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Thanks so much my friends!!!!! Love you guys!!

@drdre4397

3 жыл бұрын

Josh you are incredible, all the best!

@christopher-miles

3 жыл бұрын

...only love you back if your love is equivalent to the love of 14 gage in standard... ...on a Strat! ...you know what one saying?! Peace!

@RickMcCargar

3 жыл бұрын

Great looking/sounding guitar. Will they be making any with bigger than their standard "medium" frets. I know that's what they put on everything but I love big frets. Thanks.

Josh’s enthusiasm about this guitar seems really genuine.

@-Breakyr

3 жыл бұрын

I love watching him talk shop, he's just such a genuine guy in general.

@brunoerckmam5070

3 жыл бұрын

I find it funny when he forgets it's his guitar and says "the ibanez" 😂 also the captain refraining from saying tele or using the word fender 😂

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. In all the ones I have seen I think only Nita Strauss was even more enthusiastic about her sig.

Josh Smith is such a good inspirational dude so this is exciting to see.

This is so awesome!!!

@christopher-miles

3 жыл бұрын

So are you!

The fact they actually suggested to him to ship the guitar with 13s just blows my mind :D ! Awesome company, awesome guitar for an awesome guy and player.

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

They should ship it with 10s and include a pack of 13s. Best of both worlds.

@Zakkiss

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontheroad579 but you’ll need different setup for both

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zakkiss Sure, sure. And it's totally unnecessary for most people. But it would make the package more faithful to the artist's, while keeping the guitar playable at stores with 10s.

@Diax1324

3 жыл бұрын

13s do feel and sound pretty amazing, they're just insanely difficult to bend with, and they start to tear your fingers to shit with long gigs.

Josh Smith a BIG thumbs up for this Ibanez Day guys!!!!

Ibanez really shows a lot of respect with josh smith and just how different they allowed him to go with his Signature! Unique neck, not stainless frets, Seymour pick ups and new saddles!

Josh is such a badass player. What a *legend*!

I have owned around 100 guitars, never an Ibanez. Looks like that's about to change. Nice job Josh!

I hope its a great success for Josh. BRILLIANT Player and seems like such a good guy who deserves the success he has worked so hard for.

Interview of 2021 so far! It was great to hear about values such as honesty, professionalism and passion driving product development! Keep it up and thank you for inspiring the musician community!

Nothing but love and appreciation for Josh Smith. What a phenomenal player

Wow his playing gave me Chills! SD pups

Whoever is running A&R at Ibanez needs a raise. Genius. Cool guitar and josh is a killer player and a great dude. I wish them all well.

What a original and pure guy! Josh you share your enthusiasm making this a must buy!!!

Josh Smith might be the best "blues" oriented guitar player as of now. Crazy skills ...

@kaitodesire

3 жыл бұрын

Joe Bonamassa ?

@stanislavmigra

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaitodesire Im huuge fan of Joe Boe and he is bigger star and what not, but purely guitar skill, I think Josh is on another level.

Very slick looking. The matching headstock with the gold logo is a nice touch.

Man, every time I hear JS play I'm completely floored! Wow!

Josh is a freaking monster player and a heckuva great guy. Really happy for him!

worlds nicest man, nice one!

Glad you guys got him on, great player, great dude, well deserved signature model!

Only recently heard of Josh - what a player, and he seems a really nice dude.

It occurs to me now (having watched Josh's videos on his own channel on the FlatV) that some of the "vibe" is the direction Leo himself went in post-Fender days (esp. MM). Kudos. Love it.

Josh Smith are my biggest inspiration, He more than deserve to have his own signature... one of the best guitar player in our generation Ibanez you have my money 💰

Josh is class! Can't wait to see him back on tour in Europe.

this is a cap'tn meets that I was hoping to see! Josh is incredible, my favorite modern guitarist...

@PhiI93

3 жыл бұрын

they've already done it

@romestant

3 жыл бұрын

@@PhiI93 nice. Have to go back then

Josh is a seriously good guitarist and his enthusiasm is infectious. Top Bloke.

@alexalzouri1603

3 жыл бұрын

He is a monster of a player

With that extended upper bout, it fixes the issue I've had with Tele's. Every one I've played had a bit of a neck dive until it's at equilibrium. I like a bit of an up-tilt when I play.

Excited for this model for sure. Josh is a class act.

Josh I'm a fan for a long time. I bought a PR12 because of you. I'm a lefty because I crushed my left hand 33 breaks and a great doctor I can still hold a pick with it but it was a big learning curve to pick up the guitar again after 20 years of playing right handed. I will never be what I was but I still have the passion for it. I would love to have this guitar but it has to be a lefty. I don't mind paying a premium to get one. pass it on to IBENEZ!!!!!

This is SO cool!! Love the guitar and the tone :)

Great looking and sounding guitar, nice work Josh. Also the coolest guy and what a player!

I saw Josh play at Jimmy Buffett's in Key West when he was still a teenager. I think he was playing an ES 335 signed by BB King on top ? I am a guitar player too and he must have sensed it. He walked up to my table grabbed my beer bottle and played a slide solo with it right in front of me . It was very impressive and maybe he was giving me the " Bet you can't do this "too? Phenomenal blues player for being so young at the time. He looks similar to Dale Earnhardt Sr. now

Nice Sig guitar. I do love that about Ibanez, they let artists genuinely make the decisions so they're really as the artist wants. Even if the specs don't make them as commercially appealing to the masses

@kevinborchers3522

3 жыл бұрын

And this is what Fender refuses to do and is why they lost Mayer. Literally told him they wouldnt make certain tweaks where PRS would do anything

It's the best one I've been wanting to tele style guitar, you're making me want to buy another Ibanez

I just played one at Bay Tunes Guitars in Annapolis and plays great. But not as nice as Josh’s actual guitar I got to play at a masterclass with him in NY a few years ago. Great guy too. Top blues player of our day for sure.

Amazing, one of the best blues rock players of our time! =)

I said it before and I’ll say it again; that guitar is Rad! I’d be thrilled if I owned one.

i love the way the switch looks, but it look like it would be easy to hit when playing rhythm.

well deserved! bravo 👏

Josh Man What a Great Sound Man i Love it Very Coool Greeetzzz Henk.

great vid and great coverage!

That was some sweet guitar playing. 13 guage strings? I can't even...

Josh is proud and happy :)

Hello Lee! With the upcoming release of the collaboration between Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen, it would be really cool to get a full length Captain meets Adrian Smith! He also released his book a few months back. He's super down to earth. I'm sure if found a way to reach out to him, he'd be open to doing it!

hey man. Im not a tele person. but this guitar looks and sounds so good..... I low key want one....

Everybody raves about Josh's playing and for obvious reasons, but he is a great singer, too. Check out his video with Martin Miller doing 'Sultans of Swing'.

Need to try one of these

Love this so much. Josh deserves it ! Where is the Bruce Forman signature model ? 🤨🤨🤨

Steve Vai said the same thing about Ibanez, as one of their artists you can just do what you want and they’ll make it :)

Reminds me of the Talman, I’ve been after one for a while.

Ibanez, killing it out of the gate!

Hell yeah! Josh is the man!!

Awesome guitarist and top bloke.

What a Player 👍🔥🎸🦅

This must be the most exciting guitar release since the PRS Silver Sky! Which would you prefer?

I think I’ve had enough Ibanez right about now lol. Hope they go back to regular programming soon ;)

Genuine decent chaps.. That new Ibanez is something else... Is that one of the Sendai necks???

There's a lot of loyalty, esp, in America, to the Fender brand. But if it's true what people are saying about these Ibanez t's, even the most traditionalist guitar players will have to give them a look.

The king of swing, the king of chops, can't wait till this Ibanez drops!

Josh Smith is awesome!!!!

looking at the pickup selector looks like it will get hit with strumming the strings. Any notice that and anyone have one and notice if that is an issue?

crazy how celebrity advertisements work, seeing josh play it made me want one lmao.

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

What mades me want one is how he looks sincerely happy about the product and how he was able to get it specced like he wanted it instead of following what some marketing studies suggested.

Excellente 👍👍

Hell yeah!

Any left handed versions?

He nailed it!!! The changes do not make the guitar look less retro but to me more retro. You get all the Tele things you would want but best of all I would not feel like I have a ...'ME TOO' No. 5,000,345,670 I would love a choice of colors. Fiesta Red would give it some pop yet not be too weird for the traditional buyer.

I need it.

i love josh, but with regards to the control knobs, any 2 knobs are always in a straight line...

I don't understand why 21 frets and no 22 if you leave the space between the neck and the pickup.

Et voilà, as we say in french : another great blues guitar player that Fender has missed. I would have liked to see Josh or Greg Koch playing on "real Telecaster", but I doubt Fender would have let them have all the great improvements such as Roasted Mapple neck or the luminlay dots ....

Josh is a hell of a picker!

Josh is a beast! Very sweet guitar. Headstock is not my cup of tea.

@istvandejesus

3 жыл бұрын

I actually dig the headstock. Not a fan of the body. But at the end of the day the tone is what matters. And it is GOOOOOD!!!

Ibanez is going hard after the tele market with the new Josh Smith and Lari Basilio models. Most tele players are traditionalists, though. I think the market for this guitar will be players who have never gone for a traditional guitar, but want to dip their toes into tele waters. But, what do I know?

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

The issue is that this is a 2500 dollar guitar. You can get a Mexican-made Fender Tele for a third of the price and an entry American one for half.

@Chord_The_Seeker

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontheroad579 I have an American Elite Tele that I got for $1500 brand new. I love it, but my only issue with it is that it weighs a ton.

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chord_The_Seeker Given that Josh plays 13s and that he prefers the totally flat body, most probably light weight won't be a priority for him. Unless he thinks lighter guitars sound better. Well, at least he's using titanium on his bridge saddles. That will save a few grams.

@Chord_The_Seeker

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontheroad579 You’re probably right about the FlatV not being light either. I wasn’t saying I was going to run out and buy an Ibanez to replace my Fender because I’m unhappy with the weight. I just play it sitting down at home anyway.

Black on black. Great thinking for promotion.

there is so much skirting around name brand words hahahahah

Think this is a good move for Ibáñez.

@john-zw9rw

3 жыл бұрын

Good Bank Deposits..........howz about buying great American Guitars.....not Japan imports...

£2500 that’s a lot of money and it’s polyester finished. it’s a nice instrument the prestige range is around £1700 I believe.Hope it’s a success 👍

@simonbrown1572

3 жыл бұрын

Josh wanted a nitro finish but Ibanez are apparently not set up to use nitro, they did offer to give a nitro finished guitar but he declined, he wanted to play what everyone else would be playing

@denismguitar1552

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. And no locking tuners for that price? If it had locking tuners and cost $2k I’d be in.

@MrVanalen

3 жыл бұрын

Why just not buy the real telecaster?that’s fender custom shop money nearly.Josh is very accomplished player

@daviddalziel884

3 жыл бұрын

I think it $2500 so maybe a bit less in £ post -Trump 🤣 The Andy Timmons Ibanez is around 2k so maybe the Josh Tele be the same . Not a Tele fan but Josh definitely draws you towards them !

“Ah the best style” “Yeaa S stile”

So ruling

PRETTY!

LOL Josh has the 'rookers' to pull off 13's

YESSSSSssss!

This look like a real tele bridge, the other Azs have a mini bridge and I dont know why a metal plate: separare from the bridge. This looks better

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

They look identical to me.

@perrar1na

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontheroad579 if you look close, the Azs has the pickup plate separate from the bridge. Maybe is a design choice to allow them to put the bridge using the same pickup plate: maybe optimizong the construction process.

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

@@perrar1na I see the pickup plate separated from the bridge. But I see that on all AZs and the FlatV too. I think it's optimising the construction process as the pickup plate is the same on all the models, no matter if the bridge is fixed or with the whammy.

@perrar1na

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontheroad579 You are right, true. My fault, may need to clean my glasses. So in the end, why they did that? They said that the secret of this kind of guitar is the pickup plate, but for me this is true if the plate includes the bridge: so the string's vibrates througth all the plate.

Did he have any say on what the RRP would be ??????????????????

Lee is devastated because there's no NAMM, but his voice would be devastated if there was NAMM ;-)

@Chemist1076

3 жыл бұрын

Also better for his liver. 😐

Ibanez....Josh Smith !!!! Does it sound in tune ? Well.....🤔

Am I the only one who can perve on an Ibanez but can’t quite go the distance because of there headstocks

Wot no bass on these vids? Ibanez out of the bass market? Loving JS though...

Haven't been this early since last night

Josh is a bonafide "cat".

Before I watch #joshsmith play guitar, I actually think I can play guitar. Afterwards, not so much.... :)

Brian may!!!!!!!,

Just another Telecaster copy! Well made no doubt, but just a copy of a classic!

Eh, I think they could have done a better modern facelift on the tele. Other companies have better ones.

They let him "have free reign" on which pickups to use and he still went with the company that they always use on their AZ's anyways? Yeah right. Im sure now that he's signed he'll also eventually be forced to switch to Laney amps like the others seem to be. In most signature endorsements you dont get to pick most features of the guitar, rather youre informed on what theyre making and asked if you want your name on it.

Ole popeye forearms Josh is the Shizzle.

For those who don't know, the body shape is a rounded off version of the "failed" FR Series. Basically the whole AZS line is a rebranded FR series.

Check the other AZs guitars he mentioned; they are way more ergonomic than his model.

@fenixfyre

3 жыл бұрын

Thats not the point of a tele tho...

@BobPapadopoulos

3 жыл бұрын

More or less ergonomic is a matter of taste.

@ontheroad579

3 жыл бұрын

He wanted it like this. Most probably he's just used to it.