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EP9 - Steve Vai

"The thing I like the most about the new EP9 is its user-friendly nature. It's built for versatility to accommodate the style preference of most any player. The anti-feedback option and equalization parameters of the Fishman®Aura™ System are truly an evolution in amplified acoustic guitar design. It's quite stunning how well it works, actually. The elements of the solid spruce top, mahogany neck, and the solid mahogany back and sides offer supreme sound quality, but let's not forget the most important thing... it looks as delicious as it sounds and feels."–Steve Vai

Steve Vai named this guitar "Euphoria" for good reason. The EP9 is as enigmatic and expressive as Steve Vai himself, able to morph tones, play like a dream and open the paths of acoustic creativity.


MODEL: EP9

SPECS

Neck:  Mahogany Neck
BackSides:  Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
Top:  Solid Engelmann Spruce Top
Rosette:  Custom Wood Rosette
Tuners:  Satin Gold Grover® Tuners with Brown Pearloid Knobs
Pickup:  Fishman® Acoustic Matrix™ Pickup
Electronics:  Fishman® Aura® Acoustic Imaging Blender System with Onboard Tuner
Fretboard:  Rosewood Bridge and Fretboard
Saddle:  Ivorex II ™ Nut and Saddle
BridgePins:  Advantage™ Bridge Pins
Strings:  D'Addario® EXP™ Strings
Finishes:  Resonant Root Beer Low Gloss Finish
FEATURES   CLICK TO ENLARGE
The unique Fishman® Onboard Aura™ features six selectable Acoustic Sound Images. Each image was created using the EP9 and a different top-shelf microphone so that the great tones of the EP9 can be reproduced in any venue. These sounds can be blended easily with the standard pickup. The Aura also includes a programmable active 3-band EQ, anti-feedback control, onboard tuner and more.
Ivorex II nut is stronger and more durable than bone and even harder than the original Ivorex. Ivorex II nut allows brilliant highs and more pronounced lows with less mid-range which makes Ivorex II-fitted guitars perfect for amplification.

EP9 - STEVE VAI SERIES BASICS

  • Solid Engelmann Spruce Top
  • Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
  • Custom Wood Rosette
  • Satin Gold Grover® Tuners with Brown Pearloid Knobs
  • Rosewood Bridge and Fretboard
  • Ibanez Exclusive Mahogany F.A.S.T™ (Fast Action Set-up Technology) Adjustable Neck
  • Fishman® Acoustic Matrix™ Pickup
  • Fishman® Aura® Imaging Blender System with Onboard Tuner
  • D’Addario® Exp™ Strings
  • Ibanez Ivorex II™ Nut and Saddle
  • Ibanez Advantage™ Bridge Pins
  • Resonant Root Beer Low Gloss Finish


BODY DIMENSIONS
  Body Style Mini-Jumbo
  Width 14.5"
  Depth 3.75"
  Length 19"
Description
Shaped like the very large jumbo, but medium sized, the mini-jumbo is increasing in popularity due to its full tone combined with a comfortable rounded size.  


NECK DIMENSIONS
Scale/Length 641mm
a:  Width at Nut 43mm
b:  Width at Joint 55.4mm
c:  Thickness 1st Fret 20mm
d:  Thickness 7th Fret 21mm
Radius 300mm






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