NIHBGD!! Me very happy bunny!

Big-G

So, as the wife and I are 'clearing the clutter' and preparing to put our house on the market, I managed to raise some cash from selling some of my old fish tanks off (I used to breed fish to try and earn a living, but couldn't continue with it, due to health issues, so had a good few tanks spare to sell off), and just a few days ago, I spotted yet another bargain on 'the tree' that I'd been looking for, for some time.....

I saw an ad for 'Ibanez Artcore Hollow body' for what seemed to be a bellow average price, and decided to contact the seller to see what he was actually selling? I was somewhat surprised when he told me what the model number was, which made this an even bigger bargain than I had first thought!

So, without further adoo.....

I introduce to you my newest bargain.....

What made it an even greater bargain was that it also included the Ibanez leather bound hardcase, which other than a good dust is in near perfect condition....

And just look at that subtle flaming! Its stunning.....

So, what is it?? Its an Ibanez AF95 hollow body finished in 'vintage sunburst', hence the threads title... 'New Ibanez Hollow Body Guitar Day'. The guitar is virtually immaculate, with the exception of a tiny scuff on the upper wing side, and some light 'plectrum rash' on the scratchplate. To say I'm somewhat over the moon would be an understatement! I've been looking for one of these higher end Ibanez' for a while now, but missed a few bargains earlier in the year, so this one came at just the right time, and had the right price tag for my somewhat empty wallet. The guitar came on the tree around 2 weeks ago, and I was paranoid that it was going to get snapped up before I'd mustered the cash together, but I'm somewhat pleased that I've now been able to go and get it!

The seller was actually a really nice guy, and as i was leaving, gave me a stunning Levy leather strap to go with the guitar! I'll try and post some pics of that later too! I've always loved Levy straps, since I bought my first one years ago, and had been looking to buy another one, but they are just so costly that I'd not bitten the bullet, so to get this with my deal was a real blessing! The seller gave me the strap as he is moving to my home town in the UK, so we had been having a good chat about life out there, and some nice areas he can go see. I think he appreciated my advice?! Hehe!

So, enough waffling! Enjoy the pics!
Regards
G!

proze

Beautiful!

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kapepper

Congrats

looks great... where was it made?

Wormwood

That is very pretty
Definitely beats that black prs you had ?

Big-G

kapepper wrote: Congrats

looks great... where was it made?

The label doesn't say where it was made, but there is a little block at the bottom that has been blacked out with a marker carefully. Looking closely at that, I can barely make out the print under it, and it does look like it says 'Made in China', but I cannot be sure?

I have heard of several 'made in Japan or Korea' Ibanez' that have had the same thing done on their labels, so perhaps for a while Ibanez utilised the labels for their chinese models in their other models? I'd be surprised if this guitar was a chinese made one, but either way, they did a mighty fine job! Just been playing it through the Vox to give it a good testing, and it sounds beautiful! The pickups are a fair bit hotter than I was expecting, but I'm sure I'll learn to live with them. They sound great despite their sensitivity, but they just make me feel like I need to 'hold back' a bit whilst playing.

And thanks for the comments guys!
Regards
G!

vic

Big G wrote:
kapepper wrote: Congrats

looks great... where was it made?

The label doesn't say where it was made, but there is a little block at the bottom that has been blacked out with a marker carefully. Looking closely at that, I can barely make out the print under it, and it does look like it says 'Made in China', but I cannot be sure?

I have heard of several 'made in Japan or Korea' Ibanez' that have had the same thing done on their labels, so perhaps for a while Ibanez utilised the labels for their chinese models in their other models? I'd be surprised if this guitar was a chinese made one, but either way, they did a mighty fine job! Just been playing it through the Vox to give it a good testing, and it sounds beautiful! The pickups are a fair bit hotter than I was expecting, but I'm sure I'll learn to live with them. They sound great despite their sensitivity, but they just make me feel like I need to 'hold back' a bit whilst playing.

And thanks for the comments guys!
Regards
G!

Congrats G....! What you may wanna do is to change only the neck pup for something more mellow....a classic Gibson 57 maybe ? Then you'll have a keeper (knowing that you 're fond of archtops) . ?

Big-G

So, today I had a good little twiddle with my latest beauty, and got her all set up nicely. Lowered the action slightly to get her playing all nice up around the 12th fret, and gave her a good 30 mins straight playing. I have to say that I'm really enjoying it! She's a beaut....

Obviously having stupidly sold my AC15, I can't play her through an amp for the moment, but I'll worry about the pickups etc once I've moved house in a few months. For the moment, she can stay as she is, and fit in with the rest of my collection. I am having a little bit of a tuning issue with her though, as she keeps creeping out of tune ever so slightly, but I think thats more the strings than anything else? I'll stick a new set on when I get a chance.

I was half considering the future of the Cort Triggs after I bought this, as this is a far more versatile hollowbody, but the Triggs is just so nice, and sits there looking all pretty, so I decided that the Triggs deserves to be loved some more, so I've decided that this will be tuned to G. The single neck pickup will add just the right warmth to the tuning, so I think its a good decision. Time will tell once I get the new amp sorted though.

Regards
G!