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1988 Jem 77FP with Pyramid Neck
Does anyone have any information on the guitar Steve is holding on the cover of Young Guitar from March 1988? Is it an early prototype with pyramids before they settled on the vine inlay? Are there any other known photos of this guitar?
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Re: 1988 Jem 77FP with Pyramid Neck
My understanding is that that one is indeed the prototype. There were a few other photos from the Skyscraper era floating around the Internet.
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Jono, thank you for that lead! Down the rabbit hole I go. Thx!
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Re: 1988 Jem 77FP with Pyramid Neck
Yes, he played that guitar live for the first time in 1987 at the Guitarmania show during 1987 NAMM, just after the release of the original neon trio. Dealears wanted that finish too so Ibanez had to produce it in mass and was released in 1988 but with the vine inlay. Steve gave that guitar to his friend fron Western Vacation.
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Re: 1988 Jem 77FP with Pyramid Neck
Seeing this makes me feel sad that the disappearing pyramid inlay is pretty much dead today.
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I’ve always been curious about this one that appears briefly in an old video interview with Vai while he was recording guitar parts for Slip of the Tongue. Another prototype FP? Pink vine, green pickups and blue knobs!!
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Re: 1988 Jem 77FP with Pyramid Neck
Yeah, I've seen that guitar in one of my Vai guitar tab books. I really dig the disappearing pyramid inlays with a rosewood fretboard like the Multicolor 7 string Universe. If Ibanez/Vai came out with a floral JEM with those disappearing pyramid inlays, I'd jump on it in a heart beat.
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I saw a user in the Ibanez Jem facebook group who made an awesome replica of this based on a floral jem and a separate neck. His name is Hirohide.
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Re: 1988 Jem 77FP with Pyramid Neck
Love this axe, the colored pyramids work so well with the FP.
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Re: 1988 Jem 77FP with Pyramid Neck
Yeah, the pyramids really look cool on an FP. I found a couple more pix. Also, on this prototype, the black burst on the edge of the body is thinner than the production guitars.
Last edited by gtr425; 01-24-2021 at 03:04 PM.
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