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The new Steve Vai signature guitar.

Monkey Grip: One of JEM's most recognizable features: Steve Vai's signature monkey grip. Crank your amp up, grab that baby and hold on for dear life.

  • - Neck type: Wizard Maple neck
  • - Scale: 648mm/25.5"
  • - Body: Mahogany body
  • - Fretboard: Rosewood fretboard w/Tree of Life inlay
  • - Frets: Jumbo frets
  • - Bridge: Std. DL tremolo bridge
  • - Neck pickup: Quantum (H) neck pickup (Passive/Ceramic)
  • - Middle pickup: Quantum (S) mid pickup (Passive/Ceramic)
  • - Bridge pickup: Quantum (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Ceramic)
  • - Hardware color: Cosmo black

Key attributes
Pickup Types
HSH
Fingerboard Material
Jatoba
Body Material
Mahogany
Body Shape
ST-Model
Colour
White
Body
Orientation
Right-Handed
Guitar Construction
Solid Body
Top Material
Meranti
Neck
Position Inlays
Custom
Neck Profile
Wizard
Guitar Scale
25.5"
Neck Material
Maple
Nut Material
Metal
Nut Width
43mm
Fret Size
Jumbo
Number of Frets
24
Fingerboard Radius
16"
Hardware
Tuning Machines
Sealed Tuning Machines
String Gauge
.009"
Hardware Finish
Chrome
Black
Coil Split
Yes
Bridge Type
Floyd Rose
Including Bag
Not included
Product Dimensions
Depth
32mm
Width
47mm
Height
1050mm
General Information
Manufacturer information
Hoshino USA Inc.
1726 Winchester Rd, Bensalem
19020 Bensalem PA
United States

ibanez@hoshinousa.com
Electric Guitar ST-Model attributes
Guitar Finish
Gloss
Product Details
Product Number
181572
Brand
Ibanez
Series
Signature
SubSeries
Steve Vai
Category
Electric Guitar ST-Model
Brand Category
Ibanez - ST Models
Relevancy rank in Category Electric Guitar ST-Model
118 of 698
Date
April 2015
Dimension
Weight
3.6kg
Box Width
47mm
Gross Weight
4.8kg

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Got it yesterday. Pros: All the switch combinations sound *very* good and different from one another. Superb neck. The Monkey Grip is more useful than good-looking. Cons: I had to retune it again once today (could be a once-in-a-life problem). The Monkey Grip is ugly but I am getting used to it. Verdict: will keep unmodded for a while. Update (2018-05-17): I do not happen to retune it as often and it's become my favourite shredding axe. I love it. Update (2019.07.16): I had to get its Floyd Rose readjusted once because it was unbalanced.

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