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Chipsotoole (Chipsotoole)
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 7:37 am: | |
Hey guys,
There are a lot of you out there either trying to identify a particular Ibanez acoustic, date it, or try and work out it's value.....Here are a couple of wee sites that may enlighten you.
www.ibanez-vintage-museum.de
The guy Pingo who runs this site is a very knowledgeable and helpful dude! Always ready to email and (in my case) phone up!! You'll find lovely colour pics of his entire and considerable collection.
www.ibanez-vintage-page.de
A site run out of Switzerland by Hasy and Harry (in English and German).....absolutely heaps of catalogue scans and pics with everything listed by production year!!!
A lot of work has gone into this site ..It really is one of the best. don't forget to look at the links to personal collections of other ibanez freaks.
Dating a vintage acoustic: (sorry to bore those in the know)... 
look for the serial number somehwere near the truss rod block inside the soundbox.
EG: C770240
(C=3rd month: March) (77=1977) (0240= the 240th of that model made that month.)
Finally value: tricky one this...I believe vintage Ibanez acoustics are VASTLY underpriced as currently only the few hardy fans such as ourselves want to know more about them. According to my friend Pingo the bigwigs at Ibanez really don't realise the level of cult status that their older instruments are starting to enjoy. As I've mentioned in another thread, my Ibanez Hummingbird certainly rivals my OOO1 Martin. You might be able to pull off some stats from ebay but personally I'd be quite happy to pay up to £250 for a Hummingbird/Dove/Martin D28/Everly Bros/SJ200 copy and not lose anything in immediate resale.
Those looking for a real bargain should be looking for slightly damaged ones (as long as it isn't a broken neck, cracked top, bridge or back) , or ones missing machineheads, bridge saddle etc...you'd be amazed the number of people who aren't prepared to put in ten minutes work!!!
As regards some of the other Concords like the black ones with the Fender style head or the all maple ones you'll have to ask an expert!!!
regards,
Chips |
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