Indie Guitar Company IPR1 1st Anniversary Limited Edition

This is a 2004 IPR 1st. Anniversary made in Korea, This guitar has 24 frets. The top is a stunning solid flame maple like no other I have ever seen on any guitar. the back is gorgeous mahogany that is a total joy to look at. This guitar comes with 1 volume and 1 tone control with a three way switch. It has a mini toggle to tap the coils on the amazing sounding humbucking pickups. This guitar has passive pickups. It has a hard canadian maple neck with an ebony fret board with 24 frets. this guitar has abalone everywhere on it . It has the tree of life in abalone on the fret board. with cream binding, On the edges of the fretboard is a line inlayed in abalone. The binding on the body is cream with abalone surrounding the top.The headstock has an ebony cap surrounded in abalone the Indie Logo is also abalone. The tuning heads are gold Grovers. It has a gold stop tail piece. The body style is very similar to a PRS custom. But carved far nicer than a PRS. The colour is a stunninig amberburst with a natural red mahogany back. The back of the neck has been stained to blend with body very nicely. this guitar has medium frets. the guitar did not come with a case.

I play blues, rock and jazz. this guitar fits the bill for my style. I use a Traynor YCV 50 as my amplifier with a guyatone micro delay through the effects loop. This guitar has a bright clear tone using the bridge pickup on the clean channel. It can get a very melodic sustain with a lot of bite on the dirty channel. The neck pickup has a deep rich jazz tone on the clean side with a browner tone on the dirty side. this guitar can get mean when you want it to. I don't use the coil tap a lot but it does let the guitar sound more like a strat. when you do. This guitar does not hum at all. The only thing I have changed on this guitar is the volume pot was a linear pot and I changed it to a audio to get better volume swells. I aslo put straplocks on it. Too nice of a guitar to watch it fall.

The guitar was set up when I recieved it. But I took it to my guitar tech to adjust the action for me . I like a real low action. I have not had to adjust the pickups at all. The top on this guitar is matched perfectly as I said earlier this is the most beautiful flame maple top I have ever seen. This guitar has no flaws as i have found. The gold is wearing just fine.

I have gigged with this guitar every weekend since I bought it. I have never had to use a back up. I believe that the hardware will last as long as any other gold hardware. The finish on this guitar will out live me. I changed the strap buttons to schaller strap locks.

I have talked with the north american President to tell him what a joy this guitar is. He was very gracious. I believe that Indie guitars are going to give the big boys a run for their money in the future.

I have been playing for 43yrs. I own a Fender Stratocaster Gold elite. That was my main guitar for many years. I retired it from gigging. I needed a guitar I could rely on that would satisfy my needs. I stumbled on to Indie guitars site and read about their quality. I took a chance and found this Indie. I absolutley love this guitar. My other guitars are a Yamaha SA 2000 I looked for 17 years to find. A Taylor 815ce acoustic. If my Indie was lost or stolen I would definitely buy another. I am actually in the process of buying one of Indie's FDL models. The craftsmanship on these guitars is outstanding

2004 model. Made in Korea, so are PRS Santana SE's and many others. one of only 200, so if I don't write this who will? Solid mahogany body - appears to be one piece, with a flame maple cap and super glossy finish. The neck is hard maple with an ebony fingerboard and 24 frets. The fingerboard is inlaid with a very nice Tree of Life design in green abalone. It can be a little distracting when you're looking for your next fret you want but you get used to it. Abalone binding ia also inlaid around the edge of the body and the headstock. Machine heads are gold Grovers, the bridge is gold Tune-O-Matic, the whole set up keeps its tuning very well, needing only an occassional tweak ensure accuracy. Pickups are Indie Custom Humbuckers with single tone and volume controls, a 3 way selector switch and a coil tap. The overall style leans towards PRS Custom 24/McCarty with a deeper relief scooped out of the lower cutout than PRS, access to the top frets is excellent and the neck profile feels similar to a PRS wide-fat neck. No whammy bar, but I don't need one. No case, tools or manual, just the guitar. I'm going 10 here because it has everything I need/use and nothing that I don't.
Indie's Description:
Model IPR1 (Special)
1st Anniversary Ltd Edition
Best Solid Mahogany
Quality Flame Maple Cap
Ebony Fingerboard
Grover Tuners
Indie Custom Humbuckers
Coil Tap
Abalone Binding
Abalone Tree of Life
Gold Hardware
Pro Set Up

I play mostly blues and rock and this guitar is ideal for my style of playing. I tend to keep the pickup selector in the middle ie both pickups on, and I can go from a very laid back brown sound to a very overdriven rock sound just by balancing the tone and volume controls. Individually the bridge and neck pickups just expand the range of tones available and I haven't found any tone or stye that I can't at least get close to. My current setup varies between a Behringer Vampire, mostly for practice, and a Marshall G100RCD through a 1936 2x12 cabinet with a Behringer x-VAmp pedal, usually with a tubescreamer in front. With this setup the level of sustain and drive that I can get is awesome. It's fair to say that this guitar has changed my soloing style just because of what it is capable of delivering. My other guitar is a PRS Singlecut Trem and since I bought this Indie the Singlecut has slipped to second choice. In a straight comparison the Indie pickups are more powerful than the PRS.

As supplied I felt that the action was a little off. I got some buzzing on the bottom string when playing above the 12th fret. My dealer was happy to give it a complete setup and improved it slightly. In all honesty, I later found that I get a similar effect on my PRS - Think it might be the way I play 'em. the overall finish is superb, if a little over-glossy, but it is an in-your-face guitar so that's OK. The bookmatching is nice. Sometimes it looks as though it's not matched properly (but still nice) then in the right light the matching shines through and its very good. The Tree of Life design can be distracting and could highlight the important frets a bit better eg 5 and 9 in particular, but I'm being really picky. I've been playing this daily for over 2 months now and have had no problems, it even holds it's tuning well. This is avery high quality guitar. A 9 because of the buzzy 6th string - which might just be me anyway.

I would happily play this live with no backup, don't think it would give me any problems. The gloss finish is deep and will probably outlive me. The gold plating on the pickups concerns me a little. It looks as though it's fading at the edges, but polishes back up fine with a soft cloth - time will tell. I changed the strap buttons for Schallers but that's just me, I don't trust normal strap buttons, and I would hate to drop this baby.

Never dealt with the company, but the local dealer, Indie approved, couldn't have been more helpful, did a full setup when I mentioned the buzzy 6th, stoned the frets - everything, even threw in a gig bag and the set of Schallers. I'll certainly visit them again. N/A for Company Support but my dealer is excellent.

Been playing guitar for over 30 years (shit!) and still just scratching the surface. Other guitars are a PRS Singlecut Trem that is sadly taking second place to this one and I'm not sure why. They have very different voices and tones The Indie is just comfortable at the moment. Also have a Crafter parlour guitar for those quieter moments and a Tanglewood dreadnought for parties. Amplification is through a Behringer Vampire 1x12 combo and a Marshall G100RCD through a 1936 2x12 cab. A Behringer X-VAmp and a Tubescreamer lend some additional options. I bought this for all the wrong reasons, I saw it and wanted it. The fact that it's turned out to be a very playable guitar is a massive bonus. If it was lost or stolen I would replace it if possible - it is a limited edition so that might not be an option. My biggest problem is I now have 2 main guitars, both are keepers - do I have room for an addition to my collection - course I do!!