It took a while to perfect it, but every time they send me one it feels just like the others. And when I walk into any music store and pick up one of these guitars and play it, it feels great.
I wasn’t going to make it a Steve Vai guitar, because who’d be interested in buying a Steve Vai guitar unless I actually played it? So I told them that if they made me these guitars and supplied me with them, then they could make them for other people as well. I thought that it would have potential in the marketplace, and they were interested in marketing it. “So when Ibanez approached me I gave them the chance I gave every other company I handed them my prototype and said ‘Here’s the guitar I want – make me one exactly like it.’ And I got a guitar back in three weeks that was just great. I’m always breaking guitars too, it must be my sedate and laid-back style (laughs). What I needed was a supply of these guitars at any time, because live, when you start using a lot of different guitars, when you switch the guitars inevitably sound different or feel different or don’t react to the amp in the same way. But I had an idea for a guitar that I kinda put together I had a prototype I was using on tour, three of them actually, that were put together by myself, my guitar tech Elwood, and a friend of mine named Joe Despagni – he owns a company called Jem Guitars that makes custom guitars. “Basically, every company approached me for endorsements, and a lot of them make very fine products. Getting a big endorsement deal was not his objective getting the best guitar was. Numerous guitar manufacturers were already clamoring for Vai’s endorsement, and Steve sent spec sheets to many of these companies to see who could best suit his needs. Suddenly thrust into arenas and the spotlight, his equipment needs changed, and it was time to design a new guitar, of which he could have several made to take on tour. It is a guitar designed by Steve Vai, to be the ultimate guitar for his personal tastes and idiosyncrasies, and it seems that guitar players all over the world agree that it is the ultimate rock guitar, blending the best features of historical favorites with visionary advancements.In 1985 Steve Vai had just stepped into the most coveted and perhaps the most highly scrutinized position in the guitar world at that time guitarist for David Lee Roth, who had just departed from Van Halen. Now, most of those guitars (and indeed many of the companies) are history, yet the Ibanez Jem guitars have remained as popular and as exciting as ever, a lasting testament to their imagination, practicality, craftsmanship and design. Gretsch Streamliner Center Block Jr.(The Jem, The Universe, and Me) It seemed like in the 1980’s, a thousand different guitar companies introduced a million different guitars for rock guitarists.Ibanez GRGR120EX Electric Guitar Jewel Blue 194744640551 OB.This item can be shipped to United States. The seller is “aclo” and is located in Savoy, Illinois. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Electric Guitars”. The item “IBANEZ JEM LNG Loch Ness Green #335 Steve Vai signature guitar hardshell case NO” is in sale since Thursday, July 30, 2020. This is not an easy guitar to find, trust me. Case is not original issue with the LNG, but an Ibanez 80s hardcase, bright pink lining. The knobs and 5-way tip have been changed, you can find Ibanez NOS yellow knobs and tip if you look hard enough.
I DO NOT Have the handset, someone removed it before I bought it, I left the resting stickers still on it. Guitar body is still VERY vibrant green, no fading. Here are the things you would most likely like to know. You probably know there were 777, each signed and numbered and sometimes with odd writings, this is #335. USED Ibanez JEM Loch Ness Green, no reissue here, this is the real deal for the late 80s. The guitar that really started it all for me, too bad I was never any good at playing. IBANEZ JEM LNG – Loch Ness Green ORIGINAL #335 with Hardshell Case. IBANEZ JEM LNG Loch Ness Green #335 Steve Vai signature guitar hardshell case NO admin January 10, 2021