John Petrucci Tour Used Ibanez JPM100P3 Provenance Included

This Ibanez JPM100P3 was personally owned and used by John Petrucci during the Falling Into Infinity era and was sold directly by John and Rena Petrucci in 1999.

On 11 November 1999, John personally handed the guitar to me backstage before Dream Theater's concert at the IJsselhallen in Zwolle, The Netherlands.

The complete provenance is documented through the original correspondence, photographs and supporting material that have remained together with the guitar ever since.

The Ibanez JPM100P3 was one of the original finishes in John Petrucci's first Ibanez signature series and, with its F97 serial number, is one of the earliest known JPM100P3 guitars produced.

Provenance

• Personally owned by John Petrucci.
• Used during the Falling Into Infinity era.
• Purchased directly in 1999 via Rena Petrucci.
• Personally collected from John Petrucci in Zwolle.
• Original email correspondence included.
• Original photographs included.
• Original case with handwritten identification label.

Specs:

Body type - Solid body
Body material - American basswood
Neck joint - AANJ
Bridge - Lo-Pro Edge tremolo
Knob style - Plastic top hat
Hardware color - Cosmo black
Neck type - JPM Custom
Neck material - 1-piece maple
Scale length - 648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard material - Ebony w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays - Offset abalone dots
Frets - 24 / Dunlop 6100 jumbo
Nut - Top-Lok III (locking nut, ±42 mm)
Machine heads - Gotoh SG38
Pickup configuration - HH
Bridge pickup - DiMarzio Steve’s Special (H)
Neck pickup - DiMarzio Air Norton (H)
Controls - Master volume / Master tone / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack Side-mounted barrel jack
Case - OHSC

All original, no modifications — only routine professional maintenance since acquisition. Scratches and little dents are John’s.

This guitar can still be seen in a number of live photographs, promotional images and concert footage from the Falling Into Infinity era. In fact, I saw John playing it live at the old Noorderligt venue in Tilburg (NL) in 1997. There are also several YouTube videos showing John performing with this very guitar, including:

Dream Theater - Live in Bonn, Germany 1997
Dream Theater - Live at Irving Plaza, NY 1997

This documented John Petrucci-owned JPM100P3 was used extensively throughout the Falling Into Infinity era before his transition to Music Man. The JPM100P3 finish is widely associated with the Falling Into Infinity recording sessions, subsequent tour, guitar clinics and early Liquid Tension Experiment appearances.

When Petrucci transitioned to Music Man, he offered five of his personally owned Ibanez guitars for sale through his official website, then managed by his wife, Rena Petrucci-Sands. This documented guitar is one of those five instruments.

I purchased it directly from Rena and collected it from John personally at the IJsselhallen in Zwolle, The Netherlands, on 11 November 1999 (see photographs).
A comprehensive provenance book documenting the guitar's complete history from 1999 to the present day is currently in preparation and will accompany the instrument upon completion. Additional documentation will be shared with serious prospective buyers upon request.

For me, this represents the very best kind of provenance. This guitar was one of John's principal stage instruments during approximately the 1997–1999 period. No "hearsay", no "this might have been owned by", no "a guitar played once, then signed and given away" –  not that there’s anything wrong with that, but ...still, this is the real deal.

For more than twenty-five years I have carefully preserved every email, photograph and document relating to this guitar. What began as a personal memory gradually evolved into a carefully documented provenance archive.

The guitar is accompanied by:

· The guitar's back plate signed by John Petrucci on 6 November 1999, just days before he personally handed the guitar over to me during Dream Theater's Metropolis 2000 Tour.

· Backstage pass from the Metropolis 2000 Tour with my name on it.

· Original 1999 email correspondence with Rena Petrucci available and partially shown in listing. Full documentation can be shared with serious buyers.

· John's original DiMarzio guitar strap, used by him while touring with this guitar, as can be seen in the available live footage.

· The original OHSC with handwritten label (‘TM100C’), likely used for identification during Petrucci’s ownership/touring period.

The guitar is in full working condition and remains in its original configuration. Above all, it represents a well-documented piece of progressive metal history.

Shipping is possible worldwide.

However, having received this guitar personally from John Petrucci in 1999, I can't help but feel that meeting its next owner in person would be a fitting continuation of its story.