Solid carved-top archtops?

[Jerry_San (Jerry_San)]

 Hi, Jim -
To the best of your knowledge, did Ibanez ever produce any carved-top archtops (solid top)?  Also, who were Tamura and Sugihara?  I have heard lots of conflicting info on these topics, and wondered if you could set the record straight.  Thanks!

Jerry

[Jim_Donahue (Jim_Donahue)]

 The models FA700 and FA300 were Solid carved tops.  the Gibson Copy of the Byrdland. The 2470 was also a carved top. This and the 2460 are so close its hard to tell what one is what.

the GB2K Mask was also a Solid carved top, that is all that I know of.

JD

[Blues (Blues)]

Jim, Jerry,

Having owned the FA300 my opinion is the top is ply-wood.  The FA300 has a lot of weight, in fact much more weight than my solid top FA800 and 2471.  The 1978 Ibanez catalog states that the FA300 has an ARCHED laminated spruce top.
I have heard that Ibanez made a few L5ces, Byrdlands, and Johnny Smith's with solid tops. All the ones I have had or seen have had ply-wood tops.  

BLUES