Vintage Ibanez

[JoeEvans]

No case sadly, will buy a gig bag at some stage.

[tauzero]

Lovely. Just one string too few.

[Hutton]

My 1981 Ibanez RS840BK Fretless. The body was in a poor state so it has been refinished with relicing to match the neck and tuners which are all original. The truss rod cover was missing and the knobs were incorrect. A replica truss rod and correct knobs were obtained from the USA. The original pickups and bridge were also present. The electrics were completely bizarre and so had to be completely renewed. The result is a very nice vintage Ibanez which sounds marvellous.

 

Edited September 13, 2023 by Hutton

[nilorius]

Interesting - what year Ibanez would be considered as "vintage" ?

[neepheid]

4 minutes ago, nilorius said:

Interesting - what year Ibanez would be considered as "vintage" ?

 

I think you'll get a different answer from everyone you ask to define such a nebulous term.

[nilorius]

6 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I think you'll get a different answer from everyone you ask to define such a nebulous term.

Dahh...mist in head, that is not so bad as you think. Keep on living.

[Hutton]

I was once told that anything over 25 years old is vintage. I reckon that my Ibanez at 42 years old could fairly be described as vintage.

[neepheid]

4 minutes ago, Hutton said:

I was once told that anything over 25 years old is vintage. I reckon that my Ibanez at 42 years old could fairly be described as vintage.

 

Well, that definitely makes me vintage then... not that I was fooling anyone anyway

[LeftyJ]

My last remaining Ibanez is just one month younger than me, so pretty close to turning 40 (December 1983).

I consider it vintage, but I'm not quite ready to be called that myself 

[tauzero]

4 hours ago, nilorius said:

Interesting - what year Ibanez would be considered as "vintage" ?

 

Perhaps you should have defined that when you started the thread.

[nilorius]

2 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

Perhaps you should have defined that when you started the thread.

Defining, in BassChat, is a dangerous thing !

[Bassassin]

On 05/10/2023 at 13:59, nilorius said:

Interesting - what year Ibanez would be considered as "vintage" ?

 

Roughly, pre - 90s, I'd say.

 

Although that might be because I'm not comfortable considering the 90s as a 'vintage' era just yet.

[BreadBin]

1 minute ago, Bassassin said:

 

Roughly, pre - 90s, I'd say.

 

Although that might be because I'm not comfortable considering the 90s as a 'vintage' era just yet.

Mine is pretty much antique then 🤣