Steve Vai Evo Frets
Wiping the strings and frets down between songs on a gig. Steve Vai JEM Evo.
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. Ibanez JEM JRL WH Steve Vai 49767 Brand New Add to Cart Ibanez JEM JRSP YE Steve Vai 47758 4785 price drop 42973 Brand New Add to Cart Ibenez Ibanez JEMJRL-WH Steve Vai Signature Series Junior Jem 6 String Guitar 720 195 price drop 525 Used Mint Add to Cart Custom Saturn Wave Ibanez J Custom RG8520 Replica With Scalloped Frets 285. - The neck is professionally refretted with Stainless Steel Frets 110 x 055. Steve feels that each nick and scratch in EVO add character and tell stories so every single one of them is important and has been re-created by hand.
From these pics of Evo It appears that Steve has his guitar setup fairly high by normal shredders standards. The JEM7V features an alder body bolted to a maple and walnut originally one-piece maple neck with a 24-fret fingerboard with pearl and abalone Tree of Life vine inlays. It is a signature model of American guitarist Steve Vai.
Things like nuts tail pieces frets tuning pegs have changed due to being worn out but the guitar itself is intact. Actually its exactly the same as any production just beat up a lot more. Now for the first time Ibanez is also offering a more affordable version of the Vai masterpiece the JEM70V.
The Ibanez Universe a seven-string guitar developed by Steve Vai is branded separately from the JEM series but differs from the JEM in its lack of a monkey grip. Wiping down each fret after Im done playing. Steve writes I think a lot of people believe that Evo has special modifications on it and is not similar to the production pieces you buy at retail.
Of course camera shots arent the very same distance and angle but the low-E action cant change that much in any case. The Official Steve Vai Website Message Boards. Wiping the entire area of the string after Im done playing.
Steve Vai shows off several of his wild and wonderful guitars. IGuitar was privileged to be loaned one of the only. There are only 100 Ibanez JEM-EVO guitars being made - each one a hand-crafted replica of Steve Vais own legendary guitar - issued to commemorate the guitarists 25 year association with the company.
Steve Vai muestra sus Ibanez JEM y una muy especial con el sistema True Temperament. On the same camera shots youll see the low-E still resting very flat and laid on the frets its impressive how low it is. Evo has been through 3 or 4 necks in the last ten years.
I got this 2015 Ibanez Jem Jr for 200 so I decided to try and copy Steve Vais Evo guitar-Scalloped Frets-Di Marzio Evolution Pickups-Fret board rolled-Fre. This project began with mapping all of the scratches and dents of the actual EVO. The wider shape of the frets allow for easy bending and vibrato.
Discuss Steves guitars set-up and equipment here. This miniature captures The Tree of Life on the frets and all the vintage marks and details just like the real guitar. About a year ago Steve Vai invited everyones favorite second hand guitar emporium Reverb to his Harmony Hut to check out some of his guitars.
This forum is not for discussing general guitar topics. Post Sun May 03 2009 1147 pm. It was produced in Japan by FujiGen.
This collectible miniature guitar replica was hand-crafted in honor of the legendary guitarist Steve Vai. This signature JEM EVO model was used for many. Theres one of these coming up for sale in the Glasgow Guitar Guitar - saw some pics of it from a mate who works there and gave a heads up.
The replica is simply a beautiful piece. Now as much as Id like to get stainless steel there are a few concerns. Save Reply Fowleri Registered Joined May 9 2017 507 Posts Discussion Starter 6 Jan 28 2021 It doesnt have the true temperament frets anymore.
As you would expect from someone who started their career with Frank Zappa Vai has a lot of crazy and amazing guitars that hes. These wiggly frets are designed to correct the intonation errors inherent in the flawed design of a fretted guitar. Thu Aug 14 2008 144 am.
- Premium full fretwork service was done with the use of ultra precise PLEK machine. Necks get switched need to be worked on replacing frets means sending the neck to texas for TT or even Sweden etc. Maybe they were scalloped before the frets were put on.
With a violin-type non-fretted stringed instrument the proper intonation of the notes are the responsibility of the musician because heshe can move her fingers a tiny bit up and down the string to dial-in that correct pitch. Modern EVO production models use a rosewood fingerboard instead of the ebony that graces Vais own instrument but the fingerboard is still scalloped from frets 21 to 24. This signature JEM EVO model was used for many performances by Steve.
Discuss Steves guitars set-up and equipment here. Steve Vais new offset frets. These are very much a shredders frets.
Steve Vais new offset frets. For Display Purposes Only. This forum is not for discussing general guitar topics.
Steve Vai Vintage Ibanez JEM EVO Mini Guitar Replica TributeThis collectible miniature guitar replica was hand-crafted in honor of the legendary guitarist Steve Vai. All the dents on the body belt buckle wear and scratches around the input jack are all there just like EVO. Cycling through 4 different T-shirts every 2-3 days for wiping purposes.
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