How Are We Not Talking About This?

Seashore said:
What's that in your guitar sir
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I wouldn't say that it's hideous, but I would prefer a body with a bit more meat on it.
And I only paid $700 for what was supposed to be the Sam Totman signature Ibanez, that is until he decided to go with a different brand. And I'm perfectly satisfied with that.
 
Anyone recall the video of Herman playing his PRS a couple years ago, and mid-performance the neck suddenly came off? He should stick with Ibanez.
 
Chris Pile said:
Anyone recall the video of Herman playing his PRS a couple years ago, and mid-performance the neck suddenly came off? He should stick with Ibanez.
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You mean when he held the guitar up in the air at head level, then dropped it and smashed his knee into it as hard as he could?


Dunno how much blame the guitar gets in that situation.
 
i mean, i think a strat or tele would survive that, but it was dumb and he broke his guitar.
 
Ashurbanipal said:
Omg, now I can't unsee the fleshlight jack socket :lmao:. {/QUOTE]

Damn....Now I'm thinking "maybe it's not that cool after all" :lmao:



Ashurbanipal said:
The reason they no doubt extended that upper horn is to help with the weight distribution, and having the guitar thicker in the middle. I expect the balance would be fine.

The other interesting nod to Ibanez is the Backstop-like trem setter. Maybe aside from Vai, Herman Li is like the only guy who uses these things :D. Not surprising though, since in his previous Ibanez sigs, the Edge Zero was designed with a similar-in-principle system, you could set it to allow for double stops etc.

Anyway, it's interesting to wonder where they're going with this. Usually, the really expensive guitars in the market these days tend to be aimed at boomers, who are more likely to have the money, so the kinds of guitars we see being made/sold reflect that - classic stuff associated with the old gods of guitar. Dragonforce is a band that younger folks are more likely to be into - would they be prepared/able to spend this much on this PRS? When he was with Ibanez, Herman had a Fujigen and Indo level model; the other guitarist's Iceman was always Indo. A lot of the younger Ibanez artists also tend havetheir signatures as Indo onlyto keep the price down. Perhaps then, if there's appetite for this PRS, there will be more affordable versions.
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The PRS crowd tends to be more uhm ......"mature" & "intellectual". You would'nt think they'd be into Dragonforce/Herman Li much..

If they had a regular production Indo model model or something I'd still get one to see how it stands up against the original deal.

Though gotta say, looks wise I much prefer Sabre's ..even more so now after what was just pointed out :laugh2:
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Masta' C said:
"More wood, heh heh" :lmao:

If you think about other thin-bodied guitars like the Ibanez S-series, they often have to use those annoying barrel jacks. This looks like a way to be able to use a regular jack, which is probably a better choice when touring and knocking your guitar around intentionally like Li does.

I just can't believe something this ugly (fancy tops and finish aside) costs so much and that so many people will snatch these up, no doubt!
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I'd think there would be a more elegant way to design a place for a guitar jack than that. Outside of what it *looks* like, it is just a bad design.
 
Chris Pile said:
Anyone recall the video of Herman playing his PRS a couple years ago, and mid-performance the neck suddenly came off? He should stick with Ibanez.
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First of all, most guitars would split into two pieces if you drop them on their neck joint while simultaneously kneeing them upward from the bottom. That doesn't mean the quality is trash. He said he kneed that same guitar 200 times before breaking it on stage!

They actually used that experience to further refine the neck joint and extended the tenon on these.

EDIT: You should watch the footage starting around the 5:20 mark in the second video I posted...you can see and hear how hard he hits it!
 
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Seashore said:
Ah you guys are ruining that carved jack for me. Dammit. I appreciated it as a cool woodworking thing... the one thing I actually thought was neat and interesting about this guitar... and now it's a cucumber in a sock. Thanks much.
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It's real cool until you need to tighten the jack.
 
jeremy said:
he actually said he broke the one in the video on purpose...
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Yeah, watching the video where it happened, I'm not sure I buy that.

I think it failed naturally (after a lot of abuse, of course) and they just didn't want people thinking there was a flaw in the design, so they claimed it was done on purpose.

But they obviously improved the joint further and I've seen neck joints on several other guitars separate under much less extreme conditions.
 
yeah, i agree. thats a rough move on a guitar, especially with a set neck. apparently thats his rock star move or something
 
NotDemanic said:
I wouldn't say that it's hideous, but I would prefer a body with a bit more meat on it.
And I only paid $700 for what was supposed to be the Sam Totman signature Ibanez, that is until he decided to go with a different brand. And I'm perfectly satisfied with that.
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What brand is Sam Totman now with?
 
The jack 'bump'is the worst design feature on this guitar, the jack bump second. For 7.5k to 8k I'd rather buy 2x Aristides guitars if I had to. Also, the specs are given as an action of 1.75 millimeters. EXCUSE ME?! My guitars, the ones I make, are set up LOW: 0.7mm on the high E and 1.1 on the low e. I hate high action. How can Herman Li play with that egg-cutter action?
 
Price of a good used car

If its what you want... and you're a fan....

I like the thin S series Ibanez

My headless Ehdwuld and IYV Guitars are thin and comfy

Love that

For $8k I could get 40 of them
 
Who the hell puts micro-USB in 2025. Maybe it's a typo and it is USB-C?

Or maybe micro-USB sounds better?
 
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