Artist 2622 EQ

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Author Message   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 8:17 am:    Not as clean as others sold recently. I think the tuners were replaced as they're not perloid. http://www.qksrv.net/click-1802666-10381315?loc=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D7397118655   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:00 pm:    Attention Artist lovers! Looks like a 2622 but be quick cause whatever it is it looks a steal http://www.qksrv.net/click-1802666-10381315?loc=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D7402671196 six   Yogi Username: Yogi Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:12 pm:    Holy Crap! That's an AR-400!!! Someone grab it, quick!!!   Snowjays Username: Snowjays Registered: 09-2004 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:22 pm:    With pearloid tuners and flying fingers pups? I mean, it looks like an AR400, but.....   Lespaul Username: Lespaul Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:23 pm:    Can someone please post a visual link? Is it eBay? If so the auction number will do. Thanks, Paul   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:23 pm:    Feb 1980 AR400...hmm.. Quite cheap, too.   Snowjays Username: Snowjays Registered: 09-2004 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:24 pm:    paul, 7402671196   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:24 pm:    Snowjays, AR400 actually was equipped with pearloid-button tuners AND Super80 Flying Fingers...   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:27 pm:    Unbelievable that you're all still gawping at it and not buying. COME ON LADS!! six   Yogi Username: Yogi Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:28 pm:    Here's the "visible" link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7402671196 ...and here the catalog scan: Juergen   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:29 pm:    'Tilt' Yogi six   Lespaul Username: Lespaul Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:34 pm:    For future reference:   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:45 pm:    I requests pix....the looks like a major blemish just below the eq pot. Yes, the price is low, however, the pix don't tell enough... mk   Yogi Username: Yogi Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:46 pm:    Someone click on that 'Buy It Now' button! Now!!! ARRRGGHHH!!!   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 02-2001 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:50 pm:    So why has no one moved on this? Seriously, what do you see, or not see?   Russellhodgson Username: Russellhodgson Registered: 01-2006 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:52 pm:    Yes.. More pics would be helpful!!!   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 6:52 pm:    Blemish! If someone offered you an original 58 Strat with the odd 'major blemish' for $5000 would you waver? six   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7:09 pm:    Now come on guys.. I paid much more for mine.. that IS a steal for $500... Cheerleaders needed?   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7:18 pm:    Did some "photoshopping".. Correct me if I am wrong..clearly the controls have been turned "around", EQ knobs are above, and vol & tone are near the rim..that "blemish" seems to be some kinda lens flare, switces might or might not be there..(tri-sounds, I mean) BUT the tailpiece is not "QuickChange" but normal bar-type instead.. Still not "great issues" considering that price. If the electronics are still there..   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7:52 pm:    From a player's point of view, I'd prefer a tone knob rather than relying on just the eq.... From a collector's point of view, they're very rare... mk   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 7:56 pm:    Here you go...the countdown is on!   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 8:09 pm:    I wonder which heel/body it has: 70's or 80's? mk   Snowjays Username: Snowjays Registered: 09-2004 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 8:35 pm:    mk, It's an AR series, I would assume it has a smooth heel.   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 8:44 pm:    Is it not one of those 'transitional' models? How many 1980's had Super 80's? mk   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 9:52 pm:    Okay so who here bought it? If no one did I'll be..... well flabbergasted! six   B5erik Username: B5erik Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 9:59 pm:    Damn. For that price I would have bought it - but by the time I got home it was sold! Oh, well - My most wanted guitar is a '77 2619, so I'll need to hold on to my money for that anyway...   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 3:53 am:    Is that a Type 1 or a Type 2 version of the 2619 B5erik six   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 5:14 am:    Michael, the AR400 is a "true" transition model, it is a 2622 thin-body smooth heel guitar, guess they used all old 2622 bodies to make those...   B5erik Username: B5erik Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 10:22 am:    Six - Good question, wish I had a good answer. Seriously, the 2619 I want is the one with the abalone binding. If I understand correctly (always a dubious prospect) the 2619's with abalone binding were made from late '76 to mid '77. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong - and if there were any other significant differences I'd love to know what they were (I am under the impression from what I've read that there were some changes in the heel over the course of the 2619's run before the transition to the AR series). I haven't run across a full spec list of the the changes in the 2619's from '76-'79, pre AR series, so if I've missed a previous thread or if you've got any details feel free to post or to e-mail me. I know about some of the changes, but not all of them. The more I know about these guitars the better. I love the Artist guitars, and I wish there were a book solely about the development of Ibanez guitars in the 70's and 80's - history, specs, pics - THAT would be a book I couldn't put down! (Is the book, Ibanez - The Untold Story helpful in that regard?)   B5erik Username: B5erik Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 11:34 am:    OK, after some further research it looks like I want two 2619's. The one I want most is the type 2 with the abalone purfling, 1 coil tap switch, wide Harmono-matic style bridge, etc. This is the model I already knew I wanted, and it's the model that represents the biggest mistake in guitar (non) buying that I've ever made (the one I had in my hands, but waited on 12 or so years ago, only to find it sold 2 days later when I decided to go for it - I'm not going to be over that blunder until I actually own one). I'd also like to get a type 3 with the smooth heel, 2 coil tap switches, Gibraltar bridge & 2 piece cloud tailpiece, etc. There are enough differences in the type 2 & type 3 to make both well worth owning. Between those two and my AR305 I'd have a nice set! (Then it's on to the 2617 [antique violin,if possible], 2618, CN200/250, late 70's A.V. Iceman, a set-neck Ibanez LP, and - if I win the lottery - a brown 2671 Randy Scruggs like the one on ebay now. Then I can die happy - after about 50 years of playing them! First things first, though - gotta get the 2619.)   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 5:48 pm:    Blimey Rik. You'r big mistake 12 years ago sounds like my big mistake on a Type 1 2619 20 years ago. A guy in Italy had a Type 1 2619 for sale a couple of years ago. We chatted and I nearly got on the plane to go get it (cheap flights in the UK). I backed out as it had been messed with. An extra coil tap next to the single one. Haven't seen one since then. What about that 2619 type 2 Hasenobu put up yesterday on a Japanese Auction? six   B5erik Username: B5erik Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 8:36 pm:    I can't read the auction - I don't have Japanese font on my computer, and I couldn't read the Japanese anyway even if I did. I have no idea how I would go about getting that guitar. (How safe would it be for me to do that anyway? Are there ever any problems actually getting the guitar? I'd hate to send that much money and have to worry about getting the guitar.) I just don't have any experience making a purchase from a foreign seller that I don't know. The other thing is that it doesn't look like it has the abalone binding, which was one of the things I wanted. Still, that is a very nice guitar, and I would consider getting it anyway if I knew for sure it was safe and could actually read the listing and communicate with the seller. I just don't know how to get past that - any suggestions?   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 12:32 am:    Well none really other than I thought the Japanese were pretty honorable folk but it is scary I agree. Can Hasenobu help? six   B5erik Username: B5erik Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 12:44 am:    I did e-mail him earlier, but unfortunately that auction already ended. He was very helpful and offered to help me out in the future. (Thanks again Hasenobu!) My brother is helping me look for a 2619 as well. It's going to happen at some point - I just hope it doesn't take another 12 years. The bottom line is that these are some excellent guitars with styling that almost makes them works of art - works of art that have tone and playability to spare! It's no wonder there aren't too many people willing to let go of them!   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 2:44 am:    Rik, Check out the thread "Strange Artist" in the Vintage and Custom Electrics section. It's the one I was telling you about from Italy. You'll see the problem with it and why I didn't go for it in the end. six   Hasenobu Username: Hasenobu Registered: 01-2006 Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 10:50 am:    Eric, Sorry, I read this thread just now! (And I was surprised to see my name mentioned.) >I wish there were a book solely about the development of Ibanez guitars in the 70's and 80's - history, specs, pics - Ok, yes, there's one, but unfortunately again, it's written in Japanese!! The book, titled "Japan Vintage Vol3," was issued about 2 years ago. It features AR models as a main theme, and gives them 70 pages. I hear guys from HOSHINO USA who visited the publishing company were so surprised at the book and bought 20 copies on the spot and later ordered 50 more after they went back to the US. As I was deeply involved in the editting of the book, it's my dream to translate the whole article in the future.   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 7:30 pm:    That would be cool Hasenobu san. What about a printed English edition? six   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 8:01 am:    Hasenobu, a great idea! I buy one instantly!! *jumps around* (as nick suggests..)   B5erik Username: B5erik Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 11:21 am:    I would love to get a translated version of that book, complete with pictures, as well. I'd buy that in a heartbeat!

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