Wattage
High Voltologist
The blue is an '80 & the black is a '79 Made about 14 months apart but there are a number of differences in body and neck construction.
The blue one looks to be a 3-piece body most likely mahogany. Stock except for the refin - Super 70's, stock guts, tuners, etc. I stripped the finish off the neck since it was chipping of. The refin looks nice but clearly they screwed up top and base coats. It feels like a much more modern guitar with the natural neck. I put on 2 coats of Watco Danish oil til I decide to refin the whole thing at some point. I think it looks really nice with the center flamed maple section. It plays and sounds great but I'd like to pot the neck pickup, it squeals under gain a bit too often.
The black one is a 6-piece body, 3 across and then pancaked top/bottom. I am pretty sure it is Japanese ash, you can see the grain where the finish has shrunk in. Guessing it was scraps from the Korina/Sen models they made. SD 59's - neck has an A8 mag and sounds a lot like the Super 70 but a bit fuller, not quite as grainy, CTS 500k pots, OD caps, Switchcraft jack and toggle. The tuners are modern Ibanez and a little smaller than the orignals but they work just as well. This guitar is a beast, hardly makes sense. I bought it in pieces, had to scavenge missing parts, some of the frets could use a little help and it was clearly played without much regard for it's survival lol but it sounds like a MF'er.
The blue one looks to be a 3-piece body most likely mahogany. Stock except for the refin - Super 70's, stock guts, tuners, etc. I stripped the finish off the neck since it was chipping of. The refin looks nice but clearly they screwed up top and base coats. It feels like a much more modern guitar with the natural neck. I put on 2 coats of Watco Danish oil til I decide to refin the whole thing at some point. I think it looks really nice with the center flamed maple section. It plays and sounds great but I'd like to pot the neck pickup, it squeals under gain a bit too often.
The black one is a 6-piece body, 3 across and then pancaked top/bottom. I am pretty sure it is Japanese ash, you can see the grain where the finish has shrunk in. Guessing it was scraps from the Korina/Sen models they made. SD 59's - neck has an A8 mag and sounds a lot like the Super 70 but a bit fuller, not quite as grainy, CTS 500k pots, OD caps, Switchcraft jack and toggle. The tuners are modern Ibanez and a little smaller than the orignals but they work just as well. This guitar is a beast, hardly makes sense. I bought it in pieces, had to scavenge missing parts, some of the frets could use a little help and it was clearly played without much regard for it's survival lol but it sounds like a MF'er.
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