NAMM 2020: The rumours were true – Steve Vai is getting a new Ibanez signature guitar, and it’s not a JEM. UtoPIA. Ibanez offers electric guitars, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, effect and pedals, amps, plus guitar accessories like tuners, straps and picks. Ibanez Pia (Ibanez Pia3761-SDG) Yamaha SLG200S, steel string silent guitar Yamaha SLG200N, nylon string silent guitar Fender player series FSR Telecaster (unplayable) Philips voice tracer DVT6110 digital recorder Red5audio RVX6 USB microphone Glarry GT501 acoustic guitar Glarry GT502 acoustic folk guitar the Midi Commander by Melo Audio Well guess what! Ibanez Steve Vai PIA . Ibanez Steve Vai PIA leaked. The Ibanez PIA (meaning Paradise In Art) is the result of another fruitful collaboration between Ibanez and Steve Vai. The 'Petal Grip', arguably the most eye-catching feature of the PIA, is something that Steve feels visually represents the bond that two entities can create when in synergy with one another. The alleged source was the Facebook group Ibanez RG Series Fans, where someone shared a few pictures scanned from an unknown catalogue, along with a few grainy photographs. New design features include the PIA blossom inlay, new "Petal" grip, groundbreaking Lion's Claw tremolo cavity, and DiMarzio® UtoPIA™ pickups. The PIA is a new signature guitar coming out of the highly successful collaboration between Steve Vai and Ibanez. For the PIA, Ibanez have tweaked a number of features to elevate it to new creative heights. JEM7VP at Ibanez. The rosewood fretboard is emblazoned with an ornate multi-coloured blossom inlay. Ibanez offers electric guitars, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, effect and pedals, amps, plus guitar accessories like tuners, straps and picks. The Paradise In Art (PIA) guitar takes the most iconic elements of the shredder’s JEM model and amps them up into an S-style electric perfect for modern players in 2020. It's immediately apparent that this ornate instrument is an evolved version of the Vai’s familiar JEM series of instruments. Ibanez is proud to now offer this new guitar, the Ibanez PIA, as the next of evolution of our amazing partnership with Steve Vai. » News. PIA3761 at Ibanez. The new Ibanez Steve Vai PIA or Paradise In Art model has an alder body and a five-piece maple/walnut neck with 24 stainless steel jumbo frets. Some lo-res pics of this guitar leaked last week and they didn’t look great. The details are very scant at his time, but if the information we currently have is genuine, the we have the basic specification, colours and price of a new Steve Vai PIA model. The PIA is loaded with the all-new DiMarzio UtoPIA pickup set in the classic HSH configuration found on other Vai signature models. The PIA, as Steve explains it, does not replace the GEM, but is essentially an evolution of that guitar. Peter Hodgson January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020. NAMM 2020: The Ibanez PIA is here! gear reviews (169) Cool Gear Alert (72) Interview (72) Pedals (53) CD Review (30) pickups (12) Guitars (10) Amps (8) Blog (5) Search for: Home » 2020 » January » NAMM 2020: The Ibanez PIA is here!