Ibanez Guitar Festival 2025: Picking The Top 3 Vintage Guitars with Andy the Guitar Geek!

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I was lucky enough to be a guest at the Ibanez Guitar Festival 2025 in Gutenstetten, Germany! While there Andy The Guitar Geek and me perused the museum of vintage Ibanez guitars on display and picked out the three models we’d each take home if we could…

It was an amazing experience to be up close to all these vintage Ibanez guitars in one room – the only improvement would have been the chance to actually try a few out! But we really got to see a who’s who of the best Ibanez electric guitars and basses from the past 50+ years here, which was a huge privilege.

The collection started in the 1960s, with a few proper semi-hollow garage rock looking rarities in the vein of ancient Framus, Teisco and Yamaha guitars (one model in particular was modeled after the Yamaha SA 30).

It then moved to the 1970s – when Ibanez was freely making its own versions of Gibson classics like the Les Paul, Flying V, and Firebird – and the 1980s, when neon colored Steve Vai Pia models were all the rage.

Moving into the 1990s and 2000s, you started to see more streamlined models, and a few tasty George Benson signature guitars. But things also got weirder, in the form of the crazy double neck Xiphos, and a couple of one-off NAMM Show and Frankfurt Musikmesse oddities. Designed to draw the punters’ eyes to the Ibanez booth, they surely got the job done!

In the 2010s, we’re getting more into familiar territory with the Ibanez guitars we know now, although there’s a few really exotic wood choices, and a couple of special signature models for the likes of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Paul Gilbert.

Like I mention at the start of the video, the wonderful Dr. Dan from Ibanez Germany took the Thomann video crew round the entire collection in detail. Once that video is online, I will link it right here: STILL WAITING ;)

I hope you enjoy this little tour of the Ibanez museum! Do you agree with the choices Andy and I made? Let me know which guitar was your favorite in the comments!

Here are some links to the various parts of the video:

00:00 Rich picks his top three
02:35 Andy picks his top three
04:40 Late 1960s semi hollows
04:56 1980s neon Steve Vai JEM 777 signature quartet
05:26 1997 RGKB4 NAMM Show special
06:00 Steve Vai 2000 swirly JEM goodness
06:14 Xiphos double neck from 2010
06:46 2016 Satch signature model
07:14 2018 JCRG1801 with blue resin on a buckeye burl top
07:35 2022 Custom Line JCRG2204 with exotic woods
07:45 2023 Limited Edition Pia
08:15 USA Custom Models and Paul Gilbert signature models

I want to send out a massive thanks to Ibanez Germany and everyone from their wonderful team for inviting me to the 2025 festival - I had a blast and can't wait for the next one.

And cheers to the awesome @STEVEROXXMUSIC for filming me here! Make sure you check out Steve’s channel for some incredible guitar videos (in German!).

Here’s the gear I use to make my videos:

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