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NOGD: New Old Gear Day
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I just landed a vintage guitar that has parts on it I've never seen in real life...only in pictures of very expensive guitars

It's a 1978 Ibanez CN200. They are pretty rare, only produced during the height of the golden age of Ibanez. Solid mahogany body, solid carved maple cap, laminated rock maple neck, ebonized (wtf?) rosewood fingerboard with block  inlays and jumbo frets. Super 80 "flying fingers" pickups, smooth tuners (aka star tuners), cloud tailpiece and a Gibraltar harmonica bridge. Solid as a rock, weighs about 8 lbs (I think)

Plays better than she looks, and she looks fantastic. Used to be white, now yellow with age, gold hardware, 7ply binding on the edges. The knobs were very crackly when used, so I hit the pots with deoxit and cycled them a hundred times or so, now they're noise free. Same with the toggle switch. The neck looked black, I thought it was the 'ebonized' rosewood, whatever that is. Turns out, it was crud. I cleaned it with a natural based wood cleaner and then hit it with some Dr. Stringfellows Lem-Oil.

Pickups are HOT. They have a very nice grind on clean tones and just kill the distortion stuff too. Like a lester, with a bit more squeal on the attack and dirt on the finish. Amazing tone

I'm smitten with her
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Re: NOGD: New Old Gear Day
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Go Dante, good score my friend, what a beauty  :thumb-up: . Mmm ebonized rosewood ??? maybe someone here has some idea what that means.  If it plays anything like the black Navarra LP I used to have it will be a great guitar.  The neck looks very similar to the LP as do other features (bolt on neck, binding). The block inlays brought back memories... pretty much identical.

Was it expensive ? though knowing you you got it for a good price LoL
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Re: NOGD: New Old Gear Day
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She pairs nicely with my Ibanez Les Paul. Thankfully, she's not as heavy as the Lester (12 lbs!)

And yes, I got her for a good price. I have a friend nearby who collects vintage Ibanez and Greco guitars, he knows what I paid  :-X

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Re: NOGD: New Old Gear Day
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Managed to find a little info on ebonized woods ...

http://www.wwgoa.com/article/ebonizing-wood/

Nice vintage Ibanez Dante :thumb-up:
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Re: NOGD: New Old Gear Day
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Very nice, late seventies to Early eighties was definitely the golden age for japanese model. Heavy but good looking and Wonderfull woodwork . Today some brands like Aria pro II come back to the series they built during that period.
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They look like a married couple Dante LoL

Hey DR, thanks, now I get it  :thumb-up:
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