I'm going deep on this one. The "Winner" gets dinner at their favorite chain restaurant on me!

[The Shark]

Okay.  I wax nostalgic most of the time.  I'm on the back nine to be sure (62 years old).  And there's one guitar, albeit insignificant, that I cannot find or identify.

Ibanez made a guitar in the mid to late eighties that had three small push buttons to control the electronics.  Very similar to the Jackson Soloist.  Nice high-end RG inlays (think Soloist again).  It was silver sparkle.  It was H/S/H.  I remember selling it to get the dough to purchase a car for my wife.  Back when money was tight.  

Help, and win dinner.  It had the obligatory "Floyd" too.

DR

Edited October 27, 2024 by The Shark

[JGravelin]

Ibanez Pro Line, yes. Here's a 2550 model that looks like what you described. That same button-switching was also used on some of the higher end Roadsters as well as early issue RG.

Edited October 27, 2024 by JGravelin

[bry4321]

9 hours ago, The Shark said:

I remember selling it to get the dough to purchase a car for my wife.  

 🤷‍♂️

[specialk]

Too bad about the guitar. 

I hope you still have the wife… 😁

[The Shark]

10 hours ago, specialk said:

Too bad about the guitar. 

I hope you still have the wife… 😁

Thirty seven years.  She tolerates me...

[The Shark]

19 hours ago, JGravelin said:

Ibanez Pro Line, yes. Here's a 2550 model that looks like what you described. That same button-switching was also used on some of the higher end Roadsters as well as early issue RG.

Mine was H/S/H.  That is the switching system.  I think I had the "early RG".  Any idea the model number?  Dinner is on the line!

[topekatj]

How’s the car holding up?

[The Shark]

Just now, topekatj said:

How’s the car holding up?

Hit from behind soon after the purchase.  Bent the frame.  Total loss.  Part of why I'm waxing nostalgic and want a clean example of the guitar.  It's complicated...

 

[Biz Prof]

IIRC, Hoshino was changing up models every few months from 1985-1987.5 and what you're describing would have fit into the ~1986 PL2550+ range.  The 2660 was the hard-to-find Rhoads V copy. Knowing that Ibanez was making artist guitars and one-offs in Hollywood (and in Pennsylvania, I think) at that time, I wonder if yours even had a catalog model number.

[The Shark]

12 hours ago, Biz Prof said:

IIRC, Hoshino was changing up models every few months from 1985-1987.5 and what you're describing would have fit into the ~1986 PL2550+ range.  The 2660 was the hard-to-find Rhoads V copy. Knowing that Ibanez was making artist guitars and one-offs in Hollywood (and in Pennsylvania, I think) at that time, I wonder if yours even had a catalog model number.

I think you're on to something.  I kept meticulous records back then as I was in the business of buying and selling back then (my side hustle when I was an electrical engineer).  I didn't write down a model number.  And it was an expensive guitar (paid $800 back then).  Don't have a copy of the purchase receipt. Hmm.

[stonge]

There are a couple of 2550's on Reverb at the moment. 

I vaguely remember playing one of the V's at a off-campus jam many years back...

[Biz Prof]

6 hours ago, The Shark said:

I think you're on to something.  I kept meticulous records back then as I was in the business of buying and selling back then (my side hustle when I was an electrical engineer).  I didn't write down a model number.  And it was an expensive guitar (paid $800 back then).  Don't have a copy of the purchase receipt. Hmm.

Your description of it reminds me of the kind of thing that a sales rep would have carried around in their car.  I know this was not the same for all manufacturers, but I remember retail store operators telling me that some reps typically had at least 1 or 2 pieces they carried around that were pre-production or one-offs.

My '91 Fender HRR Strat is one of those one-off sales rep mules.  CAR finish, solid maple neck, Kahler Steeler, and factory EMG SA/SA/85.  MIJ with the sculpted heel.  Truly an odd duck.

Edited October 28, 2024 by Biz Prof

[kizanski]

7 hours ago, The Shark said:

I think you're on to something.  I kept meticulous records back then as I was in the business of buying and selling back then (my side hustle when I was an electrical engineer).  I didn't write down a model number.  And it was an expensive guitar (paid $800 back then).  Don't have a copy of the purchase receipt. Hmm.

So you kept meticulous records, except for the model number and a copy of the  receipt. 
Got it.  
At least people don’t rely on you to manage their money.  Oh wait…

[JGravelin]

Heh.

Set your Reverb and Google search for Ibanez ProLine and keep an eye on the results. Eventually a HSH will pop up! Donate the "dinner" to a local animal shelter of your choice.

 

[scottcald]

23 minutes ago, JGravelin said:

Heh.

Set your Reverb and Google search for Ibanez ProLine and keep an eye on the results. Eventually a HSH will pop up! Donate the "dinner" to a local animal shelter of your choice.

 

That's it right there. 

[The Shark]

3 hours ago, kizanski said:

So you kept meticulous records, except for the model number and a copy of the  receipt. 
Got it.  
At least people don’t rely on you to manage their money.  Oh wait…

Ever the taskmaster.  My buddy.

 

3 hours ago, kizanski said:

So you kept meticulous records, except for the model number and a copy of the  receipt. 
Got it.  
At least people don’t rely on you to manage their money.  Oh wait…