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Laaz
Username: Laaz
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 10:10 pm: | |
Anyone ever seen a 1982 AR-300 gold top before ?
http://www.tcgakki.com/tcgakki/inst/guitar/ajapan.html |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 2:14 pm: | |
Laaz:
I thought that Artist goldtops were new this year. Anything could have happened, especially in Japan. But I would want a lot more pictures, especially of the back of the headstock to mase sure it wasn't a refin.
I've cruised that site before. There's a ton of great stuff. Lots of goodies for Greco and Yamehaha fans. too. One thing I'd like to see is larger images. |
Laaz
Username: Laaz
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 3:53 pm: | |
John they will email you larger photos on request & they do ship worldwide. |
Snowjays
Username: Snowjays
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 8:19 pm: | |
John,
In 1983 they did make an AR300GL.
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Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 10:07 pm: | |
Snowjays:
Like I've said before, never say never when it comes to Ibanez. Is this a USA guitar? The only '83 catalog I've seen doesn't list GL as a finish and I've never gold on any ARs in any year except this year.
Is this your guitar? Tell us more about it. |
Snowjays
Username: Snowjays
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 10:28 pm: | |
I think they were only released in Japan.
If you can read Japanese, here's the site...
http://arworld.poke1.jp/myARs.html
Some models I've never heard of before. |
Snowjays
Username: Snowjays
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 10:35 pm: | |
Check out the neck inlays on the AR3005CS, and the headstock inlay of the AR1500. Ever seen any like it before? |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 10:52 pm: | |
Oh yeah, there's a lot of really fine guitars on this page. I've never seen the birdseye tops of an AR330:
http://arworld.poke1.jp/parist1982AR330CS.html |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 8:52 am: | |
Anyone see the top on the 2004 RAR1? Boy, I gotta get chance to go to Japan! |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 10:45 am: | |
How about this Feb. '79 AR Custom? Looks like a tiger stripe AR500 with newer "smooth heel" neck joint, rosewood veneer headstock, Limited Edition inlay and Super 80s. Looks like the domestic Japanese market was quite a few months ahead of the rest of the world in introducing new construction designs.
http://arworld.poke1.jp/kazu1979ARCustomAV.html |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 11:22 am: | |
An Artist lovers delight!
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Michaelkaufman
Username: Michaelkaufman
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 - 6:27 pm: | |
That '79 AR-500 is missing one knob - EQ/preamp volume? It seems closer to a 2622 than AR-500? It was probably transitional.
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Funkle
Username: Funkle
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, October 24, 2005 - 4:41 pm: | |
Wow, that gold AR is nice. Any chance it's a refin? |
Snowjays
Username: Snowjays
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 6:56 pm: | |
Here's the catalogue.
http://arworld.poke1.jp/catalogues/1983_04/83_0506.jpg |