There have been a number of new Ibanez guitar models at various NAMM shows and so there will be at winter 2006 NAMM. Ibanez unveiled a new Steve Vai JEM Signature model at the January 2005 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. It was named “Bad Horsie” after a Steve Vai song of the same name. This guitar features a “Rock Mirror” finish with matching mirror pick guard.
The new model also features the signature JEM appointments of a “Monkey Grip” handle carved into the basswood body and a scooped tremolo cavity so pitches can be raised as well as lowered with the tremolo arm.
Bad Horsie has joined a long line of variations Steve Vai’s JEM signature models, which were first introduced at the Chicago NAMM show in June 1987.
At the January 2005 show, Ibanez unveiled the new Exotic Wood acoustic guitar line featuring three different, visually striking and surprisingly inexpensive models in highly figured ash, curly maple and zebrawood. The introduction was so well received that Ibanez announced the first acoustic-electric version at the Indianapolis Summer NAMM show.
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