Artstar with Ben Monder

[@ToddPritch]

My buddy records him and says that he's an absolute animal. Amazing composer and still practices 12 hours a day. Respect

[@Fishies125]

This guy is phenomenal.

[@davidaraujo927]

Hey, Ibanez! When will you make a Ben Monder signature?

[@0Heavy0Metal0]

I have found that over time, and as I have grown older, I am really starting to get into the jazz scene. Don't get me wrong, hard rock and metal are my thing, but I am really open to all forms of music, like blues and bluegrass, but I never really thought of jazz as something I would ever like. And I found it in a strange way. One of my all time faves is Testement, and Alex Skolnick, and he has a three piece jazz band.

[@gitarmats]

I really like that "warm, but not muddy" sound.

[@tytrdev]

Check out Jonathan Kreisberg!

[@gitarmats]

@@tytrdev Kreisberg is amazing!

[@jeffcouture6048]

Met Ben when he was just out of college, and he was a great and humble player even then. And thank you Ibanez for making a hollow-body in lefty! (However briefly...)

[@marcrummusic]

I have the 2012 Ibanez AFJ85 and got the Ibanez AS93 a few months ago. Both lefty's. Great guitars for the price.

[@tonydorosario]

This a great vid of Ben playing and talking about his Ibanez.

[@sliceofsparta8985]

Ladies and gents, I present quite literally the only 153 demo worth listening to, AM or AS. Zero professional videos for the AM153QA, which is an absolutely gorgeous instrument.

[@davidbaise5137]

That ghostly sound! First he goes up! Goes up! Then he comes down! Goes up! Comes down again! Thanks for this. Been listening to Monder since Maria Schneider days.

[@johne1599]

Nice Jazz tones out of that guitar, Ben. Thanks for the demo!

[@robertkscorpio3680]

Everything he says about the Guitar is evident in the Video.. another very Creative Jazz Guitarist...

[@sgguitar77]

Ben's effects have stayed pretty consistent over the years. That Lexicon, Rat, volume pedal, Boss compression, delay,one or two other things. Last time I saw him play was two yeas ago, and he had those pedals on the floor.

[@jeredhunter8733]

I've never owned an AS guitar but I have owned a very good AF guitar, also by Ibanez. I would say that it was easily as good a quality as one of the faded Gibsons. The neck was straight, played like a dream, and sounded very "woody". I wouldn't get an Epiphone Sheraton if, for another $200, you could get the AS153. I would have purchased the AS153 for myself if I would not have found such a good used price on the LP I have now. FYI, I haven't played the Sheraton 50th anniversary at all.

[@huestrio3183]

What a beautiful player!

[@JohnnyK155]

Great Video. Thanks. Could you tell me anything about the Ibanez AF80-VS Semi Hollow Body ArtStar Sunburst Electric Guitar? Also what kind of tuners and pick ups are on it?

[@佐々木信幸-m2c]

1:35 ~1:55 "It's been you know 27 years ~ take a few months and it's still my main guitar when you offered to send me a guitar. You know see what I thought ~" I don't know well what Mr. Ben means. I understand only that he had been using his AS50 for 27 years.

He's been using the AS-50 for 27 years more or less a few months. Ibanez offered to send him a guitar but Ben saw no reason to switch guitars. However, he was very impressed with the AS153 that Ibanez sent him. Let me know if that's clear.

[@佐々木信幸-m2c]

Ok, that became clear. Thank you for helping me!

[@stephenscott4166]

I have an AS-50, love it. And an AFS-75, love that one too. Play on...

[@yoshy321]

Monder is on another level.

[@JazzInATinCan]

It's over 9000... His way to blend in with other musicians and his ability to be a subtle yet extremely personal sideman is incredible.

[@dcuss7294]

Man!.. I've owned and played so many different kinds of Ibanez guitars, including the Artstar, but I eventually had to go for an RG because of 7-strings. Probably the best one I had was a AH-10. A very stripped-down guitar designed to Allan Holdsworth's specs. Wish I still had it.

[@GuillermoSmyser]

Ibanez has such great hollow bodies. I'd love to try the the 7 string hollow.

[@valentin80]

How does it compare with the Gibson ES339/335 or a cheaper one like Epiphone Sheraton 50th Anniversary(the one with Gibson pickups) ?

[@craigbrann]

Ben Mon(st)er or is it, Mind Bender?

[@jaydoncles123]

its ben minder

[@ToddUrban]

Whats up Craig? Yeah for real, Ben always sounds amazing and is the sweetest guy!

[@david.cutipa]

Men Bonder

[@SamoSalamonMusic]

Man, amazing!!!

[@bobc.5698]

I have a butterscotch Ibanez as80 from 2002.

[@ELGUEY89]

Sounds great!

[@Ntimitree]

Can somebody write what kind of effects is he using? I remember when I saw him with Maria Schneider he was using among others Lexicon LXP-1 reverb, RAT...

[@Gman44044]

Love the tone of the guitar playing at the start of the video. What strings do you play on, on the Ibanez AS153? What volume / tone knob setting do you keeo on your guitar and amp? Also do you use any compressor / clean boost?

[@Mortison77577]

Does anyone know what recording this is and where I can get it?

[@Mortison77577]

What's the tune at the start?

[@paolobacchetta525]

+Ester Samuels You mean the one he plays in solo with the new Artstar 153? It's called "Embraceable You"...

[@SonicAnomalies]

Does anybody know how he's getting that sound at 3:04-3:38? (maybe a reverse delay, and weird distortion?)

[@unladenswallow707]

I bought this guitar and I still don't sound as good as Ben.. Disappointed....

[@119FU]

good guitar tho?

[@grantgre]

how can you tell ? his guitar is on super dark tone . It is very hard to tell the quality of the guitar the way he has the sound settings set up.with a super reverb...etc

[@leomilani_gtr]

Hahahaha

[@louiseoctober8]

Ben is awesome!

[@Shrimpilla]

Still waiting for Ben Monder signature model😊🙈

[@shakeshaftthomas]

Where is this guitar made

[@ErikSWE]

China

[@gbc4669]

"Embraceable You"

[@enma564]

what kind of effects uses at 03:06?

[@joaoperrusi]

I’d guess volume pedal + overdrive + delay + loads of reverb, perhaps not in this order. Maybe a Freeze pedal as well Am also curious tho

[@jamesharperwillis]

monder is a monster

[@yoshy321]

You said It.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

That is not an off the shelf 153.. it was cherry picked.

[@artanbuleshkaj5666]

That tune he plays at 1:00... i can't remember its name for the life of me. Anyone ?

[@erichjohnson2429]

Embraceable You

[@joopwolters123]

Great

[@timwhite5562]

God I HATE those headstocks. Everytime I think that they're can't possibly be an uglier headstock than Epiphones, then I'm reminded of these. I had a couple "lawsuit" 70s/early 80s Japanese ES335 copies with them, I remember a Greco, but there was another one too. Eastman uses it too which is a shame because there rest of the guitars are phenomenal for the price. $1200-1500 for semihollow with Duncan pickups and actual lacquer finishes is insane. But God, those headstocks though. I don't know why Ibanez don't use the shape from the 70s like on his original model, I actually like them more than Gibson's open-books.

[@marcorighini6201]

they are fragile the model more expensive is rinforced with a maple strip

[@timwhite5562]

@Reinhold Binder I think that as ugly as these are, the hands down winner of ugliest headstock has to go to the Parker Fly

[@michaelcorrieri6117]

Is this guitar made in China?

[@wtjzgt469]

China and Indonesia.

[@bmaiani]

China until mid 2019, then Indonesia

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@bmaiani Next will be Botswana.

[@Mortison77577]

I bet hollow bodies sound the same as solid guitars.