the touch and plays very fast ... So that you can emulate Satch himself, Ibanez have equipped this instrument with an EDGE locking trem so you can dive-bomb to your heart's content and still remain in perfect pitch ...

You need to be aware of a couple of things here .... firstly, this guitar will set you back a shed load of cash and may even be one for the collectors out there. But secondly, and more importantly .... this guitar won't make you play or sound exactly like Joe Satriani, but it will make you salivate and bring a smile to your face every time you open the hard case .... see it now at Nevada Music's warehouse .

The good people at Nevada have asked me to point out that due to the unique nature of this instrument and the significant cost they would prefer potential purchaser's to try this instrument at their Portsmouth store and collect it in person once the transaction is complete.