Sunday, August 16, 2009

Composite: 7-String Burl Wood Ibanez Guitar with Silver Hardware

This guitar illustration is the guitar I aspire to possess within the next ten years. The brand of guitar I prefer is Ibanez, because their guitars have the smoothest, most natural feel under my fingers and a quality of craftsmanship that match their value and exceeds that of other brands I've played.
     Ibanez guitar company produces 'easy-playing (close/tight action)' preferred by musical artist who might also enjoy and appreciate the craftsmanship that went into building a luxury automobile; who for some, includes a Cadillac with sounds of an Ibanez guitar rocking through an optimized car-audio system. Together, Steve Vai and Ibanez introduced the world to the 7-string guitar's possibilities and in popularizing the electric 7-string guitar into mainstream culture, the new wave of rock evolution was approaching with artists like KoRn at the forefront of the war on 6-string guitars. 
     The illustration below is of a dream, custom, and playable 7-string Ibanez composed of one solid piece of perfect burlwood with silver hardware. The plain wood look is to pronounce the contribution laid forth by the sacrificial tree this custom guitar came from. If someone ripped a bone out of your body and tried taking credit for the awesome sounds that came out of your bones - you might be insulted and have a justified claim to feeling short-changed. When the Earth gives of itself - recognize it by showing the wood texture through clear-coated varnishes without obscuring the lines with opaque pigment. An environmentally conscious designer brainstorms to set new trends that promote eco-sustainability for the world to follow; therefore, as an artist and musician - use of gold is restricted to use in electronics, Monster (brand) instrument cables and is boycotted for all purposes of vanity including aesthetics.
     The next step in guitar evolution is Ibanez' RG-2228 (8-string electric guitar), featuring even lower and heavier tonal range than a 7-string guitar. Dino Cazeres (Guitarist from the band, Fear Factory) plays an RG-2228 really well in this YouTube video and he identifies the most important characteristics for Ibanez brand guitars as quality, preciseness and the (brand being) best. We audience couldn't agree more, Dino.



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