Herman Li – Official Site

After three years in development, Ibanez released the Herman Li Signature Guitar in 2008. This top end electric guitar is played by Li exactly as it is, live on stage, in the studio, right off the shelve without any modification. Check www.ibanez.com for more information.

“The guitar you see in the photo below was originally displayed at the Ibanez booth in NAMM 2008. NAMM takes place in the middle of January every year, and is a trade music show for companies to show their new products. This guitar was the first completed, final spec. E-Gen18 guitar ever made, made just in time for NAMM. After the trade show was over, it was sent to me for use on the recording of the ‘Ultra Beatdown’ album and the whole world tour. If you happened to be one of the thousands of people who have picked up and played this guitar at NAMM that year, you basically played my main guitar before me!” – Herman

Model: EGEN18 TVF (Serial# F0730895)

Full Specifications
Neck: 5pc Maple/Walnut 24-fret neck
Neck Type: E-Gen Prestige
Body: Mahogany body with flamed maple top
Body: Special upper horn ‘Kung Fu’ grip
Body: Special deeper cut on lower horn
Frets: Jumbo frets
Frets: Scalloped fretboard from 21st to 24th fret
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Inlays: Oval Abalone
Bridge: Edge-Zero bridge – E-Gen Custom Setup
Neck PU: DiMarzio® HLM (H) neck pickup
Middle PU: DiMarzio® HLM (S) middle pickup
Bridge PU: DiMarzio® HLM (H) bridge pickup
Hardware Colour: Gold
Colour: TVF (Transparent Violet Flame)
Made in Japan by Ibanez’s premier craftsmen

Neck Dimension
Scale: 648mm/25.5″
a: Width at Nut 43mm
b: Width at Last Fret 58mm
c: Thickness at 1st 18mm
d: Thickness at 12th 20mm
Radius: 430mm

Pickups / Character

The DiMarzio® HLM pickups were custom made for Herman Li for use on the new Ibanez E-Gen. Herman wanted a set of pickups designed specifically for E-Gen’s slim mahogany body, 24 frets neck, different pickup mounting positions compare to his old Ibanez S guitars, along with the new Edge-Zero bridge. Here a description of how each pickup sounds:

Neck: Warm, clean, strong attack. Great for warm singing solos, clean sweep picking tone. Pull volume switch up to split coil for a more classic sound or go smooth and clean.

Middle: This pickup features a warm and punchy high-output design. The middle pickup has been designed to be mounted deeper into the guitar’s body so it stays out of the way when picking, yet still remains perfectly in balance with the neck and bridge pickups.

Bridge: High output, screaming harmonics. Perfect for fast tight heavy rhythm, loud solos, responsive to speed finger tapping.

Switching System
Nine pickup configurations for versatile tone
from super clean to extreme metal.

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