The JS model, which has been Joe Satriani's main instrument for many years now, is a bit of an odd bird in the Ibanez range. With a slightly different neck profile and playing feel for Ibanez, it is a guitar that is quite different from what Ibanez usually makes. The playing feel can perhaps be described as modern vintage (it's pretty obvious where he got his inspiration from when playing a JS).
A guitar where it is obvious that Joe thought about tone, playing comfort, width and more tone.
The newly developed DiMarzio® Satchur8™ pickup in stall position helps achieve a more versatile sound. The SUSTAINIAC® Driver mic in the neck position is connected to a "Stealth PRO" preamp custom-made for Joe. It can provide infinite sustain and expands the range dramatically with a 3-way Sustainiac switch.
Joe has always felt that the two extra frets on a 24 fret neck moved the neck pickup closer to the bridge pickup and away from what he considers the neck pickup's "sweet spot".
But after a lot of experimenting with different pickups and tests with replacing the neck pickup with a humbucker in single coil format, he found a solution to get the neck pickup sounds he wanted despite a 24 band neck. The fact that the neck has more bands has also meant that the shape of the lower cut-away has been made a little deeper into the body. Otherwise, it is in both sound and playing feel like the usual JS guitars.
The neck is a 3-piece maple/bubinga neck with a Panga Panga fingerboard banded with medium frets that has received the Ibanez Premium Fret Edge Treatment.
The neck has a profile Ibanez calls JS and which is rounder and more C-shaped than, for example, Wizard necks. Even the fretboard is more arched (less flat) than Wizard necks.
Specs:
• 3-piece Maple/Purpleheart JS neck.
• Panga Panga fingerboard.
• White dot neck insert.
• Medium fret with Premium Fret Edge Treatment.
• American Basswood (Lind) body.
• EDGE tremolo.
• SUSTANIAC (S) neck pickup.
• Tone control with Sustainiac control (push/pull).
• 3-way Sustainiac switch (Harmonic/Mix/Normal).
• DiMarzio Satchur8 stable pickup.
• Chrome hardware.
• Gig bag included.
The neck:
• 648mm/25.5" scale.
• Width at saddle: 42mm.
• Width at 24 bands: 56mm.
• Thickness at first band: 20mm.
• Thickness at 12 bands: 22.3mm.
• Radius: 250mmR.
The pickups are connected to a 3-position toggle switch with common tone and volume control.
A guitar where it is obvious that Joe thought about tone, playing comfort, width and more tone.
The newly developed DiMarzio® Satchur8™ pickup in stall position helps achieve a more versatile sound. The SUSTAINIAC® Driver mic in the neck position is connected to a "Stealth PRO" preamp custom-made for Joe. It can provide infinite sustain and expands the range dramatically with a 3-way Sustainiac switch.
Joe has always felt that the two extra frets on a 24 fret neck moved the neck pickup closer to the bridge pickup and away from what he considers the neck pickup's "sweet spot".
But after a lot of experimenting with different pickups and tests with replacing the neck pickup with a humbucker in single coil format, he found a solution to get the neck pickup sounds he wanted despite a 24 band neck. The fact that the neck has more bands has also meant that the shape of the lower cut-away has been made a little deeper into the body. Otherwise, it is in both sound and playing feel like the usual JS guitars.
The neck is a 3-piece maple/bubinga neck with a Panga Panga fingerboard banded with medium frets that has received the Ibanez Premium Fret Edge Treatment.
The neck has a profile Ibanez calls JS and which is rounder and more C-shaped than, for example, Wizard necks. Even the fretboard is more arched (less flat) than Wizard necks.
Specs:
• 3-piece Maple/Purpleheart JS neck.
• Panga Panga fingerboard.
• White dot neck insert.
• Medium fret with Premium Fret Edge Treatment.
• American Basswood (Lind) body.
• EDGE tremolo.
• SUSTANIAC (S) neck pickup.
• Tone control with Sustainiac control (push/pull).
• 3-way Sustainiac switch (Harmonic/Mix/Normal).
• DiMarzio Satchur8 stable pickup.
• Chrome hardware.
• Gig bag included.
The neck:
• 648mm/25.5" scale.
• Width at saddle: 42mm.
• Width at 24 bands: 56mm.
• Thickness at first band: 20mm.
• Thickness at 12 bands: 22.3mm.
• Radius: 250mmR.
The pickups are connected to a 3-position toggle switch with common tone and volume control.