Ibanez J Customs at GAK

Karl Hungus

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Just thought I might show some peeps that, seeing as those J Custom Ibanez guitars are in serious want.

feylya

Tbh, I wouldn't mind one of these:

http://www.guitartrader.com/itm.icl?pid=52817&orderidentifier=icat_orderID

Voodu Child

Karl Hungus wrote:

Just thought I might show some peeps that, seeing as those J Custom Ibanez guitars are in serious want.

Yeah, if you can find one here or youll certainly pay for it...they have/had a lovely black flame topped one with a maple fingerboard in musician inc, but its very expensive...Ishibashi seems to be the way to go for these guitars...

I wouldnt be mad about that rgt though, simply because places like guitarbargains make the prestige (japanese) range very affordable, and the difference between korean and japanese is well worth the extra few quid..but thats just my opinion (having owned a few of each)

feylya

€400 for a neck through Ibanez ain't to be sneezed at though

Karl Hungus

I have my eyes on this J Custom in particular.

feylya

Ya know, I don't think any production model guitar does anything for me any more. I've been spoiled by custom shop gorgeousness.

voxpop

Ibanez's are too pointy

Voodu Child

Karl Hungus wrote:

I have my eyes on this J Custom in particular.

Get it Karl, I double, triple dare ya

feylya wrote:

€400 for a neck through Ibanez ain't to be sneezed at though

Ah yeah, true, sure thats how much tax I paid on my feckin' JC... :eek: :eek:

Karl Hungus

voodoo_child wrote:

Get it Karl, I double, triple dare ya

Don't tempt me Frodo!

Giblet

I see Karl went for the sunshinesque black one...

Karl Hungus

Giblet wrote:

I see Karl went for the sunshinesque black one...

Well can you see me with this colour:



Hmm? No, don't think so.

Seriously though, that J Custom is as the doc once put it, top of GAS mountain. Flamed maple top, Mahogany back. And the absolute icing on the cake, as the lads at Ishibashi put it:

DiMarzio AIR NORTON 7 and TONE ZONE 7 are adopted for picking up, and ..fat.. sound is achieved more solemnly.

Perfection methinks. Sheer ****ing perfection right there.

feylya

You're putting that above a custom Leviathan and a Ernie Ball 7 String Petrucci with piezo? Seriously?

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

You're putting that above a custom Leviathan and a Ernie Ball 7 String Petrucci with piezo? Seriously?

No. There's no ONE guitar, but as far as an Ibanez 7 String goes, that is perfect. My Stealth should also be perfection, but it's a totally different guitar to the J Custom, you dig? As a custom Leviathan or Petrucci is different again, but both should certainly be perfection.

feylya

Personally, I don't think it's top of the GAS mountain. Not by a long shot.

Karl Hungus

Well what would be for you then?

feylya

Custom shop ESP/LGM/Orsmby/other small shop.

Karl Hungus

Yes, but what specs? Because the specs on that J-Custom are pretty damned perfect.

feylya

There's lots of different specs. The ESP would be:

M-II Body
Alder body
Maple neckthrough
Reversed Pointed headstock
Ebony fretboard
Dunlop 6100 frets
No inlays
Blue Fibre Optic side dots
Dual EMG 81's
2 vol, 1 tone, 3 way slotted switch
Black Lo-Floyd Rose
Black gloss on body, neck and head.
ESP (Name) on head
Dunlop Strap Locks
Sperzel Locking Tuners

Think that's about it.

Karl Hungus

I'd much rather Mahogany than Alder myself, but you're right on the old Ebony Fretboard with no inlays there, that's certainly something the J-Custom is lacking.

feylya

TBH, it's a Kirk Hammett spec without inlays...

Karl Hungus

Methinks I'd go for that J Custom over the ESP.
How much would that cost though?

Doctor J

Ormsby? Isn't he that fella that plays a Ukelele and sings about cleanin windas?

feylya

No

Doctor J

Everybody loves the green quilted maple, eh?

feylya

Especially that one. It looks electric.

Karl Hungus

Doctor J wrote:

Everybody loves the green quilted maple, eh?

I know I do! Swish!

fish-head

"When I'm Cleanin' Windas!"
He plays a banjilale.