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Twostones (Twostones)
Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 10:19 am:   
Anyone with some thoughts on which model the Ibanez Musician below is? I think it's an MC550 from 1981. Serial number is G815928.
A friend bequeathed this to me some time ago and I'm just now rediscovering it -- a beautiful sound, great sustain, though I haven't figured out how all the electronics/switches work. Will upload photos when I can figure out how.
Musician
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Twostones (Twostones)
Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 10:23 am:   
sorry, picture didn't upload -- trying this again.Musician
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Twostones (Twostones)
Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 10:35 am:   
hmmm. please bear with me.
mystery musician
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Johnm (Johnm)
Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 3:45 am:   
Here's a pic of a MC 550 from an '81 catalogue Harry gave me.

mc-550

and here are the specs:

mc specs

An old friend of mine used to have one in the mid 80's. I loved that guitar although I also found the possibilities with the switches and EQ overwhelming.
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Twostones (Twostones)
Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 11:46 am:   
that pretty much looks like what i've got. i agree: all the sound choices are a little overwhelming. any idea whether the serial number means its an '81 model? let's try this one more time: musician
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Twostones (Twostones)
Posted on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 11:54 am:   
OK, so my PC isn't cooperating. thanks for sharing that catalog info -- definitely looks like the same model. musician
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Johnm (Johnm)
Posted on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 6:18 am:   
Hi Twostones,

Yes your guitar is an '81 model. July 81 to be exact.

The letter in the serial number is the month of production. A = January, B = February and so on. The first to digits represent the year of production. So G81 is july 1981

For more info on serial numbers do a 'keyword search' on serial number. That will keep you busy for a while.

John M.
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Twostones (Twostones)
Posted on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 12:00 pm:   
john, yowsa. i see what you mean. thanks much. slowly, the mystery of this guitar is clearing up. now if i could only get my hands on some of the original documentation.

cheers,
twostones
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Johnm (Johnm)
Posted on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 4:06 pm:   
Hi Twostones,

Obtaining original docs will be very difficult. You might give it a tru on these boards though.

Good luck and let us know what you can find.

John M
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Twostones (Twostones)
Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 12:05 am:   
just gave the guitar a tune-up -- had a pro here in hong kong check the electronics and the neck. now it's in beautiful shape. amazing tones, all 15 of them or whatever. the guy who fixed it couldn't stop raving about it -- "they don't make 'em like this anymore!"
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Johnm (Johnm)
Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 3:01 am:   
Good to hear that you are happy with your guitar!

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