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Ibanez Steve Vai Signature PIA3761 Electric Guitar - Onyx Black

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple/Walnut Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, 2 Humbucking Pickups, 1 Single-coil Pickup, and Edge Tremolo - Onyx Black
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Designed in collaboration with Steve Vai, the Ibanez Steve Vai PIA3761 is a sonically versatile, high-performance solidbody electric guitar. It features a balanced-sounding alder body — the tonal basis for some of the most enduring pieces of contemporary music. Enjoy super-fast playability, courtesy of a 5-piece PIA neck with Ibanez’s Prestige fret end treatment, while DiMarzio UtoPIA pickups deliver maximum impact and power. An Edge tremolo supplies twisting, bending, and dive-bombing with reliable intonation. The PIA3761 boasts Steve Vai’s trademark appointments, including a redesigned Monkey Grip and eye-catching PIA Blossom fingerboard inlay.

Effortless playability with the fastest-playing neck in the business

One of Ibanez’s fastest necks to date, the 5-piece PIA neck on the Steve Vai PIA3761 is an absolute pleasure to play. This slim and super-comfortable neck lets you pull off lightning-fast runs and arpeggios with ease, but it still gives you the substance you need for grabbing chords when you need to. What’s more, the PIA3761 has received Ibanez's Prestige fret-end treatment. This essentially rounds off the edges of the frets, making the PIA3761's fretboard feel even more fluid. From the first time you put your hands on the PIA3761’s PIA neck, you’ll know you’ve got a guitar that was built with performance in mind.

A trio of DiMarzio UtoPIA pickups gives you massive tonal range

The HSH configuration has been a longtime favorite among tone seekers, and this preference led to the trio of killer UtoPIA pickups loaded in the Steve Vai PIA3761. The neck position humbucker is voiced for warmer, richer tone, while the bridge humbucker is a brilliant lead pickup: vibrant yet snarling with an enhanced midrange output when you push it. In between, you get a high-output single-coil that serves up traditional spank ’n’ sparkle on its own and plays nice with the humbuckers in blade positions two and four. If you’re after maximum tonal tenacity, then the PIA3761 will give your amplifier what you need.

Edge tremolo for precise tuning stability

The Steve Vai PIA3761's Edge tremolo was designed by Ibanez to give you the fast tremolo response and snap you need to pull off sharp bends and flutters. The extreme stability of this knife-edge-style trem's stud lock function is also one of the many reasons it’s a favorite among many of today's top shredders. And thanks to the Lion's Claw tremolo cavity, you can bend notes to radical extremes and back again with incredible precision.

Ibanez Steve Vai PIA3761 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • Designed in collaboration with Steve Vai for a sonically versatile guitar that performs like a pro
  • Balanced-sounding alder body — the tonal basis for some of the most enduring pieces of contemporary music
  • 5-piece PIA neck with Prestige fret end treatment plays incredibly fast
  • DiMarzio UtoPIA pickups deliver maximum impact and power
  • Edge tremolo supplies twisting, bending, and dive-bombing with reliable intonation
  • Luminlay side dots let you know where you are in the dark
  • Redesigned Monkey Grip handle elicits a yin-yang vibe
  • Eye-catching gold hardware; PIA Blossom inlay

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Steve Vai Signature
  • Body Material Alder
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyurethane
  • Color Onyx Black
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 5-Piece Maple/Walnut
  • Neck Shape PIA
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 16.9"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay Gold/Abalone PIA Blossom
  • Number of Frets 24, Jumbo Stainless Steel
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.692"
  • Nut Material Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Edge Locking Tremolo
  • Tuners Gotoh
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup DiMarzio UtoPIA Humbucker
  • Middle Pickup DiMarzio UtoPIA Single-coil
  • Bridge Pickup DiMarzio UtoPIA Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume (push/pull high-pass filter), 1 x master tone
  • Switching 5-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: PIA3761XB

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Rated 5/5

Just wow...

This was ordered as a back-up/upgrade for a well-loved Sparkle Blue Jem. In a nutshell, they took my favorite guitar and added a few (or more) dashes of amazing. It was playable right out of the box, taking only a few tweaks for preferences.
The main things to me are: It came standard with stainless frets. Utopia pickups are great and provide more punch than Evos. It feels a little more substantial/comfortable to play than the Jem (which also has stainless frets). And it really is a piece of art, to the point of distraction... soothing, mesmerizing distraction.
The only drawbacks are: 1.) the wait on backorder 2.) having to pepper spray others to get it back and 3.) emotional me feels like I'm cheating on my original Jem.
Rated 5/5

Best electric guitar I’ve ever played

This is the best electric guitar I have ever played. Hands down.

If you take stock on what has been done on this guitar you will find that everything ranging from neck feel, width, guitar balance, overall sustain, the trem feel and precision and the multitude of pickup selector options have been thoroughly engineered and revised to what this guitar is. It's a performing predator capable of exploring shades of color that only become possible when you feel inspired by how your instrument feels and sounds.

And it's a darn fine looking guitar as well.

I've played a variety of top shelf electrics. This guitar, from the standpoint of playability and the precision you can command with the neck surpasses every guitar I own, some at multiples of the cost of the Pia.

My first Ibanez. Wow. Very nicely done and absolutely worth the price if you don't want to spend the time and money to do this work yourself through setups and mods, etc.

My only gripe: when the ultra light weight trem bar sits in place there is a very small amount of wiggle which does not affect playing accuracy but is annoying.
Rated 5/5

完美

A very good guitar with perfect sound and feel. I highly recommend purchasing this guitar
Rated 5/5

Stunning, searing, and smooth as butter!

I've owned many Ibanez Jem guitars, and I also have an Ibanez PIA in Stallion White which I got before this one was announced and released. This guitar, hands down, is the smoothest of the lot under my fingers as I play. Either standing or sitting down the guitar's feel under my hands doesn't change, and I'm just as comfortable with either position.

I can play leads, rhythms, whatever I want. The guitar handles anything I throw at it beautifully.

I have only two minor issues. But both can be easily remedied by visiting a local guitar repair shop and asking for a little TLC once over.

One, the volume knob comes with a dead zone before it suddenly goes from 0 to about what I'd consider a 2 or three on the volume scale for other guitars. The white model had this issue as well. Instead of a smooth crescendo for volume swells, you get a bit of a jerky 0 to 2 or 0 to 3 on the volume scale jump before a swell to full volume can be done. Again, easily fixed by taking it to a local guitar repair shop and asking for a little TLC of the electronics.

Two, the tremolo arm is a tiny bit wiggly. But it doesn't really seem to negatively affect my playing or control over it any so it's just a little nit pick I noticed but otherwise have no major problem with.

Aside from these two minor issues the guitar functions perfectly, plays beautifully, and feels so good to play that it's utterly addicting. I cannot practice without using this guitar for at least a handful of exercises/songs before I stop for the night.
Music background: Guitar player of 18 years
Rated 5/5

Yes sir!

This guitar is absolutely incredible right out of the box. Was the first guitar I ever had shipped that was actually in tune when it arrived. The low E was off a bit, but yes. Can't find a thing wrong with it, Neck is flawless, petals are pretty smooth inside (unlike some have stated)& the pickups sound amazing! Pictures don't do this thing justice. After a year & a half wait! I can honestly say this guitar is going to be with me till I'm dead. It plays so smooth & the SS frets are amazing. There's just something incredibly magical about this guitar. It definitely sparks creativity I don't get on my other ones. You can play any & every type of music on it & it delivers no problem. The pull volume pot is a nice touch for sure. Brightens up when you turn the volume down for some really incredible sounds. The sustain/harmonics you can find anywhere on the neck & most of all it's freaking beautiful! Absolutely in love with it at the moment. Can't wait to record some tracks. I feel sorry for you if you were thinking about it & didn't get one.
Music background: 37 years of hard knocks
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