GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ New 30 Fretter From Ibanez!
Posted by: Sensible Jones Jan 13 2012, 05:50 PM
Posted by: snackajacks Jan 13 2012, 05:52 PM
QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Jan 13 2012, 05:50 PM)
thats sooo awesome
Posted by: SirJamsalot Jan 13 2012, 06:01 PM
Wow! I love how high those arpeggios go! My two concerns as of late - this I can see as a great studio guitar, but live? The longer the neck, the longer the truss rod, and when playing live, you can't control room temperature - so you can have that puppy configured perfect, but step up on stage and I wonder how high those strings are gonna end up off the fret board. I have a hard enough time with a 24 fretter's action raising on stage. And intonating that beast I bet takes a little more precision than your average guitar
Love it tho! It's a beast in the hands of a player who can play it!
Posted by: snackajacks Jan 13 2012, 06:04 PM
QUOTE (SirJamsalot @ Jan 13 2012, 06:01 PM)
Wow! I love how high those arpeggios go! My two concerns as of late - this I can see as a great studio guitar, but live? The longer the neck, the longer the truss rod, and when playing live, you can't control room temperature - so you can have that puppy configured perfect, but step up on stage and I wonder how high those strings are gonna end up off the fret board. I have a hard enough time with a 24 fretter's action raising on stage. And intonating that beast I bet takes a little more precision than your average guitar
Love it tho! It's a beast in the hands of a player who can play it!
so true
Posted by: tonymiro Jan 13 2012, 06:07 PM
Uli Jon Roth used to play a custom made 30 fret guitar way back in the 1980s and 90s. His guitar was made by a guy called Andy DeMitriou who used to live in Brighton. And Roth used to use it live as well as in the studio .
Posted by: Alex Feather Jan 13 2012, 06:16 PM
Really cool! I am not too crazy about Ibanez but it looks very interesting!
Posted by: Sollesnes Jan 13 2012, 06:16 PM
It's an awesome guitar, but it's not new. It's a 2011 model
Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 13 2012, 06:17 PM
Wou!! those high sweeps sound killer!! I didn't know this player. He is really good! The guitar looks great and that wide cutaway seems very useful for shredding in the higher frets. Great design!!
QUOTE (tonymiro @ Jan 13 2012, 02:07 PM)
Uli Jon Roth used to play a custom made 30 fret guitar way back in the 1980s and 90s. His guitar was made by a guy called Andy DeMitriou who used to live in Brighton. And Roth used to use it live as well as in the studio .
Cool info!
Posted by: The Uncreator Jan 14 2012, 03:25 AM
And he'll never use those extra 6 frets
Posted by: Michael AC Jan 14 2012, 04:20 AM
2 things:
1. His playing is almost like a machine and fast...really liked it. 2. He made a point that the extra frets and cutout make it easier for him to play from the 22nd to 24th frets across high E string down to D string.
Not sure if it would be worth it, but he made it sound awesome!
Posted by: Todd Simpson Jan 14 2012, 04:25 AM
OH MY! I want one! I really want a 7 or 8 string version. That would be sweeeeeet. What I wouldn't give!
Posted by: The Uncreator Jan 14 2012, 04:35 AM
Actually this extra range would be pretty useful for mimicking whammy pedal type effects, which would be pretty awesome.
Posted by: AK Rich Jan 14 2012, 05:09 AM
What?!?! That was just sick! I would love to try one Thanks Jones!
Posted by: thefireball Jan 14 2012, 06:00 AM
QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Jan 13 2012, 09:35 PM)
Actually this extra range would be pretty useful for mimicking whammy pedal type effects, which would be pretty awesome.
That's exactly what I was thinking!!
--- I can see Dragonforce getting into these.
Posted by: Ben Higgins Jan 14 2012, 04:33 PM
QUOTE (tonymiro @ Jan 13 2012, 05:07 PM)
Uli Jon Roth used to play a custom made 30 fret guitar way back in the 1980s and 90s. His guitar was made by a guy called Andy DeMitriou who used to live in Brighton. And Roth used to use it live as well as in the studio .
Yeah, the Sky Guitar I believe he called it. He still plays it to this day, if we're thinking of the same one
Posted by: Sensible Jones Jan 14 2012, 04:42 PM
QUOTE (Sollesnes @ Jan 13 2012, 05:16 PM)
It's an awesome guitar, but it's not new. It's a 2011 model
Doh!!! I got sent the link and should have checked that first!!
QUOTE (tonymiro @ Jan 13 2012, 05:07 PM)
Uli Jon Roth used to play a custom made 30 fret guitar way back in the 1980s and 90s. His guitar was made by a guy called Andy DeMitriou who used to live in Brighton. And Roth used to use it live as well as in the studio .
QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Jan 14 2012, 03:33 PM)
Yeah, the Sky Guitar I believe he called it. He still plays it to this day, if we're thinking of the same one
Indeed, it is the Sky Guitar:-
Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Jan 14 2012, 11:50 PM
Great sweeps indeed ! Regarding to the number of frets-where will it end..50?..150?
Posted by: tonymiro Jan 15 2012, 11:52 AM
QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Jan 14 2012, 03:33 PM)
Yeah, the Sky Guitar I believe he called it. He still plays it to this day, if we're thinking of the same one
QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Jan 14 2012, 03:42 PM)
Doh!!! I got sent the link and should have checked that first!!
Indeed, it is the Sky Guitar:- ...
Yes that's the one. I've seen Uli play live with years ago and also had a chance to play one as I knew Andy many years ago.
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jan 15 2012, 02:44 PM
That is awesome indeed, I would like to hear that simulation of neck pickup, I wonder how good it is.
Gary Kramer made all sorts of similar guitars, his turbulence model had 29 frets and two humbuckers, here's the link: http://www.garykramerguitar.com/meltdownt.html
Posted by: mR_mInD Jan 16 2012, 03:23 PM
Posted by: Sensible Jones Jan 16 2012, 06:04 PM
QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Jan 15 2012, 01:44 PM)
That is awesome indeed, I would like to hear that simulation of neck pickup, I wonder how good it is.
Me too mate! I'm guessing it has some kind of 'Tone Bleed' Circuit to roll back on the Treble, maybe?