(DEMO) Fender Custom Shop '63 Telecaster Relic Electric Guitar - Aged Olympic White
Fender18455
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Steve Vai signature.
PIA stands for "Paradise in Art" but it could also be a beautiful tribute to Steve's wife, Pia Vai. Or maybe a nice combination of both?
PIA is an evolution of Steve's incredibly successful JEM models, a series that has remained unchanged with minor variations for almost 35 years. At a glance, there's a lot of JEM about the PIA model, a JEM with a new monkey grip, now called Petal Grip. But if you look closely, there are some things that set it apart from a JEM.
The edges of the body have become softer and rounder.
The body's arm cut has a different and larger shape, it goes further forward (towards the neck), further down and is deeper. This is to make the guitar more comfortable to sit down and play.
The volume control has been moved further down to avoid getting in the way of the pick hand.
The flower vine has a different look and a new name, PIA Blossom.
Then there are a whole bunch of changes that aren't visible, but can be heard and felt.
New neck profile called PIA (thickness is the same as a newer JEM).
Stainless steel jumbo tie rods. Tape sticks that have a magical, smooth, playing feel and are much longer than regular tape sticks.
A highpass/lowcut filter on the push/pull volume control. When you turn down the volume, the low register tends to take over and become too dominant, this filter counteracts that and is a filter Steve has had on his personal JEMs for a long time.
New pickups from DiMarzio called UtoPIA.
Here's how DiMarzio and Steve himself describe them.
Using the Evolution® Bridge as the basic platform, UtoPIA? The bridge was designed to focus more on the low-end response of the guitar while adding thickness and body to the top end. The challenge was still to deliver the harmonics that Evolution® is known for. The upper midrange frequencies were also dialed back to produce a less aggressive attack and provide more control.
The utopia? The bridge boasts a big, fat low end, high output and thick top end.
The utopia? The neck boasts a big, fat low end and thick top end.
The utopia? Middle can add some chime to any guitar with a lifeless single coil. With a healthy amount of treble, the UtoPIA? Middle can provide the 'quack? in the 2nd and 4th positions when placed between the UtoPIA? Neck and Bridge humbuckers.
The bridge is Ibanez' classic original EDGE, considered by many to be the world's best swing bridge. The door to the stable springs is mounted with magnets and screws.
Specifications.
- 5-piece maple/walnut PIA neck.
- Alder body.
- Rosewood fingerboard with PIA Blossom inlays.
- Jumbo stainless steel frets w/Prestige fret edge treatment.
- Luminlay (luminous) side dots.
- Scalloped fingerboard on 21-24 frets.
- Ibanez original EDGE sway bars.
- Ultralite Tremolo Arm?
- 10.8 mm string spacing.
- D'Addario® EXL120 strings.
- Gotoh® machine heads
- DiMarzio® UtoPIA? (H) neck pickup. Passive/ceramic magnet
- DiMarzio® UtoPIA? (S) center microphone. Passive/Alnico magnet
- DiMarzio® UtoPIA? (H) bridge microphone. Passive/ceramic magnet
- Gold hardware.
- Hardshell case
Neck:
- Scale: 648mm/25.5".
- Width at saddle: 43mm.
- Width at last band: 58mm.
- Thickness at 1 band: 18mm.
- Thickness at 12 bands: 20mm.
- Radius: 430mmR.
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