J-Craft -made '94 JEM7VWH? (pics)

[nuno]

[sorry, can't find any answer with the Search option]

hi guys, i've got a friend who's bought an used '94 JEM7VWH which sports a "Made by Team J.Craft Japan" sticker right inside the springs cavity. my friend asked the previous owner about that, and he states that he's bought that guitar brand-new back in '95 and since then he's never opened that cover, never pasted any stickers on, never lent the guitar to anyone and no one put hands on it, techs neither. i used to know that the Team J.Craft started building or crafting Ibanez guitars in 2005 only. could that be true? was the Team J-Craft building/crafting Ibanez guitars back in '94? see pics here. thanks in advance!

nuno
www.ibanez87.it

[fettouhi]

Interesting.

Regards

André

[gitarrero]

Your friend doesn't happen to have a time machine, does he?

[screamndemon69]

Rich would know about this if anyone would. interesting.

[Rich]

"Team J Craft" is a marketing gimick. If it is original to that guitar [as I've never seen one on any mid 90's Ibanez] then it's a gimick that they were going to use and didn't, and just decided to use for 05'. But marketing is marketing, the same people in the same shop built the 03's, 04's and 05's, as well as the 94's [employee attrition aside]

[nuno]

thanks Rich!
i think Ibanez should put some light on their marketing gimmicks if they want people to keep on trust them. i mean, who T.H. cares about something that nobody knows a thing about? if you claim "Made by Team J.Craft" on the guitar you want me to buy, you must tell me what this Team J.Craft is, instead of having people wandering around looking for info that nobody can give.

[Rich]

Not really. People are stupid, gullible, and not very detail oriented. They see "team" and "craft" and figure "it must be good", right?

[markg5150]

Originally Posted by nuno

thanks Rich!
i think Ibanez should put some light on their marketing gimmicks if they want people to keep on trust them.

But then it wouldn't be a gimmick

[nuno]

Originally Posted by Rich

Not really. People are stupid, gullible, and not very detail oriented. They see "team" and "craft" and figure "it must be good", right?

LOL!!!

[marianozz]

Originally Posted by Rich

Not really. People are stupid, gullible, and not very detail oriented. They see "team" and "craft" and figure "it must be good", right?

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