Originally Posted by: da_ardvarkHummm, are you guys sure about the wood thing?? I really thought I'd read that it was a lucite (basically a form of hard plastic) that was chrome plated.

I've been wrong before so.......... :rolleyes:

Ok I was wrong.............the body is made of Luthite (synthetic, I assume some kind of plastic)


Here is a link

http://www.ibanez-guitar-players.net/ibanez-js.htm

They may have changed to Luthite after they were unsuccesful with getting the chrome to stick to wood, but the original (3 I think), were wood...