I pulled the trigger on a 1981 Ibanez Artist

[sonicsamurai]

wow!!! like the top on that one

[jim777]

That is great looking!

[toejam]

Sweet! I've always loved the Artist models.

[heartfielder]

It needs a knob and a refin ...

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread !!!

Move along ...

[Blazer]

Used her on a gig today.

Pros: She sounded really good, I got a lot of compliments on how she sounded and how she looked.

Cons: After a few songs I put her down and played the rest of the set on my Silver Flake epiphone Les Paul. The reason: a hernia. God, this girl is heavy...

[Blazer]

Nice score !! I woulda traded also. Look what I got recently. 1982 6117 Artist. It had been stripped and I know just the guy (mm2002) to fix her up !!

Beautiful guitar, what color are you gonna re-finish it in?

If it were up to me I'd just leave it the way it is.

[heartfielder]

When I say refin, I mean just a light sanding and a nice clearcoat.
It's got some pretty hairy Ash figuring there. You can actually feel the height of each layer of grain !