The JS2, also known as the JS2 Premium Rock Mirror or JS2 PRM, is a solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2005. It is a signature model of American guitarist Joe Satriani and part of the Joe Satriani series. It was made in Japan by FujiGen.
The JS2 was Ibanez's third attempt to create a chrome-plated JS model after it's namesake, the JS2 (1990) and the JS10th anniversary model. Only 60 examples of the JS2 PRM were said to be made,[1] although others say actual production may have been as high as 76 units — either way it was a very limited edition.
This JS2 featured an American basswood body bolted to a maple neck with a matching headstock with a protective glass overlay (similar to the JS2K) and a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with unique position markers consisting of abalone dots inlaid inside mirror dots. Components include an Edge double locking tremolo bridge, a locking nut, dual DiMarzio hand-wound and chromed humbucking pickups and Gotoh tuning machines.
The finish is composed of atomized stainless steel applied via a vacuum metalization process which leaves a metallic coating a few microns thick. This produced a finish that was darker than the previous chrome guitars (almost a cosmo black shade), but was also none too durable.[1]
