What is more 'wow' than one AS200?

[Jay]

Two of course

This is not another NGD, at least not for me

The one on the right has successfully survived a neck pickup operation and a keyhole operation.

Both pickups (Super58) had very short wires and the neck one had an intermittent fault. Both have long wires now and the neck pickup has been converted to 4 wires to allow for series, single coil and out of phase switching done by the little black switch.

Pots and switches were all original. The coolest sound I find you get with main pickup selector in middle position, the bridge pickup on full, tri-switch in out of phase and the neck pickup volume knob turned down 15 degrees or so. Just glorious.

There is one thing I don't like, that one on the right has such a beautiful flame. Should have been the other way around...

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[StrummersOfThunder]

I think I'm seeing double! Four as200's!!!??

[GrantB]

Very nice.

I think it might be called a Chevron pattern in reverse. I always think StareGate for the Chevron reference. I loved SGU.

Do those micro tuners at the tail piece end work? As in, make a noticeable difference to tuning?

[Jay]

Very nice.

I think it might be called a Chevron pattern in reverse. I always think StareGate for the Chevron reference. I loved SGU.

Do those micro tuners at the tail piece end work? As in, make a noticeable difference to tuning?

Is that what it is for... I thought it was a gimmicky thing from Gibson... It is a proper Gibson tailpiece but no idea from what guitar it originated.

Will try some micro tuning tomorrow.

[olegmcnoleg]

What a talented & top chap jay is

[Slowy]

There is one thing I don't like, that one on the right has such a beautiful flame. Should have been the other way around...

The one on the left looks just fine

[Molly]

I wonder if Ibanez made any money on guitars in this era. They offered so much more and of such high quality compared to US offerings at the time. I wanted a flame-top Destroyer but it was £325. Settled for an Artist at £200.

[Bg]

Hnnnnnggggg and I’m spent

[robthemac]

Hnnnnnggggg and I’m spent

Hell of a start to the morning.

[olegmcnoleg]

I wonder if Ibanez made any money on guitars in this era. They offered so much more and of such high quality compared to US offerings at the time. I wanted a flame-top Destroyer but it was £325. Settled for an Artist at £200.

Ditto, exactly 200 quid. Fantastic guitar that I completely failed to appreciate at the time. I wanted a Strat…

[hamo]

There is one thing I don't like, that one on the right has such a beautiful flame. Should have been the other way around...

Just swap them round so the right one is on the left and take another photo. Sorted.

[Jay]

There is one thing I don't like, that one on the right has such a beautiful flame. Should have been the other way around...

Just swap them round so the right one is on the left and take another photo. Sorted.

What's that disease called again? When you don't understand context....

[Molly]

I wonder if Ibanez made any money on guitars in this era. They offered so much more and of such high quality compared to US offerings at the time. I wanted a flame-top Destroyer but it was £325. Settled for an Artist at £200.

Ditto, exactly 200 quid. Fantastic guitar that I completely failed to appreciate at the time. I wanted a Strat…

I wanted an American guitar because that's what 'credible' players used. The first 'proper' Strat I bought was an ash bodied CBS that felt clumsy and heavy. The first Les Paul was a clownburst Deluxe with a maple neck. That was another impatient purchase as all I could see was the chance to own a real Gibson.

[olegmcnoleg]

I wonder if Ibanez made any money on guitars in this era. They offered so much more and of such high quality compared to US offerings at the time. I wanted a flame-top Destroyer but it was £325. Settled for an Artist at £200.

Ditto, exactly 200 quid. Fantastic guitar that I completely failed to appreciate at the time. I wanted a Strat…

I wanted an American guitar because that's what 'credible' players used. The first 'proper' Strat I bought was an ash bodied CBS that felt clumsy and heavy. The first Les Paul was a clownburst Deluxe with a maple neck. That was another impatient purchase as all I could see was the chance to own a real Gibson.

Sold the Artist to get a Strat (1979). I loved it, but it was a crappy build and cheap parts by then. Now I’d swap a Strat for an Artist, if I could find one.

[Jay]

Very nice.

I think it might be called a Chevron pattern in reverse. I always think StareGate for the Chevron reference. I loved SGU.

Do those micro tuners at the tail piece end work? As in, make a noticeable difference to tuning?

Well, that's a surprise... those micro tuners work really well.

I wound the B string adjuster all the way up, then tuned the B string to 246.9 herz (B frequency). Then wound the micro adjuster down as far as it could go. That raised the B string to 266 herz, almost a C#. That implies if set correctly one has a full half stop on either side of target string pitch to play with.

So no gimmicky thing at all. Very usable.

On what guitars did Gibson install these by default?