Members djfrank Posted May 9, 2009 Members Posted May 9, 2009 I got this one recently in trade. This is an Cimar (Ibanez) Strat made in Japan in 1976. (Makes her 33 years old) This guitar has aged nicely. It has its share of dings and scratches, as any guitar this age would that was played with love. This guitar has some mojo. It is no case queen. It has not been abused or beat on... but it has obviously been in someone's arsenal and put to some good use. The finish has aged (Nitro?) as has the pickguard and the pickup covers. You can see in the pictures just how well they have aged. I spent a few hours cleaning her up today and playing her. She had a few decades of "mojo" on the fretboard and hardware. I used a bunch of sterile medical alcohol pads to safely clean/get her ready for the next owner. The body has various dings and scratches like I said up there ^, but nothing out of the ordinary. Now for the breakdown of the condition and rating of the various aspects of this fine axe. But first... here is some info I found online: Cimar Branded - http://www.t3-kundenserver.de/htmlpa...1976_cimar.pdf (page 3) Ibanez Branded - http://www.ibanez.co.jp/anniversary/..._id=366&now=25 Body - Solid Ash. Old wood. Can't go wrong here. If you are concerned with dings and scratches, this is probably not the one for you. Nice quality body! Cool naturally relic'd and aged color. (nitro finish?) Has small finish cracking at the neck pocket about 1/4 inch long. Effects nothing. Neck - Neck feels great. Cool Fender robbed headstock design. Has a few dings and scratches on the back, but nothing to effect playing. It has some fret wear on the first 3-4 frets, but again, plays fine...no dead frets or anything wacky like that. "C" shape not to thin, not too thick. Tremolo -Seems ok. I do not have the bar for this one. I put 6 new screws on her, as the others looked pretty beat. Vintage Fender type saddles. I added two extra springs to add some stability, and tightened down the trem. Tuners - Typical 1960's-1970's stuff. Not the best ... If I was going to change anything it would be the tuners. In fact, I was going to swap them out with one of the MANY sets I have laying around here...but these tuners are original it appears...and this guitar has NO extra holes made anywhere, which is rare and awesome for this age. Even the pickguard appears original, as there are no extra holes under the guard or anything. That all being said, I could not bring myself to putting any new holes on the headstock to add better tuners... Pickups/Electronics- Average-Good. Clean up well, and decent for overdriven tones. Heavy modern tones on my Line6 don't sound as good through this guitar. The electronics seem to work well. No buzzing or anything like that. Volume and tone pots work fine with no noise, as does the switch. Misc - As far as I can tell, everything is original except for the 6 screws that I changed out, and the pickup selector switch I also put on there as it was missing when I got it. I am looking to get $250 plus shipping.XXXX REDUCED $245 and I WILL COVER SHIPPING AND PAYPAL. I mean, come on... This is about what a beat up used MIM strat goes for. This is a Vintage Japanese made instrument of superior quality. Might consider trades in the $300 range. I accept paypal and USPS money orders. I will ship to Europe or wherever if you are willing to pay. Email me at djfrank70@comcast.net to make a deal.
Members mondaymonkey Posted May 20, 2009 Members Posted May 20, 2009 how much for shipping to vancouver? (thats BC, Canada) Looks like a VVVV nice slightly relic'd guitar
Members djfrank Posted May 20, 2009 Author Members Posted May 20, 2009 how much for shipping to vancouver? (thats BC, Canada) Looks like a VVVV nice slightly relic'd guitar Thanks man. Add $15 for priority international? Cool with me unbolting the neck and shipping in a smaller box? I have over 50 references here.
Members djfrank Posted June 9, 2009 Author Members Posted June 9, 2009 Back up to the top. Trade for a Blackheart, Blackstar, Crate tube amps, old Peavey tube amps, Flextone II, OLD wacky named tube amps, or? Hit me up djfrank70@comcast.net
Members djfrank Posted June 10, 2009 Author Members Posted June 10, 2009 Make me some trade or $$$ offers
Members djfrank Posted June 11, 2009 Author Members Posted June 11, 2009 Thought I had her sold, but nobody seems to be able to come up with the LooT. :-P
Members MatrixClaw Posted June 14, 2009 Members Posted June 14, 2009 I'd love to have this, but doubt you'd be interested in anything I have to trade: Vox AD30VT8 Space Rack CaseEpiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top
Members djfrank Posted July 10, 2009 Author Members Posted July 10, 2009 Back up from the dead. Matrix, PM me if you want to work out something.
Members djfrank Posted July 11, 2009 Author Members Posted July 11, 2009 Back up top... will also sell outright for reduced price of $220 shipped/paypal'ed.
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