Johnny Smith 2461 who grabs it ?

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Author Message   Artfield Username: Artfield Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 6:10 am:    Fooks, this is a nice one, it needs some work.... very very tempting, Complete restore could make beauty out of it. ACE your are in a winning mood.... GEMBER what kind of top on this one ? Ebay Item #220180696441   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 6:46 pm:    My friend Jazzerman (his name gets censored if I type it) always said that his was pressed solid spruce. The catalogue says: http://www.ibanez.ru/info/catalog/1976-7/02.jpg So they don't use the word solid. You can't take the pickup out, just off, so what I can say for sure is that it's NOT CARVED solid spruce, at its best pressed solid, and probably even just laminated. Jazzerman's 2461 is still available at Kees Dee's for EUR3500.- where it is becoming a "winkeldochter" (shop daughter) as we call them in Holland. It used to belong to Jan van Beveren, the retired tube amp specialist and Dutch soldering champion from Eindhoven. He's a bit weird, but a nice man if you know him better. He used to spy on the wireless for the secret service, so he's seeing bears everywhere (Russian ones). Ah, just kiddin'. He owned several top class jazz boxes and sold several of them. It could be that the pressed solid spruce story is to put it nicely "half true", (and you know what I say about a half truth). Anyway, it sells. Jazzerman bought it, and traded it against a Gibson in some package deal, I believe the ES-175 was involved, or the ES-335. With that low dollar, it's difficult to sell such a piece from Holland to the USA. And we here in Europe see these guitars priced in dollars, multiply that by 0.68 and think: "Hmm, let's get one from the States". Anyway, he sold all of his Japanese stuff and bought several Gibsons back. I think he has 4 Gibsons, a Hamer, a Strat and a lot of room now. Actually, he owns 3 Gibsons, because he may not sell his first Gibson jazzbox. He promised it to his daughter (he, Eva?). Ginger   Artfield Username: Artfield Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 8:15 pm:    Nice info and story thanks for your wisdom Ginger. Guess some of our beloved members are watching this Guitar...let see who will get it and for how much... Thanks

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