The most Important Guitar no one talks about

Agree with you. After 50s classics it's definitely a game changer.

Congrats on 15K! Saw this channel from the beginning and after watching the video didn't know how you had sub 1K...I thought it was coming from at least a 100K sub channel

It's amazing how only within the last 5-10 years are other "Modern" guitars only just now catching up with the innovations on the Universe, such as modular pieces, extended range, floating trem, locking nut, high output pickups with many combinations, along with a streamlined Vol/Tone knob set up. These are all now "High End", "Boutique" features, rather than a mainstream factory model.

hell yeah, i have a seven string ibanez, i picked it up on a whim a few years back, and as a rhythm guitarist it opened up my dynamic range and its one of my favorite guitars out of 100 ive owned.

the most important guitar since the 1950s, is the one in my hands right now.

The most important guitar after the 50’s/60’s classics is EVH’s Frankenstrat. Eddie was the one who figured out how to pot pickups to eliminate feedback, he was the one who figured out how to put them into fender styled guitars, he’s the one who helped develop the Floyd rose with its inventor and it was eddie’s idea to have the fine tuners on the bridge for the Floyd. The Ibanez in this video is a great guitar, but it’s just a fine tuning on eddies ground breaking ideas. Idc what kind of music you play, without eddies tinkering back in the day, you wouldn’t be able to do it. When the history of all of this is done, EVH will go down in guitar building as being as important as Leo Fender, Ted McCarthy, and Seth Lover. Not to mention he was the first one to figure out how to get high gain out of an amp.

I think Strandburg will be the next "Important" innovation. Especially with them breaking into lower price points with their headless design, Versatility, and Enduro neck PLUS the tru temperament frets. I may be biased because my mentor LOVED them and has a connection to the company, but every single one I have picked up has felt and sounded just as good as his.

Nice playing here 👏, hope this turns into a series!

I agree man.. The Ibanez MIJ... Nobody talks about them.. It's always fender this, gibson that.. Prs.. comes to the party. But Ibanez.. Seems like this un spoken secrete. I think they're what's implied when people says "Super Strat"

The Frankenstrat ? A very influential game changer.

The most important guitar after the Stratocaster and Frankie, has to be the Parker Fly. The Fly paved the way for so much technological advancement in electric guitars!

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As a recent convert to 7 strings I can only agree! Even though the ones I play mostly are more geared towards vintage voiced sounds, the 7 string solid body guitar offers so many advantages.

Absolutely agree. It makes me mad when even young people go like zombies to Fender or Gibson without cherishing the advantages of an RG/Jem/UV. The absolute best in guitar!

Ibanez originally pitched an 8 string guitar to Steve Vai. Because of his interest in numerology, he insisted that it be a 7 string guitar instead.

i have a Jackson 7-string with SD blackouts because of one band only; Fear Factory

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Jazz dudes had 7 string guitars back in the day. Steve wanted to add a high A for leads, but the string was too thin... so fat B instead. I Don't know if the high-A story is true.

I find the Strandberg 7 string neck to be very comfortable. I can take or leave the 6 string version, but the 7 string almost feels like a normal sized neck with an extra string. I’ve never actually picked up and tried an Ibanez one. I have tried the Music man and PRS ones and immediately did not like them. I’ll have to check an Ibanez 7 string out

Imho...it is really on Head and Monkey, in Korn. Meaning they are the ones that took the universe and put it where the masses could see and hear them. Passion and Warfare is.....a guitar amusement park. The universe on the cover and in the songs were incredible, but did not really bring rhe whole 7 string into broader music and culture. Partly because, the 7 string was not a focus. In Korn it was. Remember Korn was pretty big for a while there, and in rotation on MTV back when videos were still a thing. There you had Head and Monkey bouncing their Universes off the stage while low tunings, rhythmic chugging, and sound fx creation were what you were hearing. They took what Steve had conceptualized/ created and went off in a whole other direction. Largely bringing about what you are referring to here.