Description
Ibanez JS6000 Transparent Red is a signature guitar for Joe Satriani. Joseph Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor. Many of his former students achieving fame, such as Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick. Click here to read more about Joe Satriani.
The Ibanez JS6000 guitar was very similar to its sister the JS6 and sort of replaced it when production of the JS6 stopped. Like the last one, the body was made of mahogany and the wood was visible with the SOL Stained Oil finish. But it was not the only finish available because they added the TR Transparent Red varnish, where the wood still appeared but it was tinted red. One other difference was the “JS Custom” inlay at the 21st fret, which would feature on the JS700 a few years later. On the pickup side we still had the usual PAF Pro & FRED DiMarzio pickups, and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard.
The last difference with the JS6 was the hardware. It was Chrome like its older sister and Cosmo Black.
The JS6000 was only available for two years with production ending in 1995, but having hard-tail JS guitars was a successful idea and it brought about the bluesy JS700, the goldie JS2000, the affordable JS600 the same year (1994) and its enhanced version the JS1600 that was released a few years later. With the previous JS6 a total of 6 hard-tail JS guitars were produced, so the circle is complete!
The JS6000 was produced in Japan.
JOE SATRIANI
Joseph Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor. Many of his former students achieving fame, such as Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick. He is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee and has sold over 10 million albums, making him the biggest-selling instrumental rock guitarist of all time. In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for his first solo tour. Satriani founded the multi-guitarist traveling experience called G3, which has seen him share stages with Vai, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Robert Fripp, among others. Starting in 2009, Satriani traversed the globe again as a member of Chickenfoot. The all-star band (which also includes singer Sammy Hagar, former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith) has issued two albums, their debut and 2011’s follow-up, “Chickenfoot III”.
ABOUT IBANEZ:
Ibanez is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass-produce the seven-string guitar and eight-string guitar. Ibanez manufactures effects, accessories, amps, and instruments in Japan, China, Indonesia and in the USA (at a Los Angeles-based custom shop). www.ibanez.com
