The limited Ibanez J Custom 2011 LTD brings back a sought-after solidbody electric guitar, and now it can be yours. The original J Customs were first introduced in 1996, and their hard-to-get status made them treasured by discerning players. Manufactured on a much smaller scale than other instruments, the J Customs received painstaking attention to detail by top luthiers and craftsmen. Now, you can have your very own J Custom! This 2011 LTD edition features a mahogany body with a beautiful flamed maple top. You also get a super-fast Super Wizard J Custom maple/walnut neck, a rosewood fingerboard adorned with a J Custom Tree of Life inlay, and hot DiMarzio pickups in a humbucker/single-coil/humbucker configuration. Get your hands on this limited-run J Custom 2011 LTD now! Ibanez J Custom 2011 LTD Solidbody Electric Guitar Features: Black Opal Finish5-piece Maple/Walnut Super Wizard J. Custom NeckMahogany Body/Flamed Maple TopJumbo FretsRosewood FretboardJ. Custom Tree of Life InlayEdge Zero Bridge w/ZPS3DiMarzio Air Norton Neck PickupDiMarzio True Velvet Middle PickupDiMarzio ToneZone Bridge PickupCase: Hardshell Case IncludedCOA and Ibanez History Book IncludedThe Ibanez J Custom 2011 LTD marks the return of a sought-after solidbody!

The Ibanez RG Prestige RG3250 is a member of Ibanez’s Prestige Series – putting it in the upper echelon of Ibanez’s RG offerings. With it, you can expect the hallmark RG body style that’s primed for players with attitude, as well as a fast-playing 5-piece maple/walnut Super Wizard Prestige neck, and a basswood body with a maple fretboard. The RG3250 also lets you turn up the heat with its 3-pickup configuration. It sports a humbucker/single-coil/humbucker pickup system – two hot Dimarzio humbuckers, with a Dimarzio single-coil in the middle. The RG3250 is ready to rip it up with the best of them!Ibanez’s RG Prestige Series is filled with top instruments – all featuring the famous RG body style, with excellent components through and through. On this particular RG3250 there’s a fast-playing 5-piece maple/walnut Super Wizard Prestige neck that’s primed for metal shredding. You also get a well-balanced, resonant basswood body plus a very cool maple fretboard. And the Edge Zero trem bridge offers up an advanced design (complete with Ibanez’s ZPS3 spring design), for serous stability during even the most aggressive divebombing runs. Ibanez RG Prestige RG3250 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:Color: Desert Sun Yellow Body: Basswood Neck: 5-piece maple/walnut Super Wizard Prestige Fingerboard: MapleFingerboard inlays: Wedge SharktoothFrets: JumboMaple FretboardBridge: Edge Zero Bridge w/ZPS3 spring systemNeck pickup: DiMarzio Air Norton humbuckerMiddle pickup: DiMarzio True Velvet single-coilBridge Pickup: DiMarzio Tone ZoneCase: Hardshell case includedPlay the Ibanez RG Prestige RG3250 and experience premium tone plus ultimate playability!

All the sumptuous ingredients that made the Les Paul name great are in the Gibson Les Paul Classic Faded Electric Guitar in spades: a skillfully carved maple top on a mahogany back perfectly joined to a mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard, all powered by a 496R ceramic humbucker in the front and a 500T at the bridge. And the Classic goes a few steps farther with green tuning keys, amber top-hat knobs, plain cream pickguard, true ’60s slim-tapered neck, trapezoid fretboard inlays and a faded finish that gives it the look of a well-loved, gracefully aged instrument.. Includes Gibson hardshell case.

The Ibanez RG Prestige RG3250 is a member of Ibanez’s Prestige Series – putting it in the upper echelon of Ibanez’s RG offerings. With it, you can expect the hallmark RG body style that’s primed for players with attitude, as well as a fast-playing 5-piece maple/walnut Super Wizard Prestige neck, and a basswood body with a maple fretboard. The RG3250 also lets you turn up the heat with its 3-pickup configuration. It sports a humbucker/single-coil/humbucker pickup system – two hot Dimarzio humbuckers, with a Dimarzio single-coil in the middle. The RG3250 is ready to rip it up with the best of them!Ibanez’s RG Prestige Series is filled with top instruments – all featuring the famous RG body style, with excellent components through and through. On this particular RG3250 there’s a fast-playing 5-piece maple/walnut Super Wizard Prestige neck that’s primed for metal shredding. You also get a well-balanced, resonant basswood body plus a very cool maple fretboard. And the Edge Zero trem bridge offers up an advanced design (complete with Ibanez’s ZPS3 spring design), for serous stability during even the most aggressive divebombing runs. Ibanez RG Prestige RG3250 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:Color: Frozen Ocean Blue Body: Basswood Neck: 5-piece maple/walnut Super Wizard Prestige Fingerboard: MapleFingerboard inlays: Wedge SharktoothFrets: JumboMaple FretboardBridge: Edge Zero Bridge w/ZPS3 spring systemNeck pickup: DiMarzio Air Norton humbuckerMiddle pickup: DiMarzio True Velvet single-coilBridge Pickup: DiMarzio Tone ZoneCase: Hardshell case includedPlay the Ibanez RG Prestige RG3250 and experience premium tone plus ultimate playability!

There’s no more comfortable guitar whether standing or sitting than the Fender ‘62 Jaguar Electric Guitar. A faster, smarter offspring of 1958’s Jazzmaster, this baby has much easier action because of its reduced 24″ scale length. The single-coil pickups resemble those of the Strat with the addition of a “keeper” that increases current through the pickup coil and reduces sensitivity to hum. The result is more kick in the mids and less noise. The Fender Jag shares the same preset circuitry found on the Jazzmaster and a trio of selector switches. An individual on/off switch for each pickup and a subtle high-pass filter switch round out the Jag’s tonal versatility. Maple neck on alder body with rosewood fretboard and vintage-style floating trem. Funky (removable) string dampener is included for historical accuracy. Includes Fender hardshell case. Fender 62 Jaguar Electric Guitar Features: Alder body Maple neck with rosewood fretboard Special Design American Vintage Jaguar single-coil pickups Individual on/off switches and rotary volume wheels Lead and rhythm circuits Fender/Gotoh vintage-style tuners Vintage-style floating trem Chrome hardware Fender 62 Jaguar Electric Guitar Includes: Fender hardshell case

The RG1550M is a member of Ibanez’s Prestige Series – putting it in the upper echelon of Ibanez’s RG offerings. With it, you can expect the hallmark RG body style that’s primed for players with attitude, as well as a fast-playing 5-piece maple/walnut Wizard Prestige neck, and a basswood body with a maple fretboard. The RG1550M also lets you turn up the heat with its 3-pickup configuration. It sports a humbucker/single-coil/humbucker pickup system – there are a V8 in bride position, an S1 in the middle position, and a V7 in neck position onboard the RG1550M.Ibanez RG1550M Solidbody Electric Guitar Features at a Glance:Finish: White Plaster5-piece Maple/Walnut Wizard Prestige neckBasswood bodyJumbo fretsMaple FretboardBlack Dot InlayEdge PRO bridge w/ZPS3IBZ V7 neck pickup (humbucking)IBZ S1 mic pu (single-coil)IBZ V8 bridge (humbucking)Hardshell Case IncludedThe Ibanez RG1550M offers up serious tone – and seriously smooth playability!

Ahhh…the ‘57 Goldtop.  After five years, this is the first production Gibson Les Paul Standard to feature the humbucking pickup and the Tune-o-matic bridge, both of which have been staples on electric guitars for more than 50 years.  In another year, the Standard would get its cherry sunburst top and be on its way to ‘Burst legend.  All of which makes this an important guitar in the history of the Les Paul and Gibson.  But this one is also a fantastic player that’s still a comfortable, usable instrument (if you’re into that particular daredevilism).  It’s also extremely rare.  According to the book “Gibson Shipment Totals”, there were 598 Les Paul Goldtops shipped from Kalamazoo in 1957, some with Bigsby vibratos.  Of course, this means there were less than 598 with the coveted Tune-o-matic bridge.  Add to it the number of ’57s that met untimely deaths in fires or onstage antics, and we have one very rare guitar on our hands that’s also great to play.  Beyond that, there’s not much else to say—this is a breathtaking piece of Gibson and rock n’ roll history. Summary Body: Carved maple top with gold finish, single-bound. Dark-stain mahogany body and neck.   Neck:  Round and fat, with clean rosewood fingerboard.  No neck wear to speak of. Pickups: Very clean-sounding, detailed PAFs (perhaps underwound?), attached with original solder joints.   Setup/Playability: The narrow original frets are still high enough to dig into, and the guitar is very smooth up and down the neck. Cosmetic Condition:  Very clean, with only occasional scratches on the top, back, and neck.  The gold finish shows just the slightest hint of checking here and there. Modifications:  Replaced tuner button by our technician. Weight: 9 lbs 14 oz Case: Original hardshell case.

Designed and Signed by Pat Metheny  They hounded him for years, but Pat Metheny wasn’t interested in an Ibanez bearing his signature. Finally they convinced him they were serious. It took years more before they finally came up with an axe he liked more than the one he was playing. What they came up with was this guitar. The upper bout cutaway lets the neck join the body at the 17th fret for finger-flying freedom beyond the traditional jazz hollowbody. Maple top, back, and thinline sides with 2 Silent 58 humbuckers provide a thick, modulated jazz tone with a lot of flexibility. Gold hardware multiple top binding, and neck/head binding combine with tripartite MOP inlays on an ebony fretboard for fabulous looks. Signed by Pat Metheny with official certificate from Ibanez.  Includes the original hardshell case.

To celebrate Joan Jett’s rock achievements, Gibson USA introduces the Joan Jett Blackheart Melody Maker. It’s a guitar made in the image of her own simple-yet-powerful go-to Gibson, but with upgraded appointments befitting a deluxe artist’s model. With the Melody Makers light and incredibly resonant solid-mahogany body, a quarter-sawn solid-mahogany neck with 17-degree headstock pitch, a Tune-o-matic (ABR-1) bridge with stopbar tailpice and a Corian nut to keep it all ringing true, and a single zebra-coil BurstBucker 3-pickup in the bridge position for a hot yet vintage response, the Joan Jett Blackheart is equipped for your most aggressive sonic assault, while still capable of singing sweetly when desired.

Single Volume and Tone controls provide all the sound crafting you need, while a sideways mounted “kill switch” toggle lets you cut out when necessary, while avoiding any accidental dead air when you’re thrashing hard. To dress up this lean, mean rockin’ machine, the guitars neck wears an ebony fingerboard with red dot inlays in the traditional positions of the single dots, with two white hearts at the 12th fret, and a satin ebony black nitrocellulose finish to let you know it means business. All guitars come with a plush-lined Joan Jett hardshell case, and a Gibson Owner’s Manual with full care instructions.

From laying the foundations of punk with The Runaways in the mid to late ’70s, to scoring hit after hit with her own band The Blackhearts, Joan Jett has long been devoted to her Gibson guitars, and to one hard-traveled, heavily modified mutt of an old Melody Maker in particular. Jett knows that her Gibsons’–from the most elite Les Paul to the humblest “student” model–have the power to grind out the rock like no other guitar, and whether chunking down the punk power chords or wailing out scorching leads, they get the job done every time. “I got my Melody Maker in 1977,” Jett says about the guitar she has made one of the most iconic instruments in rock and roll. “It was light and it sounded great. It was the guitar I had in the Runaways and then played on all my hits, like ‘I Love Rock N’ Roll’ and ‘Bad Reputation’ and ‘Do You Wanna Touch Me.’ It’s my baby.”

Body and Finish
The Joan Jett Blackhearts solid-mahogany body is light and incredibly resonant, with a big, broad voice that’s deceptive in a scaled-down guitar and a high double-cutaway design for easy upper fret access. Its satin ebony nitrocellulose finish is understated, yet elegant.

The body has a high double-cutaway design for easy upper fret access.

• Species: The body of each Gibson USA Joan Jett Blackheart is crafted from solid mahogany, just like the original Melody Makers of the ’60s. This classic tone wood has yielded some of the most sought-after tones in the history of rock.
• Tonal Characteristics: Mahogany is a medium-dense wood with excellent resonance and superior sustain, and it offers a rich, round, warm tone, but with plenty of high-end sheen and good midrange presence. The mahogany of the Gibson USA Joan Jett Blackheart also lends a percussive snap and some added clarity to the tone of the guitar.
• Design: The body of the Joan Jett Blackheart is made to the design of the Melody Maker of the early to mid ’60s, with two cutaways for outstanding access to the neck’s upper frets.
• Weight: The total average weight of a Gibson USA Joan Jett Blackheart body is under 4 lbs, making for an extremely light finished guitar.

Neck and Headstock
The guitars fast yet comfortably rounded mahogany neck has a buffed nitrocellulose finish for a smooth feel. Its headstock is carved in the simple, straight lines of the narrow vintage Melody Maker headstock, yet it is still given the 17-degree back angle that contributes to outstanding resonance and sustain. Slim, trim, and businesslike, it wears upgraded Mini Grover tuners and a simple white logo, and the truss-rod cover is engraved with Joan Jett’s signature.

The headstock is carefully angled at 17 degrees, which increases pressure on the strings and helps them stay in the nut slots.

• Neck Species: The neck of the Gibson USA Joan Jett Blackheart is constructed from solid, quarter-sawn mahogany.
• Neck Profile: Mahogany is a medium-dense wood with excellent resonance and superior sustain, and it offers a rich, round, warm tone, but with plenty of high-end sheen and good midrange presence. The mahogany of the Gibson USA Joan Jett Blackheart also lends a percussive snap and some added clarity to the tone of the guitar.
• Tolerance: When fitting the neck and body together, we take advantage of our precise measuring equipment so that all angles, pitches and alignments maintain a tolerance within .005 of an inch. Not only does this help to keep your guitar in tune but it also maintains proper string alignment relative to the fingerboard.
• Headstock Angle: The Blackheart headstock is carefully angled at Gibson’s traditional 17 degrees, which increases pressure on the strings and helps them stay in the nut slots. An increase in string pressure also means there is no loss of string vibration between the nut and the tuners, which equals better sustain.
• Truss Rod: Gibson’s traditional truss rod, found in most all of our guitars, is highly responsive to the individual adjustments you’ll want to make to personalize and optimize string action and sustain.

Fingerboard and Nut
The Joan Jett Blackheart is equipped with an unbound ebony fingerboard, which enhances note attack and articulation. A hard, dense, dark-black exotic wood, ebony has commonly been regarded as a deluxe, upgraded option on electric guitars, and has been used by Gibson in the past on the Les Paul Custom. Ebony is also extremely hardwearing, and more resistant to humidity and climate and weather changes than many other fingerboard woods.

The neck sports 22 jumbo frets.

• Frets: The Blackheart sports 22 jumbo frets, all immaculately dressed and polished.
• Tonal Characteristics: Ebony is a very popular up-market fingerboard material, known for its strong, clear tone.
• Radius: The fingerboard has the 12″ radius that is preferred by the vast majority of rock players. It provides smooth note bending capabilities and eliminates “dead” or “choked out” notes, common occurrences on fingerboards with lesser radiuses.
• Inlays: The fingerboard carries red dot position markers at frets 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, and 21, and two white hearts at the 12th fret.
• Nut Material: The nut is made from Corian, which is mainly composed of acrylic polymer. This popular synthetic alternative to bone offers a very durable material, delivers enhanced sustain, and holds the tolerances of the precision cuts made in the slotting process. It is installed into the top surface of the neck, butting up to the end of the fingerboard to ensure proper tone and sustain transfer, and its nut slots are cut with Gibson’s PLEK system to ensure precise fit, break angle, and string spacing.

with a single zebra coil (black-and-cream) BurstBucker 3 pickup in the bridge position.

The two-way “kill switch” that can turn off all sound from the guitar when instant silence is desired.

Pickups and Electronics
With the straightforward complement of a single BurstBucker 3 in the bridge position and single volume and tone controls, the Joan Jett Blackheart is ready to get down to business–with nothing to get in the way of rocking. As a useful bonus, a “kill switch” lets you cut the noise for dramatic breaks, while its sideways east-to-west orientation means you won’t knock it accidentally when you’re laying down the thrash.

The Joan Jett Blackheart is equipped with a single zebra coil (black-and-cream) BurstBucker 3 pickup in the bridge position. Recognized as one of Gibson’s most accurate vintage PAF humbucker reproductions, the BurstBucker 3 is made with an unpolished Alnico II magnet and enamel-coated wire just like the originals of the late ’50s, and is wound to replicate a higher output range that only a small percentage of the original pickups presented. Also like the originals, that were produced with hand-operated machinery, the BurstBucker 3 has slightly mismatched coils for more edge and “single-coil” like snap and clarity in the final tone.

• Tonal Characteristics: The BurstBucker 3 offers an outstanding blend of punch and power, with enough output to grind out crunching power cords and singing leads alike, while it can also wail sweetly with plenty of depth and warmth when the Tone and Volume are dialed back.
• Volume and Tone Controls: With a single pickup, the Blackheart uses single volume and tone controls. The former consists of a high-quality 300k linear pot, while the latter comprises a 500k non-linear pot with a .022uF capacitor for a smooth, natural attenuation of highs.
• Toggle Switch: The Blackheart features a single two-way “kill switch” that can turn off all sound from the guitar when instant silence is desired. It is mounted sideways (with an east-to-west orientation) so it can’t accidentally be knocked into the “off” position while playing. For the creative guitarist this also opens up some possibilities for dramatic electronic on/off stacatto effects.
• Output Jack: The guitar features a 1⁄4″ output jack made by Switchcraft. Its super heavy duty construction holds your guitar cable securely in place.

Features a tune-o-matic bridge, which allows the player to adjust and fine-tune the strings easily.

The bridge is combined with a separate “stopbar” tailpiece.

Hardware
Featuring Gibson’s famous Tune-o-matic (ABR-1) bridge and stopbar tailpiece, the Joan Jett Blackheart sings with sustain. Plus, a set of Mini Grovers allows precision tuning.

• Tuning Keys: The headstock is equipped with Mini Grover tuners with chrome buttons and an efficient 14:1 gear ratio. These tuners were a popular upgrade on several classic electric guitars of the ’60s and ’70s.
• Trussrod Cover: As with most Gibson guitars, the truss rod cover is made from black and white vinyl plastic and shaped like an antique bell. On this model, the truss-rod cover is engraved with Joan Jett’s signature.
• Bridge: The tune-o-matic bridge provides a firm seating for the strings, allowing the player to adjust and fine-tune the intonation and string height in a matter of minutes. It also yields excellent coupling between strings and body, maximizing resonance, tone, and sustain. This bridge is made from Zamak and then plated with chrome.
• Tailpiece: Every Tune-o-matic bridge is combined with a separate “stopbar” tailpiece, which is essentially a modified version of the earlier wraparound bridge that’s designed to further enhance the connection between the strings and the body. The Blackheart’s stopbar tailpiece is made from Zamak then plated with chrome.
• Control Knobs: The control knobs are Gibson’s black witch-hat knobs with silver inserts, found on many vintage and modern Gibson guitars
• Strap Buttons: Features aluminum strap buttons are the same style and design that Gibson has used since the early 1950s.

Gibson Joan Jett Blackheart Melody Maker Limited Edition Electric Guitar

The look, sound and vibe of the Telecaster® resonate throughout the history and soundscapes of popular music. From orchestra pits to mosh pits; small clubs to stadiums and garages to recording studios, its signature sound is everywhere. The new left-handed American Standard Telecaster® still has the hand-rolled fingerboard edges, Alnico V pickups and staggered tuning machines for playability, tone and stability, and now includes great new features including: A new bridge with improved bent-steel saddles mounted to a stamped-brass bridge plate for increased resonance and sustain. A new neck treatment tinted for a richer presentation, with the maple fingerboard buffed to a high gloss. The back of the neck still has that silky, comfortable satin finish. A thinner finish undercoat that lets the body breathe and improves resonance. Also includes a new Fender® exclusive SKB® molded case.

Electronics
Bridge Pickup : American Tele® Single-Coil Pickup
Controls : Master Volume, Master Tone
Neck Pickup : American Tele® Single-Coil Pickup
Hardware
Bridge : American Tele with New American Standard Bent Steel Saddles and Stamped Brass Plate
Hardware : Chrome
Strap Buttons : American Series Strap Buttons
String Nut : Synthetic Bone Nut
Switch Tip : “Barrel” Style Switch Tip
Tuning Machines : Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
Neck
Fretboard Radius : 9.5″ Radius (241 mm)
Fretboard : Maple
Fret Size : Medium Jumbo
Neck Material : Maple Neck
Neck Plate : 4-Bolt Neck Plate with Micro-Tilt
Neck Shape : Modern “C” Shape
Number of Frets : 22
Nut Width : 1.685″ (42.8 mm)
Position Inlays : Black Dot Position Inlays
Scale Length : 25.5″ (648mm)
Truss Rods : Bi-Flex Truss Rod System
Truss Rod Nut : 1/8″ American Series Nut

Fender American Standard Telecaster® with Maple Neck and Deluxe Hardshell Case – Natural