I think there were some new frets on the neck, too. "The guitar originally came with a hum/sing/hum arrangement, but when it arrived at my place, Rich or somebody under Rich's direction had filled in the middle single-coil space with wood and refinished it in black. We spoke the same language and zoned in on the technical aspects of the instrument, right down to the minute details. Being a really great guitar player himself, Rich was a lot of fun to work with. When I was introduced to Ibanez through Steve Vai, Rich was the interface guy. It came by way of Rich Lasner, who was then head of Artist Relations at Ibanez. "My getting the guitar that became the Black Dog would have been in 1987. When did you first receive the Black Dog? Satriani sat down with MusicRadar to reminisce about the original Black Dog, recalling how it first came into his possession, its idiosyncracies, why it became such a go-to instrument and when he knew he had to retire his old friend. Anytime I played the Black Dog guitar, it sounded like music and less like the combination of pickups and wood." We were going to record something, and he said to me, 'That guitar sounds more musical than other guitars you have.' It was a very untechnical assessment, but it was the description that made the most sense. "I remember John Cuniberti said it right. "There was just something special about the Black Dog," Satriani says. From the latter part of the '80s and well into the '90s, even as he perfected the art of guitar design and engineering with the Ibanez JS series, Satch used the Black Dog for all it was worth. It's the guitar we now know as the Black Dog, that diminutive six-string, recognizable not only for the quirky scribblings that its owner would enthusiastically apply but for its unique tone, by turns fat and crunchy, sweet and soaring. Such is the case with a certain Frankenstein Ibanez guitar that then-rising star Joe Satriani received in 1987, one which would become a workhorse instrument for him through the years and a testing ground for his highly successful line of signature Ibanez models. Clapton's Blackie, BB King's Lucille, Neil Young's Old Black - sometimes a guitar is more than a guitar, it's a part of a guitarist's personality and thus it earns a memorable, even iconic nickname. Since this is earthquake country, my guitars are normally tucked away safely in their hard shell cases. Like to get more coffee, hit the bathroom, or when switching guitars. Synthetic Latex, neoprene, vinyl, and most foamy spongy products, are petroleum based, and as I understand it, are indeed trouble for nitro finishes.Įven so, I only use stands for a short period of time while playing. I bought the new tubing from a medical supply house so I could verify with my own eyes that the packaging stated it was 100% Natural Latex. I've used these stands on a variety of nitrocellulose guitars over the years, and never had any problems. Polyurethane finished guitars don't seem to mind it, but I've heard any kind of rubber or vinyl will eat into the finish (or, at least leave marks) on nitro finishes.īefore you park your big ol' Martin 12-String on one of 'em, you might wanna ask someone more knowledgeable about it than I am, though. Paul, you did a nice job and it makes them look like new again, but I don't know about that surgical tubing rubbing up against a guitar with a nitro finish. My stand is like new, and I'm quite content. If you get carried away, you can trade your guitar for a clown suit and show all the little kids at birthday parties the cool barnyard animals you can make by blowing up surgical tubing. It's a bit tricky, and varies as you go, but I found 60-70 psi worked well. You have to be careful not to apply too much pressure. So, I spent the rest of the day pondering the problem.īy clamping the tubing to an air hose nozzle and putting air pressure into the tubing, I found I could get it to "float" over the rod as I pushed it on. After fighting for a half hour to get about a half inch of tubing on, I realized I was in trouble. Then I cut the old tubing off and tried to slide the new tubing on. I could have shopped for a better price, but I was in a hurry to fix this problem. Found the right size and thickness ( 1/4"ID 1/2"OD 1/8"Wall ) surgical tubing at a local medical supply, $10.00 for four feet. Solution: Replace the tubing on the old stands. Unless I was willing to pay thru the nose for quality, and to also satisfy my concern that the tubing was safe for all guitar finishes, I was stuck. So, I went to look for new stands, but was disappointed at how flimsy (lightweight) most of the new ones were compared to mine. Problem: I pulled some old guitar stands out and found that the latex tubing on the forks had dried out and hardened.
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