Sold (on Reverb- £700cash) Ibanez Artist "335" style. 1978. £800. Offers

ajax · January 2018

Guitar itself is in very good condition, only two minor scratches worth mentioning (upper horn, photo & near pup switch, won't photo).

I have historically routed a bit so I could fit a P90 in the neck position. Doesn't affect the mount for the original 'bucker (see photos).

Added a Duesenberg/ Rockinger bigsby style trem, just fits to the tail piece screw with no alterations. Orig tail piece included in sale.

Grover tuners retro-fitted (pre- me). Orig tuners included in sale.

Strap locks fitted, originals included in sale.

Super 80 "flying fingers" pickups- well regarded lowish wind ceramic magnet 'buckers - bright.

Neck appears to be maple (as is whole guitar) and is chunkier than a PRS w/f, I'd say it's probably 1 3/4" and a bit of a D profile. Ebony board, very nice. Good action. Jumbo frets, appear to be original, no real wear.

Scouring through catalogues, it appears to be a 2630 but minus the coil tap toggle. Serial no makes it Feb 78. EDIT as comment below it's a 2629

One tone cap renewed with orange drop.

Bad bits:
Pickup selector switch is unreliable. If you want to gig it you'll need to fix that.
All the bits I took off the guitar (pickups, tailpiece) corroded for some unknown reason (they weren't damp). Pickup covers show some sign of verdigris. The neck pickup, which is worse (photo) had the earth screening of the cable right through, I've had to join the cable to a new bit. I've cleaned everything up fairly well, but there is corrosion. There is even a bit in one of the pot caps, which were off the guitar, I'd changed them to black top hats when I was using it (they are included).
Crack on pick guard.

EDIT. as comment below pick guard seems like the culprit for corrosion. I will take it off if buyer requests.

Case is a bit tatty & has a band name sprayed on it (not by me)

Pics of it with orig parts are from when I bought it.

Pickup high barnet or guilford. Will ship if necessary, but it's getting difficult to insure guitars for shipping.

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edenfield99 · January 2018

The corrosion is probably caused by the Ibanez pick guard, I believe it breaks down giving off some nasty gas which corrodes the metal. I have a 78 Ibanez Artist, the ES-175 alike and it has the same corrosion issues. Is that the original guard fitted...the one with mine was falling apart when I got it

susbemol · January 2018

I believe yours is a 2629, the 2630 had a number of other features including block inlays. These are really awesome guitars! Really miss my old one sometimes.

edenfield99 · January 2018

Only on my phone so I don’t think I can embed this but here’s the catalogue page...
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ajax · January 2018

thanks all for your feedback & comments, listing amended.

ajax · February 2018

Price bump

ajax · February 2018

Humpty bumpty pricey mcjumpy

antifash · February 2018

Nicey mcnicey

ajax · February 2018

It is nice. Usual story, decide to sell it, give it a bit of TLC & remember why I liked it in the first place. Gotta go though, moving house & too much stuff (& too little money)

ajax · February 2018

Pricely McBumpington

ajax · February 2018

£800 bump. It's gotta go folks!

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