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Something I still hold a grudge over to this day is that I had one in my hands. I was working in retail and we got one in. It was a good one. No peeling. It was a guitar I'd lusted after for years. The price to me was £1300. I'd just sold my Les Paul and was going to get it. Went for a dump, got back and another guy had sold it. I was gutted. He's dead now. Freak accident in the store that I had nothing to do with.
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
I don't know whether to laugh or be horrified (at the comment, not the guitar)!
I saw this on the email from GuitarGuitar yesterday and as a bit shocked at the price, although I suppose I shouldn't be.
The JS models are about as close as I ever get to contemplating buying an Ibanez. They look like they'd be really comfortable to play, it's a great body shape although I prefer the 22-fret models to the 24s.
The 22 fret body shape is excellent, the Fred and Paf Pro is a great combination and easily one of my fave guitars to play
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There have been a few hardtails. The JS700 was the one with P-90s and a sort of modernised wraparound bridge. The JS6 and JS1600 had humbuckers and a Gotoh strings-through-body bridge. Then there was one called the JS2000(?) which had a weird bridge which was fixed, but with string clamps like a Floyd/Edge tremolo because he preferred the tone of that kind of bridge.
I may have some of those model numbers wrong.
Yes, I'd buy one with a more traditional bridge. Actually I'd buy one with an Edge, if it had a bigger neck.
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Amusingly I also wish I hadn't sold the PRS I traded it with you for
That JS1600 is nice, but it desperately needs a matching headstock!
JS700 seems relatively common, I've seen them on eBay quite a lot, not sure about the prices but I don't think they were very high.
when you click the link, it gives you other products under it, Dale Wilson masterbuilt strat 7K, surh Strat 4K, Team built custom shop strat 5.5K
value in guitars in general seems to be bit over the top at the moment.
He was my first proper hero on the instrument and I got to see him on the FIABD tour.. in fact it's 30 years ago tomorrow! I'd never seen anyone play like that before.
I've had several JS1000's, a Japanese JS700 (a mint £400 bargain I should have kept, although it didn't play anywhere near as well as a regular JS), a JS2000 (traded on here with @SquireJapan ;many years ago) and a JS6000 - which is the only one I still own and have gigged many times. Wish I'd picked up a JS1600 when they were being discontinued, they very rarely come up for sale, but a classy looking guitar and one I'd buy if I saw it
As others have said, they're just such comfortable guitars to play, are very versatile and sound great
Here's my JS6000, currently sporting chrome hardware like a JS6, with an original Bill Lawrence in the bridge. I still have all the original cosmo hardware and the FRED pickup as standard on the JS6000 should I want to swap back
All the playability of the standard models, without the hassle of a locking trem - a definite keeper
Excuse the weeds!!!
My music:- https://soundcloud.com/hubobulous