ESP: M-II Deluxe (discont'd)

I don't think the ESP chaps had any major problems in manifesting my Special Order. The model you see here is the discontinued M-II Deluxe which was rested in 1998- note the single coil slot in the neck. They had the template ready for it, that's what I reckoned.

PS: Friends, I accidentally deleted a recent e-mail pertaining to my Kramer V, if you are reading this, please reply- thanks!

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My other ESPs:

• Eclipse II
• Phoenix II
• Horizon II
• Horizon III

Separated at birth... Episode III

Do you remember Jackson's Warrior model? Yes, it's the one which ignited a character clash of sorts with Ibanez's Xiphos. But we learnt that both guitars was inspired by a certain BC Rich model. But Jackson's discontinued Demon (pic above)...

...& Ibanez's 540P (also discontinued) looked very similar, yes? So maybe the Xiphos episode wasn't the first design bout between the manufacturers.

Ibanez: Discontinued models for 2011

I've been wanting to do this but not motivated enough to get it going; so here it is, the list of discontinued Ibanez solidbody models for 2011 (E&OE):

• RG3550
• RGT6
• RGA420
• SAS32
• SA120
• AR250
• AR200
• JS1600 (Joe Satriani signature)
• MBM1/ MBM2 (Matt Bachand signature as pictured above)
• STM1 (Sam Totman signature, superseded by STM2)
• APEX1 (Munky signature)

LOKless

WEF 2011, there will be no more Series 7 pedals in the Ibanez range. We know them by the Tone Lok reference.

OK, time to start taking good care of my TS7... not that I neglect my pedals but because I own 2 of them, it now gives me no reason to treat one better than the other. Some of us simply love our DE7 as well, right? You know what to do.