Show us your Brightly coloured Ibanez Shred machines . . .

Vibetronic · October 2022

digitalkettle said:

Always regretted selling my Jem in the 90s...found one of these lurking in a warehouse in Germany well after they'd sold out:

That’s the one I’d have gone for…lovely!

Vibetronic · October 2022

Bennyboy-UK said:

Is this ok?:

Those are epic. We must meet up!

Vibetronic · October 2022

Nightswan said:

Is that from the original run? Mine is a 15th but going from your pickup fade that may be an older one? Beautiful guitar!

Vibetronic · October 2022

RedFalcon said:

Here's my Ibby collection:
Ibanez Js1200
Ibanez PGM301
RGR465m
and an RGA321F that I sold years ago.

The reverse headstock one is one I’ve always wanted!

Stevepage · October 2022

Nightswan said:

@Stevepage This one is worth a punt for sure:

Jackson USA SL 2H MAH SOLOIST 09-20-2004 TRANSPARENT RED. | Reverb

Now that is a bit of me. I’ll have to get on with selling some stuff to get it

Nightswan · October 2022

Vibetronic said:

Nightswan said:

Is that from the original run? Mine is a 15th but going from your pickup fade that may be an older one? Beautiful guitar!

Thank You! Yeah...well spotted..it'a 1990, third year of production. Your's would have the Edge Pro trem right? Would love to see some pics of it.

NelsonP · October 2022

Nightswan said:

ICBM said:

I so wish I'd bought one of those Floral JEMs about five years ago before the price doubled. Although I think visually I marginally prefer the later blue ones...

You'll be hard pressed to score one for sub £3750 these days. The BFP's can be got for circa £2200 to £2500. Expect prices to jump on those soon though.

Is this having a knock on effect on late 80s RG prices? They aren't too dissimilar to the JEMs really, so you'd think so.

Nightswan · October 2022

Stevepage said:

Nightswan said:

@Stevepage This one is worth a punt for sure:

Jackson USA SL 2H MAH SOLOIST 09-20-2004 TRANSPARENT RED. | Reverb

Now that is a bit of me. I’ll have to get on with selling some stuff to get it

Can be scored for less than £1500 for sure. I wish you welll.

On the subject of used Jem prices check this out:

Ibanez Jem 77FP | eBay

Nightswan · October 2022

NelsonP said:

Nightswan said:

ICBM said:

I so wish I'd bought one of those Floral JEMs about five years ago before the price doubled. Although I think visually I marginally prefer the later blue ones...

You'll be hard pressed to score one for sub £3750 these days. The BFP's can be got for circa £2200 to £2500. Expect prices to jump on those soon though.

Is this having a knock on effect on late 80s RG prices? They aren't too dissimilar to the JEMs really, so you'd think so.

They are all going up. I've seen a good few 7XX series for over £1000....some eejits had them up at over 2k. That's J Custom territory with money left over on some of the older used models.

The seller below needs to lay off the crack pipe. It's insane asking prices like this that is driving the market mad:

Vintage Ibanez RG770DX 1991 Laser Blue First year production | Reverb

Ibanez RG560 1991 White | Reverb

RedFalcon · October 2022

Vibetronic said:

RedFalcon said:

Here's my Ibby collection:
Ibanez Js1200
Ibanez PGM301
RGR465m
and an RGA321F that I sold years ago.

The reverse headstock one is one I’ve always wanted!

There is something that hits right with the reverse Ibanez headstock.

fastonebaz · October 2022

Nobody should ever own this monstrosity

NelsonP · October 2022

Nightswan said:

NelsonP said:

Nightswan said:

ICBM said:

I so wish I'd bought one of those Floral JEMs about five years ago before the price doubled. Although I think visually I marginally prefer the later blue ones...

You'll be hard pressed to score one for sub £3750 these days. The BFP's can be got for circa £2200 to £2500. Expect prices to jump on those soon though.

Is this having a knock on effect on late 80s RG prices? They aren't too dissimilar to the JEMs really, so you'd think so.

They are all going up. I've seen a good few 7XX series for over £1000....some eejits had them up at over 2k. That's J Custom territory with money left over on some of the older used models.

The seller below needs to lay off the crack pipe. It's insane asking prices like this that is driving the market mad:

Vintage Ibanez RG770DX 1991 Laser Blue First year production | Reverb

Ibanez RG560 1991 White | Reverb

Thank you. Good to know.

Vibetronic · October 2022

Here's another - this one is a Jem built by Steve Vai's friend Joe Despagni, so is a bit of a prototype. I spoke to the guy (or one of them) who originally owned this, and apparently it used to be in Joe's LA workshop for people to try out:

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Vibetronic · October 2022

And here's my floral (15th anniversary) - got this from Jeff at World Guitars about 11 years ago.

Bennyboy-UK · October 2022

Vibetronic said:

Here's another - this one is a Jem built by Steve Vai's friend Joe Despagni, so is a bit of a prototype. I spoke to the guy (or one of them) who originally owned this, and apparently it used to be in Joe's LA workshop for people to try out:

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Holy shit! Look at that!

ICBM · October 2022

Bennyboy-UK said:

Holy shit! Look at that!

Just think what could have been, if Steve hadn't gone for the boringly conservative Ibanez design...

bloodandtears · October 2022

Should I share pics of my Charvels?? I suspect you've all already seen them mind you..

Grumpyrocker · October 2022

Here are a few more shots of my Ibanez RG1121. The Jescar Gold EVO frets are rather pretty - with very neat round fret ends. As is the 11 piece neck. The top is a 7mm poplar burl.