For your viewing pleasure is my honey drippin’ Excellent/ near Mint 1981 Right Handed Ibanez Artist which I have owned since 2003 or so. I bought it in the early days of Ebay from a guy who was downsizing and it was a guitar I coveted since I was a kid. This one is as close to pristine as I have seen. It is beefy and can sustain your brains out. I found it really heavy for me and never gigged with it as a result. This has remained in its all original case 98% of the time while at my home. I like the feel and resonance but I have always favored Strats and this always seemed too much guitar for me so I played it less than it deserved to be played. No shipping charges for local pickup.
Points of Interest>
The all original hardware still shines which I hope is caught by those who are looking.
The Finish and Binding are in great near new shape.
There are no chips in the finish anywhere but on the back lower corner of the Mahogany side near the electronics, there seems to be an age crack which is not noticeable unless you flash an SLR camera at it which I think did make it into the pics.
Buckle Rash is not meaningful since lightly played by me and the previous owner.
Straight neck and original frets in near new shape..low and fast action.
Electronics are excellent.
The Flame is very subtle on the Maple cap mainly between the original V2 pickups not sure if that was picked up in pics.
Any questions please ask. It is worth it if you know what this guitar is.
All Original no Modifications.
Some details below:
Ibanez Artist AR-100 1981 AV (antique violin)
Body type:
Solid body Mahogany w/ flame maple top
Neck material:
3-piece rock maple
Scale length:
628mm/ 24Âľ"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Pearloid dot
Frets:
22 / medium
Nut:
Bone
Tuners: Ibanez VelveTune
PUPs: Neck & Bridge Ibanez V2 (H) creme bobbins
Bridge: Gibraltar (w/ sustain block)
Tailpiece: Quik Change w/ plate
Hardware color: Gold
The AR100 is an Artist series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1979. It was made in Japan.
The AR100 features an arched flame maple top on a double-cutaway mahogany body mated to a set-in three-piece maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with binding and pearloid dot position markers. Components include dual Ibanez humbucking pickups mounted in creme pickup rings with individual volume and tone controls, a Gibraltar Tune-O-Matic style bridge and Quik Change tailpiece with an ornamental scalloped plate, rubberized Sure Grip control knobs and VelveTune machine heads.
The pickups initially were uncovered V2 humbuckers with creme bobbins
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