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Satch was as on form as is humanly possible, his legato was blistering and command of feedback and his effects were superb.
). Anyhow, it looked and sounded great 
I figured that wouldn't be too hard to do, since the pickups come in 7 string versions, as does the Edge trem, and Ibanez do 7 string necks and nutsash wrote:I asked one of the MW backstage guests about the 7 string. He said he "chatted to Joe"" about them. There were 2 and they were normal JS bodies with RG 7 string necks fitted and Fred/Joe/PAF 7 string pickups installed. They were made by the Ibanez Japan custom shop. Some of the things he said didn't make sense, so I think he might have been making some of it up as he is inclined to do.
Ibanez 7-strings are usually a longer 27" scale, so with the neck bolted on at the same place, the bridge has to be further down the body, as you so keenly observed. That means a simple converted 6-string body won't work and was one of the odd things he mentioned that made me think my source was full of shit.Gelato wrote:
As for the 7 string, it didn't look entirely like a standard JS body, especially the way the bridge was closer to the end of the guitar than any of the 6-string models I've seen (and certainly more so than any of the other gats Joe played
Unfortunately the chrome boys don't have a basswood body, its luthite, which is Ibanez's fancy name for moulded foam resin. A friend in Rotorua has/had one and said it sounded shit compared to his basswood bodied one.
I must have a chrome boy guitar......
Is that the same for the ones Satriani plays, or just production models? Maybe that will be one that I buy and put in a glass case after I win Lotto...ash wrote:Unfortunately the chrome boys don't have a basswood body, its luthite, which is Ibanez's fancy name for moulded foam resin. A friend in Rotorua has/had one and said it sounded shit compared to his basswood bodied one.
I'm sure he said on the san francisco dvd that his was wood. but they had issues trying to chrome wood without burning it.Gelato wrote:Is that the same for the ones Satriani plays, or just production models? Maybe that will be one that I buy and put in a glass case after I win Lotto...ash wrote:Unfortunately the chrome boys don't have a basswood body, its luthite, which is Ibanez's fancy name for moulded foam resin. A friend in Rotorua has/had one and said it sounded shit compared to his basswood bodied one.
yeah his first one (well first one that I saw) had imperfections in it. thats the san francisco dvd one. wether that was wood or luthite I'm not 100% sure.ash wrote:I heard that the chrome one(s) he has now is luthite. I also have read that they cancelled production of an early model because of problems with the chrome, which would certainly be apparent with a wood substrate. The big issue with wood is that it moves, and chrome is too brittle to survive the movement.
I have seen chromed wood bodies on the internet, so maybe Satch has a wooden one too.
Hold on! .... re-read this. You heard soundcheck?Sicklehut wrote:Yes ... awesome night .. being in front of the PA speakers on the left probably account for the loss of hearing for a while after the show
I love the look and sound of the 2 JS Amps he had there ... sounded also wicked when he was doing the soundchecks earlier on in the afternoon
Very shy and soft spoken guy in the flesh when he came out after the show
when where how why? 
