Bye-Bye JS1000WH

[scarello]

This is not good. I was just at Rich Harris' site and while checking out the NAMM 2003 info I noticed the JS1000WH is history Then I go a little further to see a white JS100 Not sure what the strategy is on this one from Ibanez. Upside is they got rid of the Low TRS-II finally. Any other comments are welcome on this thread.

[EKG]

Apparently, the BP was selling better and maybe the 100WH was/is selling better than the 1000WH. I'm sure new 1000WH's will be floating around in stores and online for a little while ;-)

[darren wilson]

There was no 100WH until this year. The JS100 colour options have been TR and BK. They replaced the BK with the WH.

I think it's really cool that they've put a good bridge on the 100. It's still a bit expensive for a Korean-made bolt-on, but you could get it nickel plated and drop in some new pickups and have a pretty nice guitar.

[EKG]

Oh, that's right! They had 100BK's, not WH's... my bad

[SilverSurfer2]

you mean the js100wh doesnt have the trsII bridge?? What kind of bridge does it have?

[vaijem777]

Per the various other threads on this subject, the JS100 is now equipped with the new Edge Pro II as seen here:

http://www.jemsite.com/news/edge2003/

[SilverSurfer2]

That new bridge looks pretty flashy. I wonder if it is better than the lo pro edge.....that "tremsetter" is a nice thing to have in the event of string breakage.
Apparantly you can't swap the new edge with previous edges.

Anyone who has a guitar with this new bridge, please share your thoughts and comments with us!!!

[Drew]

the WH was probably my favorite colored JS available stateside... Always reminded me of the Crystal Planet album, somehow.

I find it VERY curious for ibanez to be doing this, especially since Satch has been gigging with a WH since Pearly got stolen...

-Drew

[EKG]

The JS's don't have the tremsetter in them. Those are only on the ZR equipped models.

[Rich]

It's not really a tremsetter but works on the same principle, just backwards

The WH is a pretty slow sell. For some reason the BP sells much better, even though WH is my favorite of the two [which doesn't say much, I hate BP and I dislike the cosmo hardware on WH]

[SilverSurfer2]

me too, i hate the cosmo chrome hardware. Why can't they just put the straight chrome on both models......i bet they would sell more of each model if they did that.
I see ppl trying to sell their cosmo hardware a lot.

Hey at least Ibanez got rid of that annoying inlay at the 21st fret

[EKG]

Originally Posted by Rich

...even though WH is my favorite of the two [which doesn't say much, I hate BP and I dislike the cosmo hardware on WH]

I agree