Evaluate Your Used Guitar #1

Ibanez Artist Guitar

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[indianjjy]

those bring good money if in good shape, FWIW...

[davey4557]

@indianjjy

Most of it can be repaired for a few hundred bucks

[Davesintexas]

Seems to me that when you shot this video the thinking cap was off. That replaced those plastics when they had to route out that regular control area in order to place those toggles inside. Who knows that all those switches are..you need a road map. Ive read that the brass nut was placed on those due to a weakened area of the nut falling inward so thats a brace. Or at least thats what I read about one. Someone wanted to sell one to me a few back. Not in that bad of shape but bad.

[davey4557]

@Davesintexas

It's all original electronics :(

[davey4557]

@Davesintexas

and the brass nut thing/zero fret

[sixstringthing1]

Davey: Thanks for your reply, but it must be something other than the $ sign they block, because my comment with $ signs got posted, but a LINK to a web page will never be accepted. PS: Another GREAT Video!

[davey4557]

@sixstringthing1

I guess $ does get by Hmmmm

[ClassicT1]

The guitar looks all original; Ibanez Artist AR500 for sure. Switching is as follows (top to bottom)-

Gold knobs- Large Master Volume Master Tone  Gain

Black Knobs- Bass Mids Treble

Treble side switches are for something called "Tri-Sound" on each pickup and the bass side switches control turn the EQ on/off.

The brass and bone combination nut, not quite a zero fret, was standard in the late 70's /early 80's.

[boleynali]

by the time you set all the switches for your big solo the songs ended.i remember these from back in the day..never impressed me.

[stringbender57]

@boleynali LMAO! My thoughts exactly. I remember these too! The more switches and knobs, the more trouble lurking within! I had a Ibanez Artist in the late 70's. It just had the usual pickup selector and two tvolumes and two tone knobs. It played and sounded as good as any Gibson Les Paul at the time and at half the price. Loved that guitar. Wish I had it back!

[runninonempiy]

So your saying that some goofs are telling you that your eye isn't good enough to check for a straight neck...THOSE GOOFS ARE DICKERED!!

[Digideus]

"Thats the Hum position!"  HAHAHAHAAA!

[Gavin66627]

I think that guitar needs some more switches

[Nelion5189]

P.S.: Look for "1981 Ibanez AR500 Artist" here on YouTube

[Nelion5189]

Looks like a bad case of an Artist AR500 with preamp and active electronics to me. These guitars were famous for their quality and sound when Gibson (Norlin) produced crap. I own a Musician MC500 with the same electronics.

!!!Warning!!! All pictures of Artis guitars I was able to google ware infected with trojans. My virus protection software blocked them