Thanks to Laura
(Badgerprincess) for the scans of the Mexican Stormer & Spanish
Pizzazz guitars.
Aja certainly was the lead guitar player of the Holograms on
the cartoon, but was sold with a guitar that seems to be a bass more than
anything (did any guitar ever come with only 3 strings? ^_^)
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Shana. Again, they kinda goofed with the string number,
it should have 6, not 5.... as well, the number of tuning pegs doesn't
correspond with the number of strings (there are 4), but had there been
only four strings, this would certainly be considered a bass guitar, and
would make sense, since Aja is the guitar player already. This guitar
is very obviously "influenced" by the Mockingbird
guitar, made by the BC Rich company. I love this style, personally!
A prototype of Riot was shown holding a black
version of this guitar.
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| Pizzazz
Has 6 tuning pegs (yes! You got it guys!) but only 4 strings (well, I suppose Pizzazz does probably play rather violently & is bound to break a string or two habitually enough ^_^). I'm pretty sure the design has been changed enough to qualify her guitar as being original but it's definitely got shades of the Warlock by BC Rich.
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| Roxy
Actually came with a bona-fide bass, 4 tuning pegs, 4 strings, this is the only guitar they got right in that sense. Roxy seems like a bass person to me ^_^. Is similar in design to the Explorer guitar (made famous by Metallica) or the Hamer Standard. A prototype of Rapture was shown with a black version of this guitar.
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| Stormer
OK, this is where the fun really begins. Believe it or not, Stormer is playing her guitar upside down in every drawing/photo (at least that I've ever seen) of her, the "handle" should be on top, as this is really a right-handed guitar. The way the strap holders are put on, it's near impossible to orient it correctly on the doll though :\ Anyway, this guitar does exist in real life, and is actually an interesting Synthesizer/Guitar hybrid, the short-lived (1983-1986) Roland G-707, which combined aspects of an electric guitar and synthesizer, very '80's, and I'm guessing would produce a rather unique sound. So for all of those fans out there complaining that Stormer should have gotten a keyboard like she did on the cartoon, this is a bit of a compromise. Unsurprisingly, they gave it 6 tuning pegs, but only five strings (with the exception of the Mexican version, which has 6 and 6)
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| Music is Magic Fashions
This was a deluxe line of fashions that came with instruments, (most often guitars). The colours and patterns are made to match the outfits exactly. These guitars don't really follow the "label = first year" rule, as they are all second year instruments and all or 3 out of 4 have labels. These are among the harder-to-find Jem guitars. (All Scans courtesy of Rhonda Robinson)
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