maniak Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Found myself a winner at a local garage sale right in my own neighborhood this weeknd.. My brother came home from his morning errands on Saturday and told me that there was a sale going on in a yard round the corner from us and that he spotted a couple of guitars there. I went over there and checked it out,,there was a a p bass copy,,a strat copy and one or 2 other no name imports in various conditions. Then i opened a chipboard dreadnaught style case that was leeaning up against the fence and low and behold,,, an Ibanez les paul (sorry no epi) ,,took it out of the case and turned it over,,,bolt on neck ,,bummer,,,looked at the serial#,,,a 1977!!!Not a bummer,,. Now it was time for the tricky part ,,how much??. These days its tough out there alot of people know what they have or worse,,think they do.Well,,turns out he was asking $75 for it,,and then i found out i actually knew the guy who was sellimg it ,,he was a singer i worked with about 30 years ago. Well needless to say ,,,bolt on neck or not,,a 77 Ibanez for $75 was pretty much a no brainer to me ,,took her home ,,cleaned her up pt new strings on and that was bout all she needed,,,looks like she might have been re finished,, nut everything else seems to be stock cept for the machines which were replaced with Grovers,,no complaints there. Neck is nice and straight and the pickups scream!!!Ill post some pics when i can stop playing it long enough to take some. Oh yes they are still out there waiting to be found,,Happy Hunting!!,,Maniak MY Noisemakers: Epiphone 2008 Sg Custom Prophecy GX Epiphone 2003 Korina G-400 Sg Epiphone 1998 Korina Explorer Epiphone 1998 Korina Flying V BC Rich 1981 Maple Mockingbird Handmade Ibanez 1977 Les Paul Ibanez 1976 Stratocaster Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Charvel Fretless Bass Washburn Lyon P bass Guild Madiera P-600 Jumbo Acoustic Applause A-25 Acoustic Chuan Yin Marina Mark 20SS classical Carlo Robelli 5 string Banjo Carlo Robelli Electric Violin Kay Electric Mandolin Lignatone Mandolin Midiman Radium Keyboard 2 Marshall JTM-612 60 watt 1 12 Combos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCHULTZSRV Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Graves Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Good score! Pics? EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniak Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 And,,,,,,,,,Here she is!!! MY Noisemakers: Epiphone 2008 Sg Custom Prophecy GX Epiphone 2003 Korina G-400 Sg Epiphone 1998 Korina Explorer Epiphone 1998 Korina Flying V BC Rich 1981 Maple Mockingbird Handmade Ibanez 1977 Les Paul Ibanez 1976 Stratocaster Gibson 1968 Les Paul Custom Charvel Fretless Bass Washburn Lyon P bass Guild Madiera P-600 Jumbo Acoustic Applause A-25 Acoustic Chuan Yin Marina Mark 20SS classical Carlo Robelli 5 string Banjo Carlo Robelli Electric Violin Kay Electric Mandolin Lignatone Mandolin Midiman Radium Keyboard 2 Marshall JTM-612 60 watt 1 12 Combos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Good find maniak! Looks used! I LIKE that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Looks nice to me, Matt! Good and broken in after 30+ years of playing ... mojo to spare. Next step is for you to post some video! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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