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Rickd
Username: Rickd

Registered: 4-2006
Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 2:41 pm:   
I saw a couple of scofield sigs on ebay last week--they were both J-Craft. Some of the Scofields(and other guitars as well) are not.

What's the difference? thanks.....

Rick
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Rickd
Username: Rickd

Registered: 4-2006
Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 2:43 pm:   
here's an example: read j-craft on the back of the hs
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Rickd
Username: Rickd

Registered: 4-2006
Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 2:45 pm:   
here's the link; didn't work last time


http://cgi.ebay.com/JOHN-SCOFIELD-JSM100VT-GUITAR- 100-MINT-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ110111690317QQihZ001QQ categoryZ33043QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIte m
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Johns
Username: Johns

Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 3:42 pm:   
Rick:

I believe that the J-Craft label is a way of differentiating the Japanese-made Prestiges from other Prestige monikered guitars, like those made in Korea.
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Rickd
Username: Rickd

Registered: 4-2006
Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 6:51 pm:   
not all japanese models are marked with that label though
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Johns
Username: Johns

Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 8:45 am:   
Rigk:

Are you saying that not all Japanese *Prestige* models have the J-Craft label?
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Guitartim
Username: Guitartim

Registered: 4-2001
Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:59 am:   
It's my understanding that Ibanez's J-Craft Team has been Hoshino's best luthier group. They still make all of the signature archtops (GB,PM,JSM) in Japan.

News from the latest NAMM '07 is that a new spinoff J-Craft Team in China builds some of the RG/Vai/Timmons signature model necks. I read that the China J-Craft Team consists of a single luthier. Have any of you guys have heard anything different?
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Johns
Username: Johns

Registered: 2-2001
Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 11:30 am:   
Guitartim:

A Chinese J-Craft team (can 1 person be a team? :-)) is news to me!
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Rickd
Username: Rickd

Registered: 4-2006
Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 12:46 pm:   
john, no that's not what i'm saying at all--i'm just saying that not all japanese models are built by the j-craft team

it seems like a custom shop of sorts
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Guitartim
Username: Guitartim

Registered: 4-2001
Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 1:26 pm:   
Johns~ I know it sounded strange to me when I read this about 'J-Craft Team'. Check this out:

http://www.ibanezrules.com/namm/2007/index.htm

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