The Ibanez Jem that Tony plays is a completely standard Steve Vai Model in white. The guitar includes evolution II pickups as well as gold plated hardware and a white pearloid scratch plate.




The above image shows the Ibanez in action - this guitar has been used extensively for the last few years and a half or so and will probably be used continually over the coming years. This instrument has played a large role in the making of one of Tony's albums called Future/Past (see the Future/Past pages on this site for full details).

Tony has used this guitar mainly with the TriAxis rig described elsewhere on this site, as well as through the Marshall TSL100 watt amp and cab that can also be seen in the above photo taken at Big Dan studio's as long ago as 2001.

This guitar has the ability to be very clean just by backing off the volume on the guitar without changing the overdrive settings, giving an instrument that can go where most others (including the fenders and Gibson's ) just can't get. Tony also likes the feel of the neck - it's just great for rock instrumental work. Watch out on the reviews page where we will sometime be reviewing this guitar from front to back.

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