New Guitar Day - Ibanez JS1600 Premium Silver

[CosmicDebris]

My entry to the JS forum is a new JS1600 and still being in the honeymoon phase with it. I took a gamble with not having played a JS before but doing all the research on the specs with the neck I went ahead and got one.

The neck feels like a thinner version of my Strat Deluxe QMT with both having the same width, radius, and scale length. The sustain on this JS is incredible and can give tones for nice mellow jazz to harder stuff. I rarely use a wammy so it is not missed and like the individual adjustable saddles making it easy to match fretboard radius. All in all it is a very nice guitar. The only non factory thing I have done with it is add a little nut lube. Here are some pics of it with my Strat.

[RSVampire]

lol dude are those baby carrots just chillin on your headstocks?!

[CosmicDebris]

They are ear plugs actually. I use the to dampen string vibration beyond the nut. I am trying them in the springs of my strat for spring damping too. They do work.

[Batchimp RG]

Originally Posted by RSVampire

lol dude are those baby carrots just chillin on your headstocks?!

PMSL!


Congrats Cosmic....great catch....

I did notice the mysterious "aura" around your JS.....an aura of ~rage~ Unleash that baby!! She like a HOT woman, yeah?

[CosmicDebris]

Originally Posted by Chimp RG

Unleash that baby!! She like a HOT woman, yeah?

It is all in the fingers.

[markg5150]

Very nice Cosmic

Do the ear plugs help on your strat with the strings moving over the nut when you use the trem?

If only the JS1600 had a matching or black head stock ...

[CosmicDebris]

Doesn't make any difference with strings moving just excess vibration. I use them in my trem springs also to cut down on spring noise.

[CityofBlindingLights]

Nice man, once the honeymoon phase is over type up a review, I'm considering this or maybe a 1200CA (along with- incidentally enough- a strat).

As for the earplugs, I used to dampen my trem springs with cotton pads, but I found it REALLY cut down the tone transfer from the bridge to the body, and the guitar became rather dead, so I'll trade spring noise when whammying for tone any day.

[alecmm61]

i played one of those they absolutely kill
the neck is great and the body is very comfortable
overall a killer guitar congrats

[GuiltySparc]

nice dude! I picked up my first JS after playing strats for years, they have awesome necks.

[slade]

Hi CosmicDebris,
I also just purchased my first js, I got austxjim's js1000bp from here in the forum.
I have no pics to show off but I love js guitars & I am also a strat player for over 20 years now.
That is a nice QMT strat u have there...
Check out my FMT here:
http://www.fender.com/community/foru...ic.php?t=11595