2635 Jazz Artist

[seattledan]

   Mine is '77.
   gold tuners that say "ibanez" and "patented"

   How many of these are out there?  I've seen other artists of this era listed with production numbers.  Who do we need to contact to find out this information?

   Has everyone else kept their 2635 stock, or were there aspects that you felt needed to be changed?

[wakuhn1]

Mine is a 77, same gold tuners...

From conversations I have had with others, there are not many of these guitars out there. Would the folks at Ibanez be of any help to us? What if we owners of these great guitars where to write/call/email Ibanez to see if they could help us out?

My guitar is stock, and I don't really feel the need to change anything at all. The only thing I am torn about doing is having the gold replated on it. If I did that, it would be an absolutely STUNNING instrument. The guitar's finish really doesn't have but a small scratch on it, and shines like it was pulled from the box yesterday. If I replated that gold, OH MY! But, I don't want to right now, because it would no longer be in original condition.  UGH...

Maybe we should all take pics of our 2635's, send it to Ibanez, and ask them to help us out!!!

Bill

[Ibaneezer_Scrooge]

Looks like the last buyer BJGroup at $995 has backed out.

Up for sale again...

Ebay Item Number #320294862199


That's what I love about Ebay...you always get a second or third chance.

Unfortunately for this one, I would not touch it.

[seattledan]

Keeping this thread going....


My 1977 has a 1/2 brass nut.  The 1978 on ebay UK has an all bone nut.  Was this stock or a replacement?

My 1977 has what looks like a hand applied blotchy stain on the back of the neck. It looks great, does everyone else have this as well?  Was is done to replicate a specific vintage guitar?

[Ibaneezer_Scrooge]

At the risk of offending Ibanez diehards...

Just about all of the Ibanez guitars of the 1970's had blotchy stain jobs.

I am talking about the archtops that were early to mid 1970's...Howard Roberts copies, ES175 copies etc that were not a burst or natural clear finish.

I used to think it was sloppy workmanship...as often the stain would bleed onto the binding in places.

But your point that is was intentionally done to replicate a vintage finish is interesting.   I never thought of it that way....and that may very well be true.

A faux finish perhaps?

[seattledan]

   Definitely seems deliberate.  I've seen this neck on other artists without this kind of staining.  I wonder if Ibanez had an in-house name for this finish.  Anybody have this on their artist (2635 or others)?

[wakuhn1]

Hey Dan, I just ran downstairs to check mine. It is similar to yours, maybe a touch lighter though.

I wish there was more info on these guitars!

Bill

[pitchpocket]

I'm pretty sure it's not sloppy workmanship. Being in the wood business, I know the blotchy stain job is simply the way the different grains of the wood accept the stain. Using a sanding sealer will make a more consistent stain appearance, but would add more steps to the process and you're staining the sealer not the wood.

Having stain on the binding is sloppy workmanship, but I don't have any of that on my 2635.

 

[seattledan]

No, definitely not sloppy.