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Author Message   Hasy Username: Hasy Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 3:03 pm:    Hi to all ! 50`s Ibanez Brand are hard to find. I search for years, but now, she`s arrived save and well The Catalog Scan from 1957/58. Star Model No: EG1810 The Star Brand was the first listening in the catalog. and here the one i found in australia ! Ibanez Rhythm Model No: 1240 (Label on the back of the headstock) from around 1958/59 with the original case and all the original parts. Some Information about the Numbers: The Star Brand has the number EG 1810 The Ibanez Brand has the number 1240 The feather Brand has the number E-5 The imperial or Royal Brand has the number EG-80-B This guitar was made in the Tokoy Sound Factory LTD for the early Hoshino Sales outside of japan. A set neck version, non trem unit, 2 gold/black colored pickups, chrome plated bridge, a white scratchplate and chicken heak switcher for the pickups. Looks nice - or ??? Greets from a happy collector in europe Hasy   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 7:01 pm:    How does it play?   Hasy Username: Hasy Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 2:00 pm:    Not well :-( I clean her and up in the Showcase ! Thats all ! Hasy   Snowjays Username: Snowjays Registered: 09-2004 Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 6:52 pm:    Hasy, Where do you find all theese things. Nothin like that over here. I notice that this one has block(?) inlays instead of the dots in the catalogue.   Hasy Username: Hasy Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 9:45 am:    Hi Snowjays ! Maby you remember: "The Vintage Ibanez Identifikation Guide". All this informations are in our book and many more about the sixties decade of vintage ibanez. We got a xxxlarge delay of the relase for this book ! (The untold story has 2 years delay). So we pray to god, that the relase will happen by the end of this year, possible in oktober, but......... Block or dots: The first ibanez rhythm brands from 58/59 has block inlays, the star brand (Catalog) has dots. The Tokyo Sound Factory built many brands for the japanese/overseas market, so when you look to the Guyatone or Kent Brands, looks sometimes like the same of Star/Ibanez Brand (Same parts and hardware)but diffrent shapes. I found the other part of the EG1810, the EG1800 has dots in the fretboard too. (add the pictures later) But the catalog shows block inlays. I think, there was a little confustion by the publishers, wrong picture, wrong brand....... This is funny, but if your check out for some info, you gonna be nutz :-( Take a look to my new page: www.sixties-ibanez.com Greets Hasy

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