finally! my christmas/b-day gift!!! ("lawsuit" content)

[Pacafeliz]

so yeah... i've quickly broken the no-more-gear-cuz-of-the-baby spell. i haven't gotten myself nothing since october or so 6MONTHS OF UN-CURED GAS!!!  nothing for christmas! my b-day (29) was some days ago, acutally wow it's been like 2 weeks now already - nothing.

so when i saw this baby for $150 i said i just MUST do it.



it's a 70s "El Degas" (made in the infamous Ibanez "lawsuit" factory) Gibson ES-345 copy. i've never seen one in sunburst and with a 6-way varitone, most of 'em have just a 3-way.
REALLY nicely built and in GREAT shape for its age.

i haven't even plugged it in yet, the wife still doesn't know... but c'mon she just GOTTA understand. i've been selling lotsa stuff lately, i deserve it, don't i?!  ops:

i'll get back later when i get new strings on it and crank it a bit.
yeeeeee!!!

rock on!

Pat.

ps: here's another two just like it, but in red. :drool:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=011

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=005
this one's finished but with lotsa pics to check the quality of these babies!!!

who knows maybe it's "super 70" pups in there?!

[zhivago]

very nice guitar!! 

[the older brother]

Really nice - You deserve it! 

I got an Ibanez ES335 clone from the same factory and era. Mines been modded almost to extinction though... 


BTW - That's not Sunburst - It's cherryburst, Isn't it? 

[Pacafeliz]

BTW - That's not Sunburst - It's cherryburst, Isn't it? 

  touché!  but you're right!

(let's see pics of yours! i LOVE hack guitars!!! heh heh)

[the older brother]

Pics from the sunburst thread:



Nice targetburst - it's been modified quite much (not tacky though):
- From neckheel to butt there's a wood block added (for stabilizing the wobbly "bolt on neck" construction, I guess) wich makes it very heavy.
- Non original pups (DiMarzio Superdist at bridge IIRC, wich makes it totally unplayable with amp turned up past 4 because of the feedback....).
- Vintage Hagström tuners
- gold non original TOM (the rest of the HW is chrome).
- Gibson Lyre trem (no arm at the moment) wich makes braking a string the worst thing on earth....

But I love it!   

[Pacafeliz]

nice one!!!

...do i see a coil-tap switch in there?!

[the older brother]

of course you do - I think that comes as standard on the " change nice original pups to f**king DiMarzio Super Dist" mods....



BTW - I'm guilty to the trem (the original trapeze is saved) and the repro guard.

[Stereordinary]

Nice guitar Pat!  I have an Ibanez Les Paul copy myself and they are fantastic.  Yours is  .

[chrisjedijane]

Nice guitar! The 'burst on it is really nice.