TGEvans Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 ibanez artist 1981 in white, mint condition with schaller pickups and hardware. £300, get in touch for more info,tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hi Tim, could you post some pics please? Also do you have the original hardware & pups, etc? Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGEvans Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 do not have the original pickups sorry, but they aint too hard to get hold of, if you give me your email i will sort some pics for you,tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 [quote name='TGEvans' post='265629' date='Aug 19 2008, 04:19 PM']do not have the original pickups sorry, but they aint too hard to get hold of, if you give me your email i will sort some pics for you,tim[/quote] No need mate, did some digging & found a pic from an earlier thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7494"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7494[/url] Looks great for a player guitar, but would be hard going for a collector. I think it's an [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/anniversary/expansion.php?cat_id=89&now=10"]Ibanez AR100[/url], from about 1983 - the first two numbers in the serial are the year. Judging from the lack of screwholes from the original tailpiece plate, it's had a refin. Shame, the only original hardware appears to be the pickup rings, and they've been modified. Realistically to source & replace all the original hardware would cost more than what you're asking for the guitar - even the original Sure-Grip control knobs go for about £30 a pop. The pickups would have been Ibanez Super 58s - if you know where you can find these, there are a few hundred people on the Ibanez Collectors World forum who'd bite your arm off to share that info! Still, I think it's a fair price for its non-original condition, I think it would easily get that or more on Ebay, some people go mental over anything vintage with an Ibby badge! Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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