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Johnm (Johnm)
| | Posted on Monday, December 03, 2001 - 11:09 am: | |
Does anybody know anything at all about an Ibanez copy of the Gibson L5S made in the seventies? |
Harry
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 3:39 am: | |
Hi John!
You buyed that one that was in the dutch auction or are you planning to? I was hunting after it, too. Selling price 1500 guilders, but the seller told me he had got a higher offer, was that you?
The bidder was a guy who claimed to have a natural finish version and he was eager owing a sunburst too. But in that case I think the bidder is mistaken by the thought that the L5S is a jazzguitar, probably the ES 175-copy. Ibanez never made a natural finish L5S. The seller promised me to contact me if the transaction was called off.
Anyway: The Ibanez modelnumber is 2399 DX and so it's NOT a jazzer! Find a picture of the L5S on http://www.ibanez-vintage-page.de under the year 1973. Later on the set-up of the pickups changed: see under the year 1976: the oval goldplated pickups made place for normal sized goldplated humbuckers. The seller told me he had the old version, so with the oval pickups.
I hope I will get the opportunity to buy it, but I won't go any higher than 1500 guilders (wich is, by the way, around $1000 US).
Greetz,
Harry |
Johnm (Johnm)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 4:45 pm: | |
Hi Harry,
Yes I did contact the seller about this guitar and No I did not buy it since it was not a jazzer. So hopefully you get a chance to buy this guitar.
John |
Harry
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 5:07 am: | |
Hi John!
Glad to be able to tell you that the seller phoned me yesterday. He told me about the confusion of this guitar with the jazz-model and asked if I was still interested. You bet, I am!!!! So next weekend I can add my 37th Ibanez to my collection. I know it isn't cheap, but it's a fairly rare model and with the old set-up of goldplated low-impedance pickups (pre-serial), so....
Tell you more about it next week!
Greetz, Harry |
Johnm (Johnm)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 10:28 am: | |
Hi Harry,
Congrats on another great buy. 37!?! Sooner or later you will have to move to a bigger house or rent a place to start an Ibanez museum. Can't wait to pay you a visit early next year!
John
http://www.vintage-ibanez.com
coming soon! |
Harry
| | Posted on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 5:39 am: | |
Hi John!
You bet! It's time we get together and maby work together! The more Ibanez collectors, the more passion, the more knowledge!
Greetz,
Harry |
Johnm (Johnm)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 2:12 pm: | |
Hi Harry,
I definitely can use your help with the website. Let's talk about that when we get together.
John
coming soon:
http://www.vintage-ibanez.com |
Johnm (Johnm)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 4:36 pm: | |
Hi Harry,
Here's a tip: There's a 2355 (es-175) for sale on markplaats.nl. Price is 2100,= guilders. Expensive but these are great guitars (I own one as you know).
Also someone is selling a firebird. The ad says the neckj was once broken but professionaly repaired. What do you thinjk?
John |
Harry
| | Posted on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 3:23 am: | |
Hi John
Yes, I saw both guitars for sale on the web. I think the 2355 is a good guitar and if it's original and in good condition it might be worth the price. But.....: in the last 6 weeks I bought 5 Ibanezses so my budget is running out a little.
Maybe at some other occasion; the 2355 is fairly often seen guitar and to be honest: I'm waiting for a cheap one because the prices for the Ibanez "jazzers" are way too high, I think. Did you know that a beautiful sunburst one with an awsome tigerstripe-back was offered to me two years ago for 1100 guilders (440 US$)? At that time I wasn't really "into" Ibanez yet, so I let it pass..... Stupid, huh? I called the guy about a year later, but the guitar was sold (of course). At this moment I would be willing to pay somewhere in the range of 1500 - 1750 guilders for such a guitar.
And as for the Firebird: that's exactly what I ment when I told you about having tears in your eyes when you look at such a demolished Ibanez: if this one was still okay, the selling price could be twice as high. This one misses the trem-arm, had a broken neck and worst of all: the pickup has been changed and therefore the routing has been made bigger. So you could never restore it, unless you're a guitar-repair wizzard. Fortunately I allready own a Firebird replica (no tremelo-arm also, damn! Do you happen to have one for me?) that's in good and original condition. So my problem is one of luxury; the pain is less because I allready "saved" one (as Hasy and I call it when we bought one). Nevertheless: it's still a great pity that this guitar is as good as "lost", looking from the collector's point of view.
Let's keep in touch!
Greetz,
Harry |
Smooth (Smooth)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2002 - 8:30 am: | |
Hi,
The Ibanez from marktplaats, I bought it.
It's a pre-lawsuit and despite of a couple of scratches it is in very good condition (eg. the back is 100 %) There is just some buzzing in the bridge PU but you only hear it when playing unplugged, a friend of mine also has this problem (on the same guitar). Have you guys ever heard of this or know a remedy ?
Also do you have tips what to do when the paint is falling off (there is a little spot on the guitar probably caused by a bump) ?
I think the guitar is better of with me than with you guys cause it is going to be played to the fullest !
(btw I started a thread earlier this week called '2355' questions)
regards,
Mike |
Fredb (Fredb)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2002 - 12:20 pm: | |
Hi Mike,
Might want to check the springs in the pickup surround, if they're loose it could be causing the buzzing problem you mentioned. Hope this helps.
Regards,
Fred |
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