RARE vintage 1973 IBANEZ semi hollow ...

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Author Message   Jonnie73 Username: Jonnie73 Registered: 09-2006 Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 - 4:21 am:    Yes there's more! http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-71/1?AID=5463217&PID=1802666&mpre=ht tp%3A//cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D330046630598 Which model is this?   Harry Username: Harry Registered: 03-2001 Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 6:06 am:    Hi Jonnie It's the model 2454. I happen to have it in my collection too and it truely is a great guitar with a lot of "vintage" tone. Great craftmanship (set neck, by the way). Since it has no central wood block you have to be careful at high volume level. Here's the one from my collection: Harry   Thefairway Username: Thefairway Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 7:34 am:    Harry, any idea what the pickups are in the 2454? I've got a Ibanez 355 clone seller said it was early 1970's. It has the open book headstock, a different shape to my 1976 Ibanez 2457 (tulip headstock). The pickups on the 'open headstock' guitar have no label on them as the Super 70s do but they are stamped with 25619. Any ideas what they might be? Andy. [IMG]http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/thefairwayband/Me/Ibanez355-Bigsby.jpg[/IMG]   Harry Username: Harry Registered: 03-2001 Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 1:43 pm:    In the early 70s Ibanez guitars were mostly equipped with Maxxon pickups. This name was stamped in the bottom plate. Few years later the Ibanez "Super 70" pickups appear. During these "in between years" we often find pickups with only some kind of 5-digit code like you describe it. We also find other 5-digits codes. I have a few of these pickups "new old stock", still in the box. On the box is the Ibanez logo, but the pups have only the 5-digit code and a "made in Japan" sticker. I have various of these and they all have different digit codes. See pictures below. Please nore the "2354-60" stamp on the side of the box. Probably to indicate that this type of pickup was to be used on model 2354-style guitars. I can tell you: my korina Ibanez Explorer is equipped with a couple of these pickups and they really scream! It's hard to tell if these were made by Ibanez (Hoshino factory) or if these pickups were supplied by other factories. Does anybody know more about this matter? Kind greetz, Harry   Paul_a Username: Paul_a Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 1:56 pm:    Maxon was the brand name of Japanese audio electronics manufacturer Nisshin Onpa Seisakusho which was responsible for the design and production of many Ibanez products, including the TS808 and TS-9 Tubescreamers. During the 1970s, Maxon pickups were supplied to Fujigen where they were installed in the guitars that the company built for Hoshino. Early Maxon pickups carry a ‘NOS’ stamp, label or engraved mark (NOS being an abbreviation of Nisshin Onpa Seisakusho). ‘Maxon’ became the company’s registered trademark in 1975 and pickups manufactured after this date carry the Maxon brand name. The company also manufactured the Super 70 and Super 80 humbuckers that Ibanez fitted to many of its guitars in the 1970s.   Petruz Username: Petruz Registered: 5-2004 Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 6:50 am:    harry, this axe is strikingly beautiful. how would you compare it to other thinlines that have a central block? could you get a more jazzy/hollowbody tone out of it?   Harry Username: Harry Registered: 3-2001 Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 12:15 pm:    Hi Petruz Yes, it has a more mellow jazzy sound due to the way it was constructed, but you have to be careful with the feedback-issue. I think that such a fine guitar should be played without any grade of distortion/overdrive/fuzz etc. It´s a perfect guitar for clean jazzy and bluesy sounds. It´s warm and gentle, especially played through the neck pickup with the tone pot turned down halfways. Kind greetz, Harry

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