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Author Message   Bambusa Username: Bambusa Registered: 9-2007 Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 6:16 am:    Check it out...don't know if thats a fair starting price but how good does it look! Ebay Item #250181855375   Jimmys Username: Jimmys Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 7:01 am:    ..and it's in Australia - for once!! Not that I want it but check out all of the switches. Cool!   Hasy Username: Hasy Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 3:12 am:    Wow :-) This one is a rare 3903 Ibanez Goldentone Solidbody guitar from 1965, small body version, the later one got a 20 % larger body size. This lady looks good for his age, but a little overpriced. Where are the collectors in austraila ? Get them ! Greetz Hasy   Sixvsix Username: Sixvsix Registered: 3-2002 Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 3:38 am:    Hasy, What would the original tuners look like? I'm guessing pearl buttons. six   Hasy Username: Hasy Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 10:21 am:    YES ! Greetz Hasy   Rcx Username: Rcx Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 11:50 pm:    MAN! Little did I know what I had picked up 10 years ago for $20 at the pawn shop. The pickguard is inscribed with "Handcrafted by Hy Lo". It had 4 pickups and I used them for a project and after a sorting of parts I tossed out the control panel. To make room, where I keep my guitars, I screwed a 2X4 to the back of the body with the neck attached and mounted it to the wall and have been using it as a coat rack. It is problably serving a more useful purpose that way. If I had not tossed the control panel it would have been a great project to restore. Sorry if this offends anyone>   Hasy Username: Hasy Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 3:47 am:    here we got some example of the chapter "whats happened with the old sixties ibanez stuff" Hi Lo was a subnamebrand of the ibz production in the sixties. 5 of this type of project guitars are still here in my room to restore, but its hard to find the right parts since more than 40 years. Hasy   Snowjays Username: Snowjays Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 6:44 pm:    Hi Hasy, yes this one is being watched, just a bit pricey at the moment. Perhaps you could tell me what this one is ... Ebay Item #110188845740   Fox Username: Fox Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 7:36 pm:    Snowjays, our bass-players' Aria has six-bolt neck, and quite similar headstock, so possibly this bass could be from Matsumoku's stable?   Snowjays Username: Snowjays Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 8:47 pm:    Hey thanks Fox, my original thought was that it was an early Greco, and they were both out of the same factory in the mid 60's.   Bassassin Username: Bassassin Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 5:51 pm:    That bass is near-identical to the Aria A-200, which can be seen in a 1975 Aria catalogue on Matsumoku.org. The general concensus over there is that Matsumoku didn't build guitars prior to 1975 - or if they did, there's no documented evidence yet. This thing certainly looks like an older design that's been kept in the range, perhaps as a budget starter instrument. The 6-bolt neckplate often seems to be connected to the Moridaira factory, who built their own Morris brand & numerous importer rebrands. If the bass is/was an Aria, maybe Moridaira were one of the pre-Matsumoku builders. Jon.

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