Great Ibanez Guitars On Record?

[Mark Munchenberg (Munch)]

 Hi Jeff,

Can you point our collective ears to any great examples of Ibanez guitar tone preserved for evermore on artist recordings?

Which of the rostered Ibanez Signature artist records do you know for sure feature Ibanez guitars?? Outside of these, do you know of any other great Ibanez tones out there in record and CD land??

I must note that I am interested mainly in the guitars from the '70's and early '80's. Don't care much for the likes of Satch and Vai.

Cheers,

Mark

[aliensporebomb]

The Artwood Twin is all over the CD release of Kenso II, the japanese progressive
fusion band.

Yoshihisa Shimizu (bandleader and main composer) poses with it in a live shot
in the CD booklet but you can hear the 12-string part of it in many spots on
the disc and though I know he played a Les Paul on some of the disc most of
it was the Arty Twin.

I know Pat Metheny used the 12-string Artist guitar a lot in the early days and
with unusual tunings, he used it quite a bit for the older Pat Metheny group songs
when I saw him live in 1985.

[Roland_G303]

That didn't take Munch too long to get a reply .

Patrick

[aliensporebomb]

Oh thanks for reminding me: the Roland G-303/G-808 guitars (Ibanez built) are all over
King Crimson's "Discipline" CD and the Robert Fripp/Andy Summers "I Advance Masked"
CDs, definetely worth a listen.

[ChuckE99]

The Beckley Artwood Twin on "America Live", circa 1976.

And of course, just about every George Benson record, and every Steve Vai record, etc., etc.....

[Roland_G303]

You can also hear the G-303/GR-300 on just about anything by Pat Metheny after '81.  If you listen to the "Death Wish II Soundtrack" you can hear Jimmy Page use a G-808/GR-300 as well. 

Fripp and Summers loved to use 'em and you can hear it on The Police recordings such as "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Secret Journey".  "I Advanced Masked" and "Bewitched" uses the GR-300 throughout.  "Bewitched" has the GR-700 as well. 

Gotta love the old Roland gear .  I'm amazed at the current prices of a GR-300 these days...a few years ago they could be had for under $500 and now they're bringing in over $1500!  

Also, you can hear Pat use the Ibanez 2618-12 on "The Way Up" during the eBow part in Part 1 as well as on "The Search" on American Garage.  I've found my 2618 to be extremely useful for jazz...I've put on Flatwound 11's and it brings out a great dark jazzy tone that I didn't expect before I tried it.

Patrick

[aliensporebomb]

I wished I'd never sold my Roland GR system on trade for a shred machine....

"it was the style of the times..."

The guitar was a G-202, a beautiful hunk of ash.  I still have pictures so I should
dig them up so you can see.

Paul Gilbert of course has many solo records with lots of Ibanez guitars on them, his
"Get out of my Yard" release even has a vintage Artist on some of the tracks that he
bought off of eBay.  That's on Shrapnel records.

I have Larry Mitchell's first solo CD which shows a black Ibanez doubleneck with
pink pickup covers and knobs, it looks like a 12-string on top 6 string on bottom
with S body shape, on the back cover is a 6-string blue S model.  There's a great
track on there called "Political Rain" that I just listened to death, great tones and
sounds and another similar track called "People, Places and Things".  I think he was
using Laney or Boogie amps on that release.

I believe Metheny also used the 2618-12 on the 12-string part of "As Falls Wichita,
So Falls Wichita Falls" from that record with Lyle Mays and Nana Vasconcelos.

Rik Emmett of Triumph used a AR2000 doubleneck on some of their later period work
if I'm not mistaken.

[Roland_G303]

I wished I'd never sold my Roland GR system on trade for a shred machine....

"it was the style of the times..."

The guitar was a G-202, a beautiful hunk of ash.  I still have pictures so I should
dig them up so you can see.

AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!

The G-202 is the only one I need to complete my vintage Roland guitar collection and the natural finish is what I'm looking for .  I definitely would have made you an offer if you still had it and wanted to sell it.

Please post pics!

Patrick

[Juha T]

Scofield - AS200 - ...

http://www.johnscofield.com/equipment.html

http://www.johnscofield.com/disco.html

http://www.johnscofield.com/music.html

Was this too obvious like GB would be?

Juha

[aliensporebomb]

I wished I'd never sold my Roland GR system on trade for a shred machine....

"it was the style of the times..."

The guitar was a G-202, a beautiful hunk of ash.  I still have pictures so I should
dig them up so you can see.

AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!

The G-202 is the only one I need to complete my vintage Roland guitar collection and the natural finish is what I'm looking for .  I definitely would have made you an offer if you still had it and wanted to sell it.

Please post pics!

Patrick

I'll scan them and get them up.  I bought it in 1981 and sold it around 1988. 

I always thought I'd find another but the whole world of guitar-synths moved on sadly.

[boogieknight]

I wonder if Bob Wier used his Ibanez on any Dead records?

[Roland_G303]

Here's a great video of Mike McCready of Pearl Jam using a 2387CT.  I believe the pu's are original super 70's just with the covers removed.

Enjoy!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/xwamCGQU7_s&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/xwamCGQU7_s&rel=1</a>

Patrick

[aliensporebomb]

I almost forgot:  besides my Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Paul Gilbert CDs,
I've got two CDs by Larry Mitchell.

The first on Grudge records is pretty cool, on the front it shows him playing a
black 540-ish doubleneck with pink knobs.  The 12-string neck looks longer in
scale than the six string neck, whatever, it's nice.  The back shows a jewel
blue 540S.

There's this track on there called "Political Rain" that I've listened to over and
over again.  The rhythm guitar is thru a TC2290 delay that is hypnotic and the
lead tone is just stellar (I'd wager a 540 thru a Quad preamp into the TC) with
some tricky legato lines and great melodies.

There's some other great tracks on there too.

Then there's another CD "Mind Body & Soul" that has a white 540 on the front
cover and a rougher rock sound with some urban grooves and some tricky guitar
all over it.

So those two, too.

[ChuckE99]

Here's a great video of Mike McCready of Pearl Jam using a 2387CT.  I believe the pu's are original super 70's just with the covers removed.

Enjoy!

Patrick

OK, you're making me want to go get the Crazy Train V out of it's protective case and bring it to a gig. I'll love it, but it's value will drop by a thousand dollars. Curse you!

[michaelkaufman]

Boogie:

Yes!

- Blues for Allah
- Terrapin Station
- Shakedown Street
- Go to Heaven

Plus Bobby & the Midnights and Kingfish recordings.

Probably forgetting some...

mk