For the most demanding guitar connoisseurs, sometimes, even Ibanez's top of the line Prestige series isn't good enough. These players demand custom-shop instruments hand crafted by the top luthiers, and for them, Ibanez proudly offers the limited-availability j. custom instruments.
Envisioned to be "the finest Japanese-made guitar in history," the j. custom designation represents every advance in design and technology Ibanez has developed over the last 20 years: the best woods, neck, and fret treatments, perfect pickup combos, and tremolo systems that are the envy of the industry.New for 2013, Ibanez introduces the j. custom
JCR813BGA and
JCR813BOP, hand crafted eight-string guitars that bring unprecedented performance options to the most discerning metal musicians. And for the traditional metal/hard rock player, the j. custom team has released the
JCRG613BSZ and
JCRG613RBS six-string models.
"
Ibanez leads the industry when it comes to designing eight-string guitars," commented Ibanez President,
Bill Reim. "
And when our master builders showed us their j. custom treatment of our popular 8-string RG-inspired guitars, it was obvious that they had once-again set the bar even higher for these guitars."The
JCRG813 8-string guitars feature flamed maple tops on ash bodies, j. custom Maple/Wenge Wizard-8 necks, a pair of EMG 808 pickups for commanding metal tones with punch and precision, and fixed Edge III-8 bridges for outstanding sustain. The j. custom Tree of Life inlay explodes with life on the slightly larger, 8-string fretboard.
The JCRG613 6-string guitars deliver the finest tones possible for hard rock and metal thanks to solid mahogany bodies capped with quilted maple tops and delivering tone from a trio of classic DiMarzio humbucking pickups: ToneZone in the bridge, Air Norton at the neck, and True Velvet in the middle for tones ranging from aggressive and tight at one end to sweet and flutey leads at the other, with a range of useful clean and spanky tones in the middle. Other j. custom features include a Super Wizard j. custom maple neck with Tree of Life inlays and the Edge Zero bridge w/ZPS3 for unsurpassed tuning stability in a dual-locking trem system.All j. custom instruments ship with a hard shell case and include a certificate of authenticity.
