Members nightwatchman Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 Has anyone had any experience with the electa brand guitars. If so I would like your input. It's a late 60's or early 70's model. I understand they were matsumoku made for Ibanez and sold in austrailia. I have a Les paul with fancy MOP inlays on the body and neck. Weighs ten pounds. I don't what kind of wood it's made of though. http://www.ebidonlineauction.com/Hayward_Fender/electa1.jpg http://www.ebidonlineauction.com/Hayward_Fender/electa4.jpg http://www.ebidonlineauction.com/Hayward_Fender/electa5.jpg http://www.ebidonlineauction.com/Hayward_Fender/electa10.jpg http://www.ebidonlineauction.com/Hayward_Fender/electa9.jpg nw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members racerxwannabe Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 i live in australia, and have never seen or heard of one. ...i hope im not supposed to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nightwatchman Posted November 28, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 Originally posted by racerxwannabe i live in australia, and have never seen or heard of one. ...i hope im not supposed to have Read this. http://www.grouseguitars.com.au/sold/electa.htm This 'lawsuit' era Made-in-Japan guitar is a stunning find. Electa was the brandname given to guitars built by Ibanez and brought in by the Australian Ibanez distributor back in the '60s and '70s. As with most Japanese guitars of this golden age (which correlated to a rather tarnished age with US-sourced guitars), this guitar is stunning in its workmanship and finish. nw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrkirkish Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 That's the guitar I would buy if I wanted to buy an ostentatious les paul. It's nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 I've seen pics of guitars just like that with Ibanez on the headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 damn, thats a fine piece. did you get it? its an ibanez a like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zeegler Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 That's an Ibanez Custom Agent. I've seen the Ibanez badged ones go for huge money when in good shape. I'd buy one for sure. Google Ibanez Custom Agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HMKRich Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 Originally posted by jrkirkish That's the guitar I would buy if I wanted to buy an ostentatious les paul. It's nice. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 Damn that thing is sexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 It's sort of really, really nice, and unbelievably cheesy, all at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted November 28, 2006 Members Share Posted November 28, 2006 Since it's identical to an Ibanez Custom Agent except the brand name its a Fugigen product, not a Matsumoku one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 I have those same star tuners on my very early 70s Gneco 335 type hollow body.In my Japan Vintage vol.#3, on page 12, they list the three Ibanez models...one like yours, # 2405 and the other two have more of the inlays all along the upper bout and the # 2674 has a tree of life inlay on the fretboard while the # 2675 has the same fretboard inlays as yours. The book concentrates mainly on their Srtist models but I`ll ask my wife to read the text and try to find a year of manufacture...I can`t see anything about that but I may have missed it. The Ibanez versions sell for a lot of money in Japan now and could be yours is even rarer and I bet some collectors would shell out big bucks for that one.Comparing the pics in the book and your pics, the inlay work appears to be identical on both models...whoever made the Ibanez at that time had to be making the same model you have, or were contracted to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zeegler Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 Originally posted by tim gueguen Since it's identical to an Ibanez Custom Agent except the brand name its a Fugigen product, not a Matsumoku one. YES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 check with the guys here... http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mel Cooley Posted November 29, 2006 Members Share Posted November 29, 2006 That's made at the Fuji Gen Gakki factory in Japan. It's basically an Ibanez Custom Agent as somebody pointed out. The thing with the Japanese guitars is that at the time someone could order a batch and put any name they wanted on them. Cool find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Just saw this, and had to share: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/msg/249371065.html I want it! I want it! I want it!.(cant' pay for it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quokka Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 OMG! I own one of these things. It's been hanging on my wall like forever. It's badged as and 'Electa' (not 'Electra'), and the neck MOP inlays are different to what I saw on the Ibanez Custom Agent. I took it to my 'guitar shop' some years ago to have it valued, and the dude there said it was worth a coupla grand. Apparently, it has genuine Gibson running gear (pick-ups etc). The thing weighs a ton and barks like a Doberman on steroids. And... to think... I wanted to scratch out the Electa MOP logo on the headstock and replace it with the word 'Gibson'. Kinda glad now that I didn't. I'd be interested to hear from anyone else that owns the same guitar. I use it nowadays as an open-tuned spare to play dirty Keith Richards stuff. Darn, and I always wondered why the thing blew my Fender Cali Fat-Strat away when it came to fuzzed-up rythm guitar. Guess I know now why )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quokka Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 yup... here I sit, broken hearted... paid my dime, and only farted. and yup yup - Candy is dandy, but liqour is quicker... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vangkm Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 Can't see the pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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