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screambasses · **Posted:** June 23rd, 2014, 7:46 am

I saw this story over at the Ibanez Collector's website:

http://www.ibanezcollectors.com

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Basically, this lefty bass had been on CL for a while - no takers.
This guy bought the bass and cleaned it up... amazing results.

pete

pjmuck · **Posted:** June 23rd, 2014, 8:22 am

Amazing is right! :shock:

Looks completely unaltered.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** June 23rd, 2014, 2:39 pm

Any idea what he paid for it?

Jeroen · **Posted:** June 24th, 2014, 8:41 am

Wow, was the original finish still underneath that poor flamejob?
Looks amazing. I love that finish, I like it better than the more common sunburst. They're awesome basses, I love mine.

Moses · **Joined:** January 30th, 2010, 9:46 am **Posts:** 431

Very cool how it looks great even with a clearly visible three piece body.

Addison · **Joined:** June 15th, 2009, 8:03 am **Posts:** 1341

Yeah, I thought the same thing... the body honestly looks like it could be as many as 4 or 5 pieces.

bugsy · **Joined:** June 7th, 2010, 2:29 am **Posts:** 220

ouch, i think it looks terrible with the natural finish, white/cream pickups and maple neck

Jeroen · **Posted:** June 25th, 2014, 3:36 am

That's what it looked like when it left the factory in 1979-1981 though

Could be a lot worse: Ibanez also did some series of Roadsters with laminated mahogany bodies with a swirl paint to emulate the look of ash. They look awful in my opinion, whereas I love the dark transparent red/brown finish on the one above.

Here's mine, in the more common Brown Sunburst finish.

LefThanDed · **Joined:** May 12th, 2008, 5:55 pm **Posts:** 254

Any residual smoke damage from the flames?

LeftyBassist.com

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