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B5erik
Username: B5erik

Registered: 02-2006
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 12:00 pm:   

Here's a 2619 that looks like it was set up for a tremolo unit and changed back...

http://www.qksrv.net/click-1802666-10381315?loc=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D7402423984

The bridge looks interesting too - is that original? I've looked at various threads covering bridges, but I didn't see any like this one.

It looks like that was a really nice guitar before it was set up for a tremolo (it still looks nice other than the plate and the holes in the headstock), and despite what the seller is saying about the guitar not being "cut" (routed), I can't see why the plate would be there if there wasn't something seriously wrong with it cosmetically. I'm wondering if it could be fixed if it has been routed at all. (Matching the wood would seem to be the hardest part - at least that's my gut feeling - but, unlike my brother, I'm no luthier so I'm not sure.)

What do you think?
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B5erik
Username: B5erik

Registered: 02-2006
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 12:33 pm:   

Here are a couple pics...

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Moot point now, I guess - The seller ended the auction early.

I would have been interested to see how that guitar would have turned out if someone tried to restore it.
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Johns
Username: Johns

Registered: 02-2001
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 - 12:57 pm:   

B5erik:

What a shame. That is a seriously screwed up 2619. For a guy whose had this guitar for 16 years, he doesn't know much about it. I wonder how much he got for it?

The current bridge and tailpiece (Gibraltar II and Quik-Change II versions) are from the mid 80s. You can check them out in the pages of the '85 catalog:

http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1985/index.htm
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Overdriver
Username: Overdriver

Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 9:25 pm:   

Obviously the plate is to cover up the routing for a tremolo block, which was then later removed. My guess is that the locking nut was similarly installed and removed later.
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Overdriver
Username: Overdriver

Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 9:31 pm:   

But then B5erik already said that.....:-) The guy said that the locking nut was never installed, but my guess is it was. If it weren't for that big hole under the plate he would probably have tried to get away with that one too....;)

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