NGD - '77 Ibanez 2651BS LP copy

Wattage

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This was just a dumb luck find, wasn't planning on buying anything right now but it was too good a deal to pass up. It was marked in GC as a #2351 which is the very common Ibby bolt-neck copy, this a much different and IMO a much better guitar. The 2651 model is kind of rare so this was a very cool find. Found it in the used section the day after they took it in. I had to wait a few weeks but totally worth it.

It sounds really, really good. The Super 70's are just righteous pickups. It plays very well too, getting used to the skinnier neck is a little odd but it's not too bad. It's a bit of a beast weight wise with '60 thin taper style neck and a really beautiful board. It is super clean, very light wear, a few dings and scratches that are pretty much superficial. It has a pancake body with a proper maple cap, the back is 2 piece center seam. I can't quite tell yet on the pancake section, it's done very well though. It's a completely solid guitar not like most of the bolt-neck's of the era which tend to be sort of chambered. The top carve isn't quite dead on but neither were a lot of Gibson's for a number of years. It actually really comes off as very legit 70's LP. It looks to be all original except for 1 tone pot which could just be a mismatch from the factory for all I know. The 3-way switch is a little wonky hoping I can clean it up to keep it in the guitar. Original case too but most of the latches are gone, have to work on that.

At first it made me think of Ace's tobacco burst LP from the 70's and still does but it has a very Joe Perry kind of vibe to it now that I have it at home.

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Re: NGD - '77 Ibanez 2651BS LP copy

Wow! That looks really cool! I'm partial as I have a dark honeyburst LP Standard and that looks just like it. Nice score. How much was it, if you don't mind the ask?
 
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It's been a long, long time since I played one but they were pretty sweet. Nice find. Looks like it's in real nice condition too. Congrats.
 
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Great score indeed. Well done!

The switch is kinda like this one:
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Reliability is variable. I stripped the one in my RS down and tweaked it up a bit but it was shot, so I just put in a Gibson style one and called it a day.
 
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Yup, I hate them but trying to keep it OG


Great score indeed. Well done!

The switch is kinda like this one:
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Reliability is variable. I stripped the one in my RS down and tweaked it up a bit but it was shot, so I just put in a Gibson style one and called it a day.
 
Re: NGD - '77 Ibanez 2651BS LP copy

Love her, hold her, take good care of her….

If I may ask - cost ?

If it is less than 600, PLEASE don't say that….
 
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Re: NGD - '77 Ibanez 2651BS LP copy

You can get those "box style" switches for not very much, pretty much every import guitar I've had had a box switch and they go bad after a while (or 30 years, like my old clunkers, ha ha) So if you want it to stay original (looking) it wouldn't be hard at all to just pop a new box in there if you don't want to put a regular 3-way switch in.
 
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Oh and I forgot to say, Happy NGD, that is a beautiful Paul!
 
Re: NGD - '77 Ibanez 2651BS LP copy

That is a very nice guitar and a great score. I had a chance to buy one of those new a few decades ago, exactly like that in fact, but the deal fell through and I bought something else. I love those pickups. Even with the Gibsons I have, if I saw one of those at my GC, I'd be all over it. Congrats!

Bill
 
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