1979 Ibanez Artist 2630 semi-hollow body electric guitar, ma...

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£1,000 - £1,500

1979 Ibanez Artist 2630 semi-hollow body electric guitar, made in Japan; Body: tobacco sunburst finish, a few dings to top, light surface scratching to back, lacquer yellowing and cracking to binding; Neck: good; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good, oxidisation and tarnishing to upper frets; Electrics: working; Hardware: gassing and crystalising to pickguard, heavy oxidisation and corrosion to pickup covers caused by pickguard gassing, oxidisation to switch ring and pickguard bracket, rusting to smaller metal screws, tarnishing and gold plating loss to bridge and stop bar, gold plating loss to tuners, missing D tuner gear cover, replacement control knobs; Case: Epiphone hard case; Weight: 3.94kg; Overall condition: fair

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Guard severely gassed which has cause corrosion and oxidisation to upper frets and pickup covers. Some dings to top of body. Light surface scratching to back. Finish chips to corners of head. Loss to gold plating. Tarnishing to metal hardware. Some binding shrinkage, mainly to back. See images for general condition guidance