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Author Message   Rickd Username: Rickd Registered: 4-2006 Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 6:15 pm:    at the time of posting, price was 4.99 USD no reserve Ebay Item #220154390665   Talajuha Username: Talajuha Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 6:37 pm:    Artstar 45-80 .... ???? AS80 indeed What will the highest bid be after almost 7 days? Juha   Rickd Username: Rickd Registered: 4-2006 Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 7:02 pm:    What will the highest bid be after almost 7 days? i don't know--i'd say maybe 4-500?   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 8:03 pm:    Funny, that someone actually reads that handwritten AS80 = 4580. Serial number: S4102746 Samick 1994 October prod. no. 2746 Advantages: narrow headstock > strings go straight from bridge saddle to tuning machines (no bends), Mickey Mouse ears like the original ES-335 are very much appreciated by ex-Gibson players. Disadvantage: NON-waxpotted Super 50 pickups > feedback. These guitars have potential allright, but they need some work (wax-potting or pickup replacement for instance by Super 58's). I'd say $400 max with these pickups. AFTER the work, it becomes a different story, especially if you replace the potmeters and the capacitors by better ones. But that means an extra investment of about $140.- (about $60.- per pickup and about $20.- for the pots and caps). The wood construction is very good. (Don't bother about the scarf joint). Ratfinks3 wrote he got excellent results. He got a better sound than with his orange label ES-335. I have seen a newer one from the Cort factory WITH Super 58's go for even less ($298.-), which I did NOT understand. They're definitely better than the low end Artcores with ACH1 and ACH2 humbuckers. Ginger   Thedude Username: Thedude Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 1:52 pm:    Ebay Item #220158386927 It's listed again and the guy STILL gets the description wrong even after being corrected. By the way I have the exact guitar and just got GFS PUPs installed and .047 cap....sounds amazing.   Sabeking Username: Sabeking Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 7:32 pm:    Of the Korean made Ibanez, which ones are considered better? Cort or Samick Stacey   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 11:23 pm:    The ones from Cort have the best OEM pickups (Super 58's wax-potted). The ones from Samick are mainly interesting because of the narrow headstocks (matter of personal preference) and the Mickey Mouse ear shaped horns (same). The pickups are inferior NON-waxpotted Super 50's (not 58's). So if you buy these models from the Samick factory, reserve some money for Super 58's. Early Cort made AS models have the same shape but have Super 58's installed. Then you have traditional shape and the best OEM pickups. Ginger

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