Skunk stripe wood?

[Myst and rain]

Hi,

Hey, does anyone know what wood the skunk stripe on the Ibanez JS is made of?

Thanks,
Myst

[jb4674]

I believe it's rosewood.

Jimmy

[Myst and rain]

Yeah, I just read somewhere else on the internet that it's rosewood, as well.

Interesting how not all JSs seem to have the stripe. I don't think the JS2PRM has one, iirc. Makes me wonder what the reasoning behind those decisions were.

[Rich]

Bubinga.

Only the 92'/93's and BDG's don't have the skunk.

[Myst and rain]

Bubinga... I see. Thanks.

[OCDemon]

My JS90th doesn't have the stripe

[OCDemon]

Neither does the 90th from the ibanezrules gallery.

[Rich]

It's been so long since I had one I forgot

[MFB]

I thought some also had Walnut?

[Rich]

I've never seen an official spec for what it is. I look at some of it, I could buy walnut. I look at some, I'd think lighter bubinga.

[Myst and rain]

Hey Rich, you own some JSs from 1992 and 1993, right? Do you notice any warping in the necks?

[Rich]

Non stripe means they changed the truss rout to a straight rout under the fretboard, like a JEM. The stripe is just a fillet and nothing else.

[Grn1z]

Originally Posted by Rich

Non stripe means they changed the truss rout to a straight rout under the fretboard, like a JEM. The stripe is just a fillet and nothing else.

I assume this is the same as on a Fender....just a fillet ?...either way I have sometimes wondered myself what woods were used as the skunk stripe.

[Rich]

Just like a Strat

[Myst and rain]

Check this out:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...kBlueprint.jpg

That's kind of interesting, isn't it?

Anyway, I thought because Joe uses the whammy all the time (and quite intensively) the skunk was there to prevent warping. But it's a 'fillet' you say? I don't see why you can't have a Strat-like truss rod without the strip, really. What am I missing, guys?