Ibanez: September '24

It's an acoustic September for Ibanez & this JGM11 is the most intriguing amongst the releases. JG here refers to Jon Gomm & this is his signature acoustic. 

No missing tuners here as the top two (E/B) are banjo ones to facilitate Mr. Gomm's constant re-tuning / de-tuning which is his signature technicality. This is a quality guitar indeed with 2 sets of pickups to pick up (no pun intended) both string resonance & percussive applications. Steel frets, ebony board & a solid spruce top  for the money's worth. Oh, a hard case is included with this one.

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Ibanez 2021 (7): Gomm!

Still in the acoustic realm, new for 2021 & from an unlikely manufacturer, the Ibanez Jon Gomm signature acoustic (JGM10). Gomm is a percussive finger style player & his techniques are just mind boggling. The guitar sports a simple outline but much thought was given to player needs in this case; bigger / wider body top for percussion, a non-intrusive cutaway that does not subtract bottom / top end definition & volume-inclined bracing, among others. The body is an all solid construction (sitka spruce top, pau ferro back & sides) together with an ebony fretboard. If you are interested in this one, do note that the scale length is slightly longer - 25.75"

It must have been an extra special collaboration for Gomm to move from Lowden to Ibanez & in the video below, you can see that he's simply thrilled.

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