NAMM 2010: Ibanez Universe 20th Anniversary and Jem design contest
Here’s something super-cool for Ibanez geeks such as myself. Ibanez has announced it will run a contest to allow (what I assume will be) one lucky fan to design an Ibanez Jem model of their very own. RAD! More details will be announced soon. The contest will mark the 77,777th Jem guitar sold. This is in addition to the 20th anniversary Universe reissue, officially dubbed the UV77RE. Isn’t it pretty?
More info HERE, and check out Ibanez’s cool timeline of the different Jem and Universe models HERE.
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Hi! I'm Peter Hodgson. I write for Gibson.com, Australian Guitar, Australian Musician, Mixdown Magazine (including my instructional column, 'Unleash Your Inner Rock God,' which has been running since 2007), guitarworld.com, Tone Deaf, Beat (including their weekly hard rock/metal column Crunch) and The Brag. And I'm Assistant Social Coordinator with Seymour Duncan.
I've been playing guitar since I was 8 years old, and I've been writing for magazines since I was 18. I've also worked as a guitar teacher (up to 50 students a week), a setup tech, a newspaper editor, and I've also dabbled in radio a little bit. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and my hobbies include drinking way too much coffee, and eating way too much Mexican food.
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I've already got one design, plus the wood combo (ash body, maple neck, ebony fingerboard) and pickups (Norton, Fast Track 1, FRED) selected. I am super excited about this contest, in case you couldn't tell. The JEM is pretty much the coolest thing Ibanez makes, and to have one that only I and Steve Vai owned would be truly epic.