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Pitchpocket
Username: Pitchpocket
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 5:53 pm: | |
I picked up a MIJ Ibanez AS180 off eBay last week.
The tag says AAS180 not AS180. I can't find much reference to it anywhere here or on the web, so I'm wondering if it is something other than a stock AS180? Anyone know about the AAS designation? |
Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 10:57 am: | |
Do you have any pictures?
The only similar thing I have ever heard of is an AAF3000 that was for sale in Japan.
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Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 10:58 am: | |
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Pitchpocket
Username: Pitchpocket
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 12:48 pm: | |
Yes, here are some photos. The ad said no play or fret wear. I've included a couple of photos of the fret wear I found. Please let me know if you think it's worth complaining about.
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Pitchpocket
Username: Pitchpocket
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 12:52 pm: | |
Oops, Yes, here are some photos. The ad said no play or fret wear. I've included a couple of photos of the fret wear I found. Please let me know if you think it's worth complaining about.
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Msawitzke
Username: Msawitzke
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 2:25 pm: | |
That ding in the fret is pretty bad and it definitley has some fret wear...how does it play? I bet the string gets stuck in that dent when bending...
It certainly looks like an AS180...I bet its just a type on the label... |
Pitchpocket
Username: Pitchpocket
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 3:57 pm: | |
It is a very nice player...until you hit the crevasse. A little buzzing there. Otherwise she's a beaut. My luthier said there is enough fret left for a re-dress which should solve the fret problem. I'll want to re-do the splices. Overall it's in pretty good shape. A little buckle rash on the back, but not even through the clear coat. Some strange scratches on the fretboard that look like someone with gnarly fingernails did a lot of bending. Fortunately its hard to see without really looking for it.
A tech at Fushino (distributor for Ibanez) is looking at it trying to figure out the label stamp. Haven't heard back yet. |
Tone
Username: Tone
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 4:30 pm: | |
Maybe it'll become the one and only "AS180 Typo edition"
Like old stamps with print errors that goes for thousands of bucks...
Sell it for $9999!! |
Pitchpocket
Username: Pitchpocket
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 - 5:10 pm: | |
Heh, send me a check! |
Pitchpocket
Username: Pitchpocket
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 11:42 am: | |
I just got the call from Ibanez on the AAS. It is a mis-stamp and it's just a plain old vanilla AS180. The more I play it, the more I like it. I get a chance to use it with the band tonight and turn it up. I took it to my luthier (who does all of Robert Cray's work) yesterday for a fret redress and it should be done today at lunch. |
Gibades
Username: Gibades
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 5:56 am: | |
Hi,
I'm new on the forum (but have been looking around here before).
I own an AS180, bought it new in '98 or '99. And it also has "AAS180" on the label inside. |
Pitchpocket
Username: Pitchpocket
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 24, 2006 - 4:50 pm: | |
Interesting...some guy must have gone crazy with the stamper, however mine was built in 1996. I don't suppose he went off for 2 or 3 years!
Is there anything different about your 180 that you know of? |
Gibades
Username: Gibades
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 4:16 am: | |
My AS looks exactly like yours. And if I interpret the serial nr right (F61...) it was built in jan '96, although the loose tag that came with the guitar (& i kept) says it received final inspection in oct '98. So it may have been hanging in Fugi for years until someone (me) ordered one to be shipped to Belgium.
Anyway, it's a great guitar, my favourite, and worth every Belgian Frank i payed for it then. |