Ibanez Jet King

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Ibanez Jet King
Manufacturer Ibanez
Construction
Body type Solid
Neck joint Bolt-on
Woods
Body Basswood(JTK1) Mahogany(JTK2,3,4)
Neck Maple
Hardware
Bridge Tune-o-matic
Colors available
Varies with Model
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Jet King 1 (JTK1BR) resembles 1960s Teisco in position markers and pickup selectors.

The Ibanez Jet King is the term for a family of electric guitars made by Ibanez, essentially a modern remake of the FujiGen EJ-2-T and Ibanez Rhythm Maker. In appearance, the Jet King is similar to a Fender Jazzmaster. The family includes:

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EJ-2-T (1960s) by FujiGen
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Zim-Gar EJ-2-T by FujiGen
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Teisco MJ-2L (1965)
  • Jet King 3 (JTK3)
  • Jet King 4 (JTK4)

Jet King 1

According to the Harmony Central press release the original JTK1 had the following pickups: Neck Pickup: Powersound PSND1 Humbucker, Bridge Pickup: Powersound PSND2 Humbucker. It had a different body compared to later versions, with a smaller upper horn and the tuners were 3-a-side. It was available in Butterscotch Transparent, Ivory, Metallic Light Blue, and Black Red Sunburst.

Jet King 2

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StageMaster in 1960s (Ibanez model 904) was slightly similar to Rhythm Maker [4]
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Teisco SS-4L (1962) might be possibly influenced by Rhythm Maker.
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Jet King Bass (JTKB200), bass version of Jet King 2, resembles Ibanez Rhythm Maker in 1960s.[4]

The Jet King 2 (Also, Jet King II, Jetking II, JTK2) was essentially an upgrade of the original. The machine heads now were on one side, and the body was changed to its current shape.

The first and discontinued edition of the Jet King II is probably the most collectible of all the range. The body is finished in brown sunburst with tortoise pickguard and has two Ibanez Super 58 pickups for neck and bridge. The Jet King II models made from 2003/11 to 2004/10 features a 1-piece maple bolt-on neck with rosewood fingerboard and the body is mahogany. The second and most popular edition of the JTK 2 (black and white and red and white) has only one Super 58 pickup for the neck, one Axis pickup for the bridge and a 3-piece neck like most Ibanez guitars. Standard colors for the Jet King II second edition were black or red with white pickguards, though examples of a white body and black pickguards have been seen. The Ibanez Super 58 pickup has a warm vintage sound while the Axis has a brighter and more aggressive sound. It has one volume knob, one tone knob, "rocker switches" used for coil splitting (for even more versatility), a fixed Full Tune III bridge and a string-thru body construction, providing fair sustain. The "rocker switches" allow this guitar to be very versatile. Some players claim it can imitate a Fender Jazzmaster or a Gibson Les Paul.

Jet King 3 and 4

At the NAMM 2007 show, two new Jet Kings were revealed. The "retro-style" mahogany body remained the same; however, unlike its predecessors, no rocker coil splits were included on the new models.

The Jet King 3 features two P-90 style soapbar pickups, the IBZ HFS1, and IBZ HFS2. Standard colors are "Roadster Orange Metallic" and "Bluestone." "Turquoise", and "Red Bean" colors are available in limited markets.

The Jet King 4 featured a Bigsby-style tremolo and two humbuckers, the ACH3 neck pickup and ACH4 bridge pickup.

Related

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Omar Rodríguez-López with ORM1

Other related Ibanez guitars are:

Notable Jet King players

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David Lowery (Cracker) with JTK1

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Main article: List of Ibanez players

Tree chart

Following chart shows the relationships between ancestral models mentioned on the "Notes", includes: official-relationship including supply-chains (solid line), unofficial-copy (dotted line), and uncertain design-similarity (dashed line).

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ EJ-2-T was manufactured by FujiGen during c.1962–c.1965, and exported under several brands including: St George, Zim-Gar, etc..
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    • ZimGar guitar played by Jon Spencer, seen on:
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    Note: similar model but with slightly broaden left-horn, seems later also manufactured by Matsumoku and exported as: Palmer, Tempo, Nivco (JVC), etc..
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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    Note1: the design origin (including side-block fret marker on JTK1) might can be dated back to 1959 Marco Polo "TL-59", produced by Guyatone, built by Kiso Suzuki Violin:
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     Later, this model seems evolved into Guyatone LG-55W and LG-65T (Kent 530 Las Vegas) which designs were more sophisticated than FujiGen EJ-2 (1962):
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    Note2: similar design was also shared on the later Kawai S-80 with half pickguard model in 1960s, as seen on: 60's Bizarre Guitars 1993, p. 32
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..
    All models introduced on this page are:
    • [Top] model EG-90 under Regent brand (1957-59), model 1860 large body setneck (c.1960), [Kawai S-80 type] later model (after 1967)
    • [Left] Burns influenced model 1802 (early 1960s), model 883 (1962) and model 882 (1963), model 1943 very rare set neck (late 1950s), earlier version of model 994 (1963), and model 1830 bolt on neck (relative of model 1860 in early 1960s)
    • [Right] model 901 under Goldentone label and 902 under Continental label (1962-63), model 1201 under Hy-Lo label (1962) and model 1502 (1962-63), Burns Bison Copy Era first model 995 under Maxitone (1963) and last [Tama] manufactured model 3902x (1966), Jaguar styling model 882 (1963-64) and another Burns Bison influenced model 3903 under Goldentone label.
    Note: Kawai S180 (c.1964) used by Hound Dog Taylor, a similar model with slightly different pickguard, is said to be a copy of the Guyatone model indicated by the trade buyer, according to: 60's Bizarre Guitars 1993, p. 32. And, according to the "Genesis of FujiGen" site, several of Kawai models at that time were also sometimes manufactured by FujiGen (with the request of trade buyer), to fill the shortage of production of Kawai, and these models are seen on the 1965 photograph of FujiGen office.
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References

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External links

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    • JTK series used by Andy Jackson (Terrible Things), Nitzan Hoffmann (Drive Like Maria), etc..
    • JTKB series used by Henna (Stalingrad Cowgirls), Skinny Disco (Deathstars), etc..
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