Members JorisBlack Posted February 17, 2013 Members Share Posted February 17, 2013 new vintage guitar day, and my hunt for an old Ibanez Artist is finally over! pictures! She sounds awesome, with those ceramic Super 80 pickups. A rather agressive sound, but very nicely balanced and defined. The only thing I don't really like is that she's neck-heavy, so I'll have to get used to that. And the pickups could use wax potting. But what a guitar! Sustain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iamthearm Posted February 17, 2013 Members Share Posted February 17, 2013 Awesome guitars. I used to have a lower end artist and it was extremely neck heavy. There's definitely a learning curve to playing with a neck diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bieke Posted February 17, 2013 Members Share Posted February 17, 2013 noice ! also this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Henry_13 Posted February 17, 2013 Members Share Posted February 17, 2013 Congrats man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I put a few of those really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 iamthearm wrote:Awesome guitars. I used to have a lower end artist and it was extremely neck heavy. There's definitely a learning curve to playing with a neck diver. Using a suede backed strap instead of a nylon one really helps. It tends to keep the strap in place a lot better, increases the friction between the strap and your shirt, and reduces the amount of neck dive. Still, those guitars, as cool as they are, do have a tendency to neck-dive. Most of them are pretty darned heavy too... That one in the OP looks really nice - HNVGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Gallo Negro Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Hot {censored}, man. I prefer the Ibanez Musicians from that era, but that is really sweet. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JorisBlack Posted February 18, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 El Gallo Negro wrote: Hot {censored}, man. I prefer the Ibanez Musicians from that era, but that is really sweet. Congrats! Thanks. I have one of those as well, a '79 MC-400. I was planning on selling it after I found an Artist, but I'm really not sure if I should I'm gonna think about this a bit longer so I don't regret it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 ^ Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eti313 Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Sweet! And, hmmm, all my Super 80s were wax potted from the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davidrainger Posted February 20, 2013 Members Share Posted February 20, 2013 I used to have a light maple finish Ibanez Artist like that first one! I so regret selling it. I removed that little triangular metal thing behind the string stop, to show more wood - it doesn't actually do anything, though I guess it helps the balance slightly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted February 20, 2013 Members Share Posted February 20, 2013 Very nice - congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gae86 Posted February 20, 2013 Members Share Posted February 20, 2013 wow that's awesome!if she sounds anything like this, wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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