maliciousteve
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I wasn't too sure on the shape in the photos but after seeing the video, I like it. Doesn't look too weird when worn. I wonder what Dave thinks of this.
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Well, from the way the guitar and the design has been received it's gonna be a fairly good seller as long as it's within a reasonable price range.
Chris Broderick really is a great guy to do a sig for, even though he may not be "famous" by any stretch of the imagination. However, pretty much every fan he has is pretty dedicated, and a large percentage of those fans are pretty serious guitar players themselves.
don't like his jackson sig... the only thing that i like is the color and maby the headstock (on the 7 string model)... the shape and everything else
imo the ibanez 7 string was much better (i want the white one)
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That's the thing though, the Ibanez guy was at the show going off that none of the specs on the Jackson were remotely like anything he'd asked them for and he was shocked that he went neck-thru on it as well.
No, if you see them up close while alike to some regards they're definitely not the same plus the shape, the actual trem, the controls, and the fact it's neck-thru, but yes looking dead on small things like color inlays etc are. The reason he switched was apparently because the guys were taking specs off his guitars and using them on others w/o permission and they wouldn't give him a 7 string Sig. The only reason they wouldn't was because he's not allowed to play the 7 so "How are we supposed to market a 7 string that he'll never play?" Also he apparently didn't tell them till like 2 weeks before the show and they had to reprint ALL the new catalogs.Ibanez for whatever reason didn't do enough to keep him on board and that statement from Ibanez looks very much like backpeddling/asscovering from where I'm sitting.
Anyway, we're never going to know the real reasons, so I'm just going to content myself with looking at Soloist pr0n and thinking about selling body parts.
Nah, it was mentioned on here before, afaik Steve Vai has a special contract with Ibanez regarding sevenstring sigs, the Korn dudes said it in an interview, since the only reason they got theirs is because they allegedly called Vai and asked for permission.
Still don't know if that's true or not, but I'm sure that's the deal ROAR mentioned.
No, if you see them up close while alike to some regards they're definitely not the same plus the shape, the actual trem, the controls, and the fact it's neck-thru, but yes looking dead on small things like color inlays etc are.
Any idea on how much this is gonna be?
Well,that's basically what i was wanting to know.haha.The Japanese models... that's a different ball game.
With regards to Ibanez and the Steve Vai agreement, did John Petrucci ever have a seven string signature?
I know I saw him playing Ibanez 7s and I fell in love with the black and white picasso one, but I can't recall ever seeing a 7 on offer in the catalogue...
Can anyone maybe clarify the Vai thing a little more, is it a profit sharing thing or a legal bind to prevent other 7s or just a licensing thing for him being accredited with the first production 7s?![]()
With regards to Ibanez and the Steve Vai agreement, did John Petrucci ever have a seven string signature?
I know I saw him playing Ibanez 7s and I fell in love with the black and white picasso one, but I can't recall ever seeing a 7 on offer in the catalogue...
Can anyone maybe clarify the Vai thing a little more, is it a profit sharing thing or a legal bind to prevent other 7s or just a licensing thing for him being accredited with the first production 7s?![]()
This whole "Vai has a secret blood pact with Ibanez over 7-strings." is just a rumor that went waaaaay out of control. I've yet to see any proof. With all the artists, employees, and press people involved you'd figure there would be something, anything even remotely looking official on the matter.
As for JP, he never had a 7-string production Ibanez. The only 7s he had were a couple Ibanez UV7BK "Green Dot"s and a couple of LACS 7s which were the Picasso models he's been pictured with.