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Ibanez Jem Custom (Mirror Top)
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This black-bodied Jem prototype features an acrylic mirror veneer, mirror pickguard and pearloid binding. The reflective front of this prototype is crazed around the armrest area. Ibanez have since experimented with the reflective material considerably before perfecting the process of bending it over the curved section of the body. The fret markers are blue LED lights, and the headstock is installed with a red laser in the end. The guitar is also fitted with a Fernandes Sustainer - now commonplace in many of Steve's newer guitars.

The guitar made its on-stage debut in late 2001 when Steve used it to play "Bad Horsie" live during the European tour.

Tuned to C, the mirror-fronted Jem is always close at hand in the studio, where Steve is currently using it for many tracks on his new album.


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