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Loch Ness Green guitar registry. Select a guitar number to open its information and gallery.
Jem #	Serial #	Owner	Notes	Gallery
#0	870032	Michael Mesker	Unnumbered. Previous owner: Steve Vai (SV351). Used in the Stand Up video. Had a Kahler Spyder tremolo installed at one point. Steve Vai gifted this guitar to Michael Mesker in January 2007.	2
#1	—	Ibanez Guitars	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#3	—	Mike Haug	Bought from a friend in the late 90s. Still owner	0
#4	xxx088	Skymuzik Miami	Photographs and details welcome.	7
#6	—	Jason Robinson	Handrest	13
#7	—	Joey Lodes	Location: New York, US	1
#8	—	Dave Baker	Handrest, signed "7, I mean 8" Video 1 , 2	6
#9	870121	Not recorded	Handrest.	11
#10	—	Not recorded	Signature good	0
#12	870184	Format Records	Handrest	12
#13	—	Not recorded	Also signed by Joe Satriani	0
#16	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#17	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#18	—	Brett Coleman	Handrest.	6
#21	870074	Harley Lore	Mint condition	0
#22	—	link	For sale: $6000	14
#26	—	ebay link	"Pre-owned but in excellent condition, signatures are protected in sheet thin plastic which adheres - $12,999"	8
#27	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#30	—	Brett Coleman	Handrest.	7
#31	870198	Juliana Henderson	Mint condition. Formerly on display at House of Guitars for 13 years, purchased by a private buyer for $5950	31
#35	870138	Divad Niallivnob	Handrest.	7
#38	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	14
#39	—	Not recorded	Sold on ebay November 2016 for $4000. Some damage, second signature. Handrest.	18
#40	—	Manny's Guitars	Location: New York City	4
#42	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#44	—	Kahler Guitar	Handrest. Mint condition	2
#46	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#48	—	Not recorded	Documented in a saved Reverb listing and its photographs. Current ownership is not recorded.	14
#49	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#50	870190	Joann	Location: Holland. video	4
#51	—	Duane Morano	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#55	—	Reverb link	Still has plastic on pickguard, hand guard, original strings, never played. $3850	11
#56	—	Not recorded	Mint condition. Last seen in an article about collectible guitars in the December 1995 issue of Guitar Magazine	1
#57	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#58	—	Larry Myers	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#59	—	Not recorded	Seen on eBay	12
#60	870119	Not recorded	Mint condition	9
#61	—	Brett Coleman	Excellent condition. Previous owner: Bonvillain. Handrest.	4
#62	—	Connecticut Music	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#66	—	Not recorded	For sale on Reverb October 2016 by original owner for $6100	5
#68	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#69	—	Edward Wood	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#70	—	Not recorded	Handrest. Location: Georgia	0
#71	—	Michael Cudahy	Originally purchased at a store named Cascio	3
#72	—	Tom Gouffon	Photographs and details welcome.	5
#73	—	Not recorded	Original signature rubbed off, resigned at Generation Axe tour. Also signed by Yngwie, Zakk, Tosin, and Nuno	0
#76	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#77	—	Scott Gentle	Resigned backstage at a Whitesnake show in Greensboro, NC. It originally read #77 Steve Vai "Sunset Strip", but now has the word (AGAIN) added. Purchased at Sabine Music, Gainesville, FL	0
#80	—	lutzmultimedia	Seen in an eBay auction for $14,995.	1
#81	870050	Robert B Weeks	Poor signature.	1
#83	—	Jon Ritchie	Bought from GilaGuitars, signature is faint but still visible	1
#84	—	Anthony Meoli	Mint condition. Handrest	3
#85	870166	Adam Zirkin & Wayne Silver	Adam and Wayne are co-owners of The Ice Plant Studio . This Jem is available to record with Handrest present, confirmed by Wayne Silver in December 2024.	5
#89	—	Steve Stavropoulos	Handrest	3
#97	870540Provisional	Mike Krause	Handrest	2
#101	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#102	870102	Gabe Nickelson	Light signature	3
#103	870157	Larry	Handrest, signed tremolo cover "To Larry - S Vai"	5
#104	—	Scott	Bought in 1987 and gigged with it for 38 years.	4
#106	—	Chuck Hart	Signed 3 times	1
#110	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#112	—	Not recorded	Glyph. Handrest.	2
#113	—	Eric	Signed "Steven Siro Vai", faded sig	2
#114	—	David Hayhurst	Handrest	3
#115	—	Pasquale Cardellicchio	In Italy	1
#116	—	Not recorded	Archived listing by NTL Instruments, Rock Hill, South Carolina. Relocated volume control, missing tremolo cover, and an added tremolo stop were described.	22
#117	—	Dave John Ross	Former owner, sold in 1998 for $2400	3
#120	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#124	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#126	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#127	870063	Peter	Signature was wearing off, had Vai resign it and he accidently wrote 187	3
#128	—	B	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#130	870230	Not recorded	Middle pickup replaced	5
#131	871347	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	12
#132	—	Not recorded	Looks like someone traced over the signature, which I would discourage anyone from doing	1
#134	—	Not recorded	Glyph.	2
#139	—	Rich Patrick	Original owner	6
#141	—	David Williams	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#142	870503	Jason	Mint condition	7
#143	871342	Paul Cramm	Original owner reports purchasing this guitar new in 1988. Reported original and unplayed, including its original strings.	3
#144	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#145	870597	Bruce O'Donnell	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#146	—	Henry Cheng	Also signed by Joe Satriani after issue	0
#147	—	Not recorded	Donald Lehr was original owner, was destroyed by following owner. (before accident at Elmwood Music in Buffalo, NY)	1
#153	871358	Tony	Handrest.	9
#155	—	J.D.	Destroyed	0
#156	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#157	—	Not recorded	Signature in good condition	0
#160	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#164	—	Not recorded	Signature possibly retraced (see comparison)	9
#166	—	Not recorded	Preserved archive photographs show the signed number #166. Owner and serial number have not been recorded.	2
#172	871351	Not recorded	Sold on ebay for $6200	12
#173	870509	Gruhn Guitars	$4,250	47
#174	882002	Derek Dunne	Photographs and details welcome.	9
#175	—	TJ Vering	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#178	—	Dave Latcham	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#179	—	Dave McCrary	Dave from JemSite	3
#184	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#185	—	Lloyd True Jr	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#186	—	Not recorded	Stolen	0
#187	—	Peter Stefan	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#194	870625	Mike Atkinson	Handrest. In 2012 signed 'again' at Evo Experience	3
#195	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#197	—	Jim Rodgers	Former owner. Had palm rest. $5500. Steve played #197 at Jemfest 2007 BBQ	26
#198	—	Laron Simpson	Signed by Whitesnake. Handrest.	7
#201	871163	Ron van der Park	Handrest. Previous owners Paul Urizar, Glen Cianciulli	5
#203	—	Robert Wilson	Photographs and details welcome.	8
#205	870609 871255 882523 (neck)	Sten Axelsen	205 once had another neck with a little crack. The seller put on a better neck, and also the neckplate from that LNG(don’t know the number). In my papers the serial on the neckplate should be 870609. But the one I have now says 871255. I think that a LNG out there that had my first neck also has the plate 870609. If someone report that they have that neckplate number I would like to swop it with my 871255 so the neckplate match my papers	6
#209	871170	Brett Coleman	Handrest	7
#212	871175	Andreas Baecker	Handrest.	10
#213	—	Steve Benen	Pickups replaced with Evolutions. Fair signature condition	0
#216	—	Jeff Jacobson	Got from a shot outside Chicago in 1987. Palm rest. Original case damaged, now has black Ibanez case with original pyramid badge affixed	3
#219	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#220	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#221	—	Seth Greenberg	Fair signature condition	0
#222	870602	Paul	Handrest	5
#223	—	Brett Coleman	GilaGuitars.com. Handrest.	5
#227	—	Not recorded	Handrest.	5
#229	—	Michael Kovacevic	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#232	—	Mark Obermeyer	It belonged to Kirk Hammet, and then his roadie, Devin. Jason at guitar city Drumland purchased it from either Kirk, or his roadie	4
#233	870541	Brett Coleman	Handrest	7
#234	871390	Paul Prischmann	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#235	—	Not recorded	Glyph.	1
#236	870726	Damien Bocquet	Location: France	16
#237	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#239	870670	Christian Nine	Handrest	5
#240	—	Renzo Ormsbee	Photographs and details welcome.	5
#245	870710	Not recorded	Handrest.	31
#246	870976	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	12
#247	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#249	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	15
#251	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#252	870669	Tony Holm	Sold on Reverb for $4,899	5
#253	—	Not recorded	Glyph.	2
#254	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#256	—	Not recorded	Sold on eBay 7/1/2015 for $4499.99. Handrest.	9
#260	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#266	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#269	—	Richard Patton	Photographs and details welcome.	5
#270	—	Not recorded	A saved Facebook post records Brad Patnaude recalling ownership of #270 and sharing a stage photograph. Current ownership is not recorded.	2
#271	—	Shawn Hart	Former owner. Sold to Cook's Music, Mt. Pleasant, MI	0
#273	—	Porphyria74	Handrest.	13
#277	—	Rodney James	In Michigan. Handrest.	25
#279	870980	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#280	—	D. Troy Castro	Purchased 2000	0
#282	870719	Jason White	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#283	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#287	—	Joseph Chesnas IV	Handrest.	3
#289	—	Kevin Weigel	Previous owner sold	0
#290	—	Greg DiPerna	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#297	—	Brett Coleman	Handrest.	2
#298	—	Daniel Gabala	Original owner. Purchased new from Gus at The Music Crib in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Owner retains the original receipt.	1
#299	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	10
#304	—	Markus J. Yamamoto	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#315	—	Grant Tucker	Original owner	2
#319	870177	Bob Smith	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#326	870328	Not recorded	Handrest	6
#331	870315	Paolo De Capitani	Previous owner Mike Fishers, sold Feb 2006	2
#332	—	Rick Tippy	Stolen in 2001	0
#334	870474	Andreas Hammer	Previous owner Garland Aberegg	4
#335	—	Not recorded	Seen on eBay	12
#337	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#341	870329	Not recorded	Handrest	6
#345	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#347	—	Jerry L.	Purchased in 1990	0
#348	—	Kyle Polhemus	Photographs and details welcome.	8
#349	870572	Worth Davis	Handrest	4
#353	—	Paul May	Sold on ebay for $4000 October 2016	7
#355	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#357	—	Dirk Sullivan	Owned by Dirk Sullivan, guitars for Love On Ice. Featured on the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure soundtrack song Showdown	9
#359	870327	Chris	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#360	—	Mark Siebrass	(previous owner, sold to Dietz Music in Lincoln, NE	1
#361	870486	Nathan Campbell	Handrest.	2
#362	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	6
#366	870156	Not recorded	Handrest	6
#367	—	Not recorded	Glyph. Handrest.	4
#368	—	Adam Fox	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#376	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#377	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#380	870319	Jerry Leahy	Handrest	5
#383	—	David Mitola	Photographs and details welcome.	11
#386	870720	Not recorded	Handrest	6
#387	—	Dcord	Location: Michigan	0
#388	—	Bill Frost	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#394	—	Brian Mindeman	(previous owner)	0
#401	870041	Lou Diet	Purchased Oct 1987 in Berlin	1
#403	—	Freddy Rupp	Photographs and details welcome.	6
This is the divide between Steve Vai signing the bodies of the guitars versus signing the tremolo covers.
#407	870058	Clive Murray	Photographs and details welcome.	9
#416	870398	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#426	—	Adam Gellman	Handrest.	14
#430	870383	Adam Levine	Photographs and details welcome.	16
#432	—	Not recorded	Handrest.	1
#438	—	Not recorded	Seen online listed for $5,965	9
#448	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	6
#455	870448	Tony Dean	Purchased on eBay in 2011. Owner reports pickguard wear, minor body dings, fretboard finish wear, and some brown discoloration beneath the lacquer. Serial corrected by the owner in June 2025.	4
#463	870334	Wang Jia Le	Photographs and details welcome.	7
#468	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	12
#469	—	Mario Cecil	Photographs and details welcome.	15
#476	870406	Wang Jia Le	Handrest	25
#483	—	Ivan Milković	in Croatia	2
#491	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#500	870500	Bigfoot guitars	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#505	870441	Not recorded	Palm rest	10
#515	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#518	—	Nate	Link 1 . Originally purchased for Andrew Listmayer at age 14	0
#523	871315	Jannek Olsson	Previous owner Steven Chee in Malaysia, current owner Jannek Olsson in Scotland. Handrest.	7
#530	—	Brett Castle	Photographs and details welcome.	5
#531	—	Robert Lindgren	Previous owner. Link 1 . Location: Sweden	2
#532	—	Not recorded	$9,245	21
#537	—	Not recorded	Resign	2
#547	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#549	—	Not recorded	Palm Beach County	10
#573	871403	Not recorded	Handrest	7
#581	871020	Gary Qwa	Handrest. Location: Finland, Tampere. Previous owner Dakhota	1
#588	8xx050	Not recorded	Location: West Haven, Connecticut	4
#591	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#601	—	Scott McGuinness	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#602	—	Not recorded	Handrest.	2
#603	—	Andrew Bautista	Signature in good condition	0
#612	870461	Dieter Nickel	Location: Germany	1
#621	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#622	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#623	—	Not recorded	Listed for £11,432.80 on eBay. Located in Chiba, Japan.	24
#624	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#635	—	Not recorded	Location: UK	3
#636	—	Ruart	Body replaced by Ibanez due to crack in laquer	4
#644	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#646	—	Jonas Johansson	Sweden	2
#653	882057	Cesare Forni	Italy	12
#656	—	Bassel Afara	Located in Sweden.	2
#665	882058	Peter Nylén	Stockholm, Sweden. Purchased in 1988	8
#666	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#670	882125	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#678	—	Not recorded	Found on eBay with 3 unknown number Green Jems	3
#681	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#687	—	Anthony Giles	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#690	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	6
#698	—	Andreas Feller	Video	1
#701	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#704	—	Not recorded	Found in an old classified ad in Sacremento on sale for $1250	1
#705	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#706	—	Not recorded	Mint condition. Sold for $6,500	15
#708	—	Eddie Dorman	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#709	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#711	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#713	870713	Kelly Capnerhurst	Guitar dropped and finish damaged before its inital purchase, also when Steve Vai signed the back plate he signed the wrong side. After realizing his mistake, he wrote 'Oops' and proceeeded to sign the correct side so there are signatures on both sides of the trem cavity guard	0
#715	8xx715	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#720	871500	Robert Leslie	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#722	882019	Willi Adrian	Photographs and details welcome.	7
#723	871470	Bo Jansson	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#725	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#739	871501	Nils Petter Solheim	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#745	871506	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	3
#747	—	Alexander Kirchner‎	Bought in Austria in 1987	1
#750	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	6
#751	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
#752	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#756	—	Larry DiMarzio	Photographs and details welcome.	0
#759	—	Not recorded	Also signed by Joe Satriani. Handrest.	13
#760	—	Not recorded	Signature in good condition	0
#763	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
#767	871543	Frank Wechter	Photographs and details welcome.	5
#769	—	Not recorded	Documented in saved Facebook and Reddit photographs. Current ownership is not recorded. Also signed by Joe Satriani.	6
#770	871538	JB	Excellent condition	0
#771	—	John Bruno	Photographs and details welcome.	24
#774	871540	Mike Krause	Bought new 5/3/96. Front signed in gold ink during a clinic. Location: Lockport, NY	1
#775	—	Macalkins	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#776	871583	Sam Ash Music	Photographs and details welcome.	2
#777	882800	Ibanez Guitars	Currently on loan by Hoshino to the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA	4
#778	—	Steve Sandy	Originally an Ibanez employee's guitar that was signed by Steve Vai in June of 2015 where he numbered it #778	11
Unknown A	882553	Not recorded	Signature gone. Neck pickup replaced	4
Unknown B	870675	Not recorded	Sold on eBay 5/29/2015 for $3649	17
Unknown C	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	4
Unknown D	—	Not recorded	Link 1	1
Unknown E	—	Not recorded	Bridge pickup replaced with red	1
Unknown F	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	1
Unknown G	—	Not recorded	Painted	4
Unknown H	—	Not recorded	Traded for a Gibson SG Feb 2012	8
Unknown I	—	Not recorded	On display in unknown location	1
Unknown J	—	Not recorded	Seen on ebay, no number mentioned, no response	1
Unknown K	—	Not recorded	Unknown Green Jem in 5xx range	0
Unknown L	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	8
Unknown M	870034	Not recorded	Sold on ebay Dec 30, 2016 for $3,399. No case. No tremolo cover, no signature	10
Unknown N	—	Not recorded	Painted over in 5 Alarm Red. Oh noooo!	1
Unknown O	—	Not recorded	Handrest. Sold 12/8/13 for $3,777	5
Unknown Q	882120	Ollie Morgan	Photographs and details welcome.	10
Unknown R	—	Not recorded	Found on eBay with #678 and two other unknowns	3
Unknown S	—	Not recorded	Found on eBay with #678 and two other unknowns	3
Unknown T	—	Not recorded	Found on eBay with #678 and two other unknowns	3
Unknown U	???400	Michael Gulley	Photographs and details welcome.	3
Unknown V	—	Hogan Franco	San Diego. Handrest.	3
Unknown W	—	"Jah Buddha"	Photographs and details welcome.	1
Unknown X	870037	Dennis Joyce	Sold for $1,451. Handrest.	18
Unknown Z	871396	Not recorded	Sold on Reverb by Rob's Guitar Gear. Body was chisled out for EMG pickups	24
Unknown AA	—	Not recorded	Photographs and details welcome.	3
Unknown AB	—	Not recorded	Seen at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee. A distinctive sticker on the back identifies this as a separate discovery, according to the registry curator. Original edition number unknown.	1
Unknown AC	870440	Sachin Dani	Handrest.	3
Unknown AD	—	Rob Baker	No trem plate.	1
Replica Not counted	—	John Mayer	"Thanks to the Ibanez Custom Shop. One of the first guitars I’ve ever pined for, as if it were brand new in 1989. FMLFTW"	1