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Ibanez Jem Prototype
Serial #: 236322

This guitar was another prototype Bad Horsie guitar, which was among the touring entourage of guitars for the Fire Garden tour and was named "Neville". Steve used this guitar onstage when the regular Bad Horsie guitar broke a string or went out of tune mid-song. This guitar was also used heavily by Mike Keneally.

The guitar has some interesting subtle modifications to its shape, including rounding of the cutaways on the back of the guitar as they curve up toward the all access neck joint.

This guitar was auctioned to benefit the Make A Noise Foundation in 2001, and is now owned by Roland Schemers who also owns Red Lace and PIA.


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