Dear Forum,
I bought this Ibanez ES-335 copy as a school-boy sometimes in the early 90s without further information from a small ads paper in Germany.
Since then I didn’t play it too often because this one had some minor but unnerving intonation problems (which I had recently solved by a local guitar builder by customizing the saddle).
I found out that before 1978 there were some models with this Gibson-like headstock. I also found some ES-345 copies that look quite alike (like this one: http://www.ebay.de/itm/140764208535?_tr ... 97.c0.m619) that are dated to that era. This one has no sustain block and a bolt-on neck.
Does anybody have any information about that model? I might want to sell it, what would you guess could be reasonable price? The condition is not exactly mint, but my guitar repair shop checked it (and replaced as mentioned the saddle the toggle switch) and told me it is technically in a good shape.
Any comments are welcome.
During my research the term "lawsuit" (referring, as I understand it, to the copied shape PLUS the copied Gibson logo) popped up quite often indicating such a model would be a real collector's item.
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks in advance, Lars