1988 Ibanez JEM77-FP Floral Print Steve Vai Signature Guitar 1st Year W/OHSC

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1988 Vintage Ibanez JEM77-FP Floral Print Guitar W/OHSC.

Very sought after 1st year for the Floral Print JEM!

This one is all original and in very good to even excellent vintage condition.

There are a few light marks here and there on the body of the guitar (all pictured) but as you can see, it is very clean and presents extremely well. This is definitely one of the best examples I have had of this 1st year JEM.

The neck is incredible and the guitar plays great. The frets show very little, in any wear. Take a look at that fretboard; this guitar has been taken care of.

If you are a collector, this is one that you want. Just a stellar and well preserved piece.

Comes as pictured with what I believe is the original Ibanez case.

Info:

The Ibanez JEM 77FP is a solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1988. It is a signature model produced for American guitarist Steve Vai.

The JEM77 features a special floral pattern finish which is printed on cloth and glued to the body. The edges are then painted black and a thick clear coat is applied to the entire guitar. The idea for the fabric covered body came from Vai and the floral pattern was modeled after curtains in Vai’s home.^[1]

The body of the JEM77 is basswood bolted to a maple neck with a 24-fret rosewood fingerboard with fluorescent green vine inlays. Components include light pink DiMarzio pickups mounted in a clear pickguard with a pair of PAF Pro humbuckers flanking a custom JEM single-coil, a double locking tremolo bridge, pink top hat knobs and Gotoh tuning machines.

The JEM77 initially had the Edge tremolo. The Lo-Pro Edge replaced the Edge upon its introduction in 1991. The Edge Pro superseded the Lo-Pro in 2003.

As with the other JEM guitars the body includes a signature monkey grip handle near the upper horn and the lion’s claw cutaway behind the tremolo rout. It also has a cutaway heel neck joint to improve access to the upper frets. Additionally the four upper frets on the fingerboard are deeply scalloped.

It was available in the US only until 1999 but returned in 2003 as the 15th Anniversary JEM77FP. Outside the US it remained in production from 1988 through 2004. With its 17 years of production, it was the longest running model in the JEM line before being surpassed by the JEM7V in 2009.

Other floral pattern JEMs have followed, including the JEM77 (Blue Floral Pattern) introduced in 1990 and the JEM77 (Floral Pattern 2) in 2000.

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