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Author Message Buzzhaze Username: Buzzhaze Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 6:18 pm:    This is one of my favourite guitars, that I bought from a collector about 20 years ago ($200) He was about 70 years old and couldn't play much anymore. This Ibanez is in excellent condition short of a few scratches and it sounds very sweet. It has no serial numbers anywhere...too bad, I would have loved to know what year it was made. Harry Username: Harry Registered: 03-2001 Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 1:07 pm:    Hi Buzzhaze Your Ibanez Goldtop was made somewhere in the period 1971/1973. If the fretboard ends at the side of the body are rounded (not good visible in the picture, but I believe so) then itīs more likely a ī71 or ī72. Pity that the tuners are replacements (I believe them to be Gretsch tuners?) Kind greetz, Harry Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 4:30 pm:    I think they're Grover Imperials. Ginger Buzzhaze Username: Buzzhaze Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 6:40 pm:    Thanks guys, here's a better look at the areas in question. Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 7:27 pm:    Well, pretty close: Grover Super Rotomatics, same art deco knobs. About $43.- at Stewmac. Imperials are about $54.- Thechnically they will be allright, I guess. But I know what you mean Harry, they're a different style. It won't be so hard to trade them for keystone knob Grovers. They're about the same price. Ginger Gramatica Username: Gramatica Registered: 07-2005 Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:08 pm:    I had one a few years back... one of the pups never quite worked. A nice axe though with a real log for a neck! Harry Username: Harry Registered: 03-2001 Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 2:00 am:    Hi guys I noticed that the neck pickup is different from the bridge pickup. Look at the screw-polepieces. If you look closely you also see that the mounting bolts of the neck pickup are slightly wider than those on the bridge pickup. The flat screw polepieces of the bridge pickup match the guitarīs age. I think the neck pickup is a replacement. Kindgreetz, Harry Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 4:49 am:    Hey, Eagle Eye, I think you're right. The bridge pickup seems to be a Maxon. Ginger Cleversj Username: Cleversj Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 1:59 pm:    Is that my Destroyer in the picture, For Sale?

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