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chipsotoole
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 11:01 am: | |
Hi there Captain,
I was lucky enough to pick up an amazing maple necked Antoria 2369 Thinline tele copy from a pawn shop in Glasgow recently for £45!! I looked on Hasy's and others vintage sites and have ascertained it is a 2369 thinline copy....what I'd like to know is what the wood is.....It has been finished in a dark chocolate varnish which has over time seeped right into the wood....it looks like either rosewood or mahogany.....it is quite a heavy beast and has the most astounding "dark" tone....a real keeper!!
Anyone else have a 72-74 Ibanez thinline? |
Harry (Harry)
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 - 4:53 pm: | |
Hi chipsotoole
I think you're mistaking on the modelnumber. The model 2369 is a kind of cross-over between a Precision and a Jazzbass. I think you mean the model 2368, which is the Tele thinline with two single coils.
I have exactly the same and I must say it's a damn fine guitar.
As far as the woods are concerned: according to the 1970 catalogue it says: finished in Mahogany. Probably meaning: a birch top (Ibanez used birch very often for the tops), coloured to make it look like mahogany (from a certain distance). If you look closely at the wood grain of the top and the back, it is definitely not the typical grain of mahogany, that is: on my 2368. I just checked and by the grain I'd say it's either birch or maybe ash.
Ibanez used this "finish" trick very often and in fact: they were very smart by doing so, so nobody could accuse them of "lying" about the woods. The "korina" Flying V, Moderne and Explorer were also mentioned as "korina finish". Also meaning: finished with a kind of coloured laquer to make it LOOK like korina; the used wood was Ash.
Kind greetings,
Harry |
chipsotoole
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2004 - 11:07 am: | |
Arrr Avast Capt'n!
Thanks for the enlightened advice...I think the ibanez museum.de site has misslabelled its piccy!!!
yeah, the one I got has been slightly customised (an EMG select pup at the neck)...Neither pup has a chrome cover and the scratchplate is a smaller brushed steel version of the original...(original drill holes filled with lacquer still visible)....Would you happen to know if Ibanez cloth wrapped their pickups at this time...I'm not altogether sure if the guy who had it before hasn't put in a genuine vintage fender pup....The maple neck is severely scarred with 30 years of continuous playing (talk about Mojo....looks like a 50's relic!!)..which makes me think this was a serious players guitar. |
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