1978 Ibanez Artist 2630 with Hard Case

Condition Description:

Good condition! Overall a great piece of history to add to any players collection! Customer can expect dings, scratches, and wear due to the age of instrument.

It seems that the binding on one side was repaired at one time and possibly re-glossed. Also note there are finish cracks on the back of the neck. *See last 2 photos for details* Overall the guitar has been assessed as structurally intact. Due to the customer consignment, and not knowing the original owner, we do not know the full length history of this instrument.

Very unique tone, plus includes original hard case. See pics for details! *This is a customer consignment item - SOLD AS IS - NON-RETURNABLE*

Item Description: 

The 2630 is an Artist series hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1977. It was made in Japan by FujiGen.

The 2630 features a full-sized, thinline, semi-hollow, double cutaway body design which is reminiscent of a Gibson ES-335. It has an arched curly maple top with ƒ holes and ivory multi-binding and a curly maple back on maple sides with a hard rock maple center block mated to a set-in rock maple neck with a 22-fret ebony fingerboard with ivory binding and pearl and abalone split block position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 80 humbucking pickups with gold covers and individual volume and tone controls and a Tri-sound switch for the neck, ivory pickup rings, a Tune-o-matic style Gibraltar bridge with heavy brass tone block set into the body, a Gibraltar tailpiece with a scalloped ornament, a half bone/ half brass nut, Sure Grip knobs, and VelveTune tuning machines with ivory buttons.

For 1978 a tortoise pickguard was added.

The 2629 is a similar model with a birch body, dot fretboard inlays, no Tri-sound switch and chrome hardware.

The 2630 was discontinued in mid-1979. It was replaced by the AS200 (1979–2003) which has pointier horns and repositioned pickup toggle and output.