For Sale-Vintage Ibanez Artist

[Ed Monkiewicz]

IBANEZ LOVERS… TAKE NOTE!
This A2629/30 Ibanez Artist, the go to instrument for players like Jens Larsen and others is the perfect alternative for Gibson 335 lovers with a considerably lower price tag.
As can be seen by the pictures, this Vintage1979 A2629/30*model is in near perfect condition except for some cracking and deterioration of it’s binding around the cut-away; a perfectly expected condition given the instrument’s vintage.
All original parts including the very rare and hard to find original Pearloid tuners, excepting the pick guard which was fabricated by Repro Guitar Parts and a recently installed high quality pick- up selector switch. Amazingly, the frets on this beauty have never been needed replacing and are in excellent shape attesting to how little this instrument was actually been played over the years.
A number of noteworthy things about this instrument besides it’s great looks and vintage provenance are the amazing Super 80 pickups it is equipped with (these are the hottest and loudest pickups I’ve ever used and will absolutely raise the roof!); curly maple back and sides construction, a full length sustain block offering the sustaining properties of a solid body with the tonal characteristics of a semi-acoustic. This particular model also includes a Tri Sound selector switch© which offers added tonal features beyond the traditional neck, bridge pick up combinations. Lastly I would be remiss in failing to point out this instrument’s VERSATILITY. For country pickers the bridge pickup produces an amazing crunch that even I as a jazz player can appreciate. Combine both pickups and you get an incredible blues, R&B option. And although not a ‘jazz’ instrument in the strictest sense of the word, the neck pickup lends itself to this style as well as finger style playing.
In 2020 I had the instrument gone through as part of a restoration project. All the wiring was replaced, pots checked for the appropriate values and cleaned, frets lightly dressed and more. Dana Sutcliff of Dana Research who did the work, was quite surprised that the hardware including the fret condition was so well preserved. See attached receipt for work done totaling totaling upward of $800. The guitar comes with a new custom fitted hard shell case by Cross Rock valued at $150. And currently strung with D’Addario flat wound strings.
Priced to sell at $2400 including Free Shipping. Instrument comes with a 7 day return policy. BUYER assumes all return related shipping, incl. Insurance.

• ©Requires an upgraded 4 conductor wire Super 80 neck pick up available for less $150 through Guitar Tech Craig, Ridgeville , Ohio .

* The A2629/30 Artist Series was manufactured for only 3 years begiinging in 1977. The A2629 and A 2630 are virtually identical other than the A2630 was fitted with a 4 conductor (wires) to accommodate the Tri-Selector Switch option as well as gold hardware and pick up covers as opposed to silver on the A2629.
Added online notes on the item listed:
Tri-sound switch is the name Ibanez applied to a type of pickup modification.
The Tri-sound switch allows the player to access multiple "voices" of a humbucking pickup:

1. as a serial-connected humbucker,
2. as a single coil,
3. as a parallel-connected humbucker.

Both the neck PU and the bridge PU may have their own independent switch, on top of the usual 3-way switch.
I'm not able to hear a real difference between parallel and series on the tri-sound switches, at least in the few video samples I've found. Could anybody describe the sounds in their own way?
Before reading up on this system I had assumed the tri-sound actually switched the phases between the pickups, so you could play with the Peter Green out of phase sounds. That would be more useful to me
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The Artists seem like awesome guitars, though, and if I could find one locally I would probably take it home!
I think series, parallel, split coil are usable tonal options. I personally find no use whatsoever for a phase switch but know lots of folks love that sound so sure, whatever works for ya. The only thing "old hat" are features you genuinely don't need. If you use it, then it's a good feature!

[wintermoon]

Wrong subforum, this isn't the for sale section but it'll probably be corrected.

[Ed Monkiewicz]

Thanks. I always have a problem with this listing page. Either it's the pics posting improperly or the wrong section . I tried to find the For Sale classifieds. In case it isn't corrected by the adm. can you direct as to how to do this going forward. Thanks again ed

[wintermoon]

Just click on the JGO logo at the top of the page and scroll down to the for sale section

[Ed Monkiewicz]

Thanks so much

[Ed Monkiewicz]

Got it. I was also able to correct the pics at the same time so it worked just as well. I appreciate your kind suggestions and remarks. Ed