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Jerry_San (Jerry_San)
Posted on Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 5:29 pm:   
Hi, Jim -
To the best of your knowledge, did Ibanez ever produce any carved-top archtops (solid top)? Also, who were Tamura and Sugihara? I have heard lots of conflicting info on these topics, and wondered if you could set the record straight. Thanks!

Jerry
Jim_Donahue (Jim_Donahue)
Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 4:56 pm:   
The models FA700 and FA300 were Solid carved tops. the Gibson Copy of the Byrdland. The 2470 was also a carved top. This and the 2460 are so close its hard to tell what one is what.

the GB2K Mask was also a Solid carved top, that is all that I know of.

JD
Blues (Blues)
Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 11:38 pm:   
Jim, Jerry,

Having owned the FA300 my opinion is the top is ply-wood. The FA300 has a lot of weight, in fact much more weight than my solid top FA800 and 2471. The 1978 Ibanez catalog states that the FA300 has an ARCHED laminated spruce top.
I have heard that Ibanez made a few L5ces, Byrdlands, and Johnny Smith's with solid tops. All the ones I have had or seen have had ply-wood tops.

BLUES

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