Ibanez Artist 2622

The Ibanez Artist 2622 is an electric guitar, also known as the Ibanez Artist EQ or Steve Miller EQ model. was used a lot by Mike Rutherford for lead guitar work in the late 1970s and early 80s.

Mike used one for lead guitar work in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Ibanez he had was a 1977 model neck-thru built model (serial no. 1778297) with Antique Violin (AV) finish. Photos show he began playing this guitar on the ...And Then There Were Three tour with Genesis in 1978 (although seemingly not listed in tour programs from this time). It was one of his main guitars onstage and in the studio with Genesis until the Mama tour in 1983. Mike said the guitar was "amazing" to record with and offered a range of guitar sounds, ad well as a Fender Stratocaster. Mike's also used the Ibanez on solo albums Smallcreep's Day and possibly Acting Very Strange.