If you are looking at this listing you likely are a Mike Lipe fan. Before he passed away he had made guitars for some of the most famous players on earth both through his work at the Ibanez custom shop and then on his own at Lipe guitars. These include Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert and Randy Rhoads among many others. This guitar was custom-made for the original owner and is a low serial number guitar. Here are some of the specs:
Amaltifano H-S-H
Maple neck/rosewood fingerboard
Chambered mahogany body with Mango top
6.9 lbs
9.5” radius
Soft V neck
Medium jumbo frets
Hipshot locking tuners
Hipshot tremolo
Dunlop strap locks
5 way switch
Original Access gig bag
The oiled neck is truly outstanding and the fret work is fantastic. As you can see there’s virtually no fret wear. I’ve listed this as very good because there is a ding on the back which I have photographed and there are some clearcoat pits that I can’t capture in photographs on the top. These are lighting dependent and even when the guitar is in hand you may not notice them right away but they are there so I wanted to be sure they’re listed.
I will not ship this guitar outside the United States please don’t bid unless you are located within the US.