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Published on 10/14/11 at 19:07Ibanez decided to release a special guitar around 2003. It was pretty much the same as the J-Custom, but it came from the Prestige factory instead. Aside from the fact that the fret ends aren't quite as round as what you find from the J-Custom shop, it's still one awesome guitar. It features a a mahogany body with a quilted maple top, a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, the special vine inlay, an Edge Pro Ibanez bridge, all access neck joint, two humbuckers, one volume, one tone and a five way switch.
UTILIZATION
The guitar was pretty much flawless. The quilt on this was deep enough to where it stood out nicely, and the finish on this helped give it some really cool 3D effect to it. The bridge in this is an Ibanez Edge Pro, and they're very solid bridges. While they're not quite as nice feeling as the old school Edge or LoPro, they're still high quality bridges. Do the locking stud mod, and you'll be good to go. The fretwork on this was top notch, and I was able to get some super low action without any issues at all. The vine inlay was also done perfectly, and there wasn't any filler in it like you sometimes see.
SOUNDS
The guitar had a Breed set installed in it, and it was an awesome combination. The Breed Bridge is like a very hot and middy PAF Pro. It's super hot rodded, and it can really push an amp for that powerful, humbucker sound. However, it also responds quite nice to the volume knob. When you roll it down, you can get a nice, cleaner character that works great for single channel amps. It has lots of dynamics and harmonics once you crank it up. The Breed Neck is one of my favorite neck pickups that DiMarzio makes. It's super fat sounding, and but it's not so fat that it sounds dull. There's just enough treble in here to help it cut through and remain like a normal neck pickup should.
OVERALL OPINION
If you can find one of these guitars, I highly recommend picking it up. They're top notch guitars and even resemble the famous J-Custom guitars. While the fretwork isn't quite as amazing as the J-Custom, it still has awesome fretwork, and anybody should be happy with this. I recommend replacing the pickups if you have a stock one, though.
UTILIZATION
The guitar was pretty much flawless. The quilt on this was deep enough to where it stood out nicely, and the finish on this helped give it some really cool 3D effect to it. The bridge in this is an Ibanez Edge Pro, and they're very solid bridges. While they're not quite as nice feeling as the old school Edge or LoPro, they're still high quality bridges. Do the locking stud mod, and you'll be good to go. The fretwork on this was top notch, and I was able to get some super low action without any issues at all. The vine inlay was also done perfectly, and there wasn't any filler in it like you sometimes see.
SOUNDS
The guitar had a Breed set installed in it, and it was an awesome combination. The Breed Bridge is like a very hot and middy PAF Pro. It's super hot rodded, and it can really push an amp for that powerful, humbucker sound. However, it also responds quite nice to the volume knob. When you roll it down, you can get a nice, cleaner character that works great for single channel amps. It has lots of dynamics and harmonics once you crank it up. The Breed Neck is one of my favorite neck pickups that DiMarzio makes. It's super fat sounding, and but it's not so fat that it sounds dull. There's just enough treble in here to help it cut through and remain like a normal neck pickup should.
OVERALL OPINION
If you can find one of these guitars, I highly recommend picking it up. They're top notch guitars and even resemble the famous J-Custom guitars. While the fretwork isn't quite as amazing as the J-Custom, it still has awesome fretwork, and anybody should be happy with this. I recommend replacing the pickups if you have a stock one, though.