Beautiful shape considering it's age, I'm surprised he didn't have the hard case for it. The West Coast distributor at that time was Chesbro Music, in Idaho Falls, ID, and they were always bundled with a hard case, not a gig bag.
He probably didn't want to sell it, but life threw him a curve ball or two and now he needs the money. The sad reality is the money won't do much for him and at the end of the day his guitar is gone .
I had this exact guitar in 1982. The fact is that these guitars had amazing sustain. There was a model up that had 3 band eq and other settings for split coil which made it capable of playing nearly all Fenders, Gibsons and Kramers which were the primary sounds of the day. I think the "expert" might have under valued it by $300. Should be close to 15-1600 in that condition. However, the straight thru necks did twist as a result of humidity changes from Japan to the US west. So it would take $450 to get it to straighten out. But he didn't say it had a twisted neck.
@@clivesilk3501 I now own 2 Ibanez 1978 and 79 ST-50's ( exact guitar you have but with only a single volume/tone knob, and I'm not certain what pickups the ST-250 has, but mine has V-2's, amazing sounding Humbuckers) and my ST-50' is the finest electric guitar I have ever played... hands down. I recently played the most GORGEOUS $10,000 See Through Purple with Gold Plated Hardware, Gibson Les Paul, and to be perfectly honest it was one of the most beautiful guitars ive ever seen... But run into a Mesaboogie Triple Rec straight in... My ST-50 sounded and played way way better..... My dream guitar is a 1978 Ibanez IC-210. With the triple coil pickup... I believe it was Steve Millers signature guitar? They are very very rare, and ive never gotten to play one.. but boy.. Ide sell /trade my left testical for one ina heartbeat!
Carlos Martinez there’s alot of guitars made in the 50s 60s and 70s that are worth no more than $150 even in mint condition. Age doesn’t make it expensive in every case.
@@erikvaldur3334 my intent wasn't to say "all 70s" but it came out that way. There's just a lot of manufacturing defects from the big boys during that time. Mass production became a big thing then and many weren't ready. Martin and Gibson both had known issues. I'm a takamine guy so I'll boast japan builds all day.
@@TheCentralflorida yeah but many people do look down on 70s big names. In many cases, rightly so. A friend of mine owns a 73 strat n he says it's ok, better than most of that time period. Les Pauls had the pancake body for one. Many say that was a very bad guitar. It was a pretty bad time period for those guitars by most peoples standards. Sure, some good ones came out but nothing like other decades. With the Japanese guitars, they were possibly a level or two down, some maybe more but I think more came out very solid. I've had a Hondo explorer from 70s forever. Had my buddy refret it with stainless frets and put in Paul pups. It's easily on par with my 91 Les Paul Studio. ( a very good one for a studio). That Hondo was probably 150 bucks. It's much more solid and tight than any Epiphone I have seen/played. ( I only have 1 Epi, it's a Korina flying V but have many friends that have some) So I think you're right about the big names in the 70s. Japan had some dogs too but generally were cheaper, some significantly, and I think had more solid builds than the biggies in many instances.
They made some beautiful Gibson knockoffs. Some would say that they were better than the originals and sold for under 1K and in some instances $500 or less with a hard case, at the time.
I agree that the guy looking to sell the guitar could've gotten his more of his money back by staying as far away from the pawnshop as possible. My guess is that he was strapped for cash.
If he'd sold it for 750 on ebay, then he'd have paid just over 100 in ebay and paypal fees, more if he was shipping it as opposed to someone picking up up from him. If he needed to ship it, it would likely have to be in a hard case (which it wasn't) or the shipper wouldn't cover it for damage. Then of course, unless he's a regular ebay seller, paypal keeps hold of his money for a certain amount of time to "protect the buyer". So he might have ended up with 100 more say. So it comes down to what he values on that particular day, getting the cash there and then, or getting a little more in a few weeks time. I guess he valued the cash more.
Seems like Bob was trying to get Jerry on board with Ibanez, but he wasn't jiving with it. there's a pic of Garcia in '79 with an Ibanez MC500, but that's about it as history tells, thats about as far as he goes with that brand.
In the 70s i saved enough money to buy a new one of these as the dude in Genesis had one and i was impressed but in the end i got my self a natural body fender strat but always kind of wish i had got the Ibanez ! As it turns out the 70s strat is worth a whole lot more now than the Ibanez ! Surely they should fetch a lot more than 500 Bucks they are a lovely piece of work
pretty sure they just get people from the other "experts" guys shops to come in on pawn stars just to make the tv show. Pawn stars gets money, the experts get money and the "actors" get some money
I bet almost all of the people with instruments go to cowtown first before going to a greedy pawn shop and jesse at cowtown tells them they can film the deal at the pawn shop for the TV show
I personnally own a Premium RG 970 model and I love it. The sound is more precise and neat than the sound of Strat and I use a Korg overdrive pedal because distortion pedals are much more tough for the ears.
I have this exact model and I paid $725 for it on Reverb. It is one of the best guitars I have ever played. Mine is a 78 model and it KILLS any Les Paul tone.
I have that guitar. Bought it in 1980(ish) for around $800 NZD. Really light action and the tones out out it were quite a number. Each pickup had its own switch to go from hum-bucker to single coil to reverse phase. No tone knob but a three knob equalizer for treble, mid and bass. The guitar also has an internal Gain/Drive output of 15 decibels. I believe these were popular with session guitarists back in the day.
i'll never sell that Guitar it just represents nearly everything that i love about a good Guitar also the HAWK WING by WASHBURN are criminally underrated beautiful Guitars
Whether you spend $100 or $2,000+ on an Ibanez guitar or bass, they're always worth the money and will never let you down. I own several, and I love them all.
Indeed this is an MC200, not an MC300. This thing works like a Les Paul... nothing special about it. The MC200 has only 3 pick-up positions, whereas the MC300 has 3x3=9 for the middle position +3 for each separate pickup in the rhythm or lead position = a total of 9+6= 15 (and not 3x3x3=27, because a Tri-sound switch position adds nothing to the sound of the OTHER pickup) www.ibanez.com/anniversary/expansion.php?cat_id=30&now=1 So it's 3 versus 15 tonal varieties. For me it was an easy choice.
Garcia never played an ibanez... Weir did in the late 70s and early 80s but Garcia played a guild, some Gibson's, some fenders, a weird alembic experiment (peanut), and then all custom Doug Irwin and Stephen Cripe.
Garcia might have used an ibanez once or twice but he was more associated with Alembic and all of his guitars were customs from Doug Irwin with one or two of Irwins creations that used their innards.
@@chrispile3878 Yeah, I know, I was replying to someone about something else, must have ended up on this video for some reason. I think it was another Pawn Stars video.
I remember when I first heard of Ibanez as a kid from my friend who wanted one because that was what one Korn's guitarist's were playing (I think it was a 7 string Head Signature, but don't quote me on that) he used to pronounce it "I Banes (pronounced like Bane from Batman)" so that's what I ended up calling it for a little while after that. I was corrected pretty quick thankfully by a guy at a local instruments' shop. Eye-banes LOL
Joel Peot not likely, even rg 750/60/70 can set just over 500bucks, 750 bucks is a fair price, even the les paul copies and destroyers arent that expensive
+Ernesto Picazo. Ibanez guitars from this period are beautifully made. If I was selling it I'd be wanting $1000 at least. I'd say it's 78/79 and it looks to be in fine condition for it's age. The guy should have sold it privately.
No way. This episode is from 2014, when the seller's market for vintage guitars was really bad. I bought 2 better Musicians and 4 Artists then. This Musician was not even worth the full $750.- because of the missing knobs (minus $100.-) and the damaged wood around the output jack (they put a non-original metal reinforcement over it because there's an ugly crack underneath. (minus $150,-). They were lucky if they managed to SELL it for $600.- in this condition. They should have offered $400.- Then they would have had a chance for a quick profit. These $550.- were probably stuck in this guitar for 3 years. The market is better in 2017, but the seller needed money in 2014. If you don't need the money, you shouldn't sell stocks or vintage guitars during a crisis. On the contrary: a crisis is the time to buy.
Guys....wholesale it's worth $750.retail maybe $1500 with case. They are nice guitars but not that rare. Plus they have active pickups, a lot of people don't like active pickups (exception EMG and metal).
Back in the day i considered buying one of these. Very heavy guitar. Felt like holding a coffee table. Had the active electronics. Beautiful finish. Made several repeat visits to play it in store. Somehow in spite of all the tone variations, sonehow I just wasn't that impressed by the sound. Thought it was a little flat and dark. Wound up buying an American made Strat instead.
That would be the day brought a guitar in for cash and got 80% of what they could actually sell it For. Trade in value (not cash) is actually like less than half. Cash is even lower.
I have a 78 Ibanez Musician Mc300 I wish they would have distinguished whether it's a 300 or 400, cuz the 500 has a carved top, but this doesn't. Oh it's a 200, it has a less switches for the pickups that's the only way I can tell. 750 is good money for it. I would offer 500 for a MC-200 I traded my 2013 Gibson Les Paul studio straight up for it and my L.P. was less than 6 months old and I bought it brand new. I told im over the phone what I had for trade and didn't say anything about cash on top. The guy who had the musician said he just wanted something new and when he saw the Gibson his eyes lit up so i knew he would take it for an even trade and I still think I got a steal. It doesn 't have original pickups in it though it has Seymour Duncan Antiquities and they truly sound awesome.
You are incorrect …..there are pics of Jerry playing MC Musician Series… I have 5 of these Musician Series and a bit of an expert on them…… late 70’s Musician Series can’t be touched by other guitars as they are simply the best
Maybe it was edited out, but that "expert" left out a lot of details that can affect the value of the guitar. He talked a little bit about the knobs and a crack. Both relevant but there's so much more to expound on. Are the pickups, tuners and/or bridge original? Are the electronics unaltered? Is the finish original or has it been refinished? Is there any apparent damage? What condition is the neck/fretboard in? Did he look at the serial number, determine the year of manufacture and research where it was made (U.S. made or foreign). Just saying he left out more information than he gave that would have better determined value. And as another has noted, he nearly totally ignored the historical value.
Pretty sure he was checking the action and string tension on the guitar. Any decent guitarist can tell if a guitar is in good shape by strumming a few chords. Furthermore, this show is more or less scripted and has been looked over way before the cameras roll. You don’t actually believe Cow Town Guitar’s guy wasn’t notified days in advanced to roll through the shop at a certain hour, and was “called up” that day to come check out this guitar?
you do realize that you can build guitars and work in guitars without being the best guitar player, correct? And there is also an episode where he did actually play a guitar
I never guess guitars, it's always way away from my guess, one of these episodes they had a vintage mint condition 335 gibson semi hollow 1965. They said the retail price would be 2500
people have come in asking much less relative to the value of their item and they don't take it... that's a lot, especially for a guitar. (cuz what pawn shop doesn't have like a billion guitars?)
I been playing guitar for over 30yrs,,, never became famous ! But, have found, and bought many guitars at pawn shops,,, they are great places to shop for guitars and you can make out very well if you know what you are doing, or,,,,, you can end up paying the price of a new one ! If you don't ! So do your homework kids !!!! 😁🖒✌
Okay how about you when you want to sell a guitar, you go directly to a guitarist (online or offline). Heck, it doesn't even have to be a guitarist. Guitars are easy to sell especially if it was made by a well known maker. Don't go to a pawnshop if you want your instrument's worth in money. There's a lot of groups on facebook dedicated to buying and selling guitars. If no one buys for a resonable amount of time or you really need the money now, then go to a pawnshop
pretty sad how he played those last goodbye notes
These dudes will never learn. Never sell your instrument in Pawn shops
You just brought tears to my eyes
If he did sell it, he would probably get around the same amount
@@jayrodm643 You're right. It wasn't all original equipment, and it needed some repair. He got a good price.
Liquid Ocelot 100%
Well, when you need some quick dough for your fix or if the instrument is hot it's the way to go.
"do you mind if I pick it up and play it?"
"yeah....."
*picks it up and plays it*
darts421 wtf is the point of what you just said
@@alex-gx4yg he didn't even plug it into an amp
I heard him say absolutely. Not much point to test it with a couple cowboy chords & no amp. I've seen that style of sure grip knobs also on Ibanez
Your profile pic made me think it was a hair that’s pretty epic
Darts421 I love you
He sounded so sad at $550, legit depressed ☹
Beautiful shape considering it's age, I'm surprised he didn't have the hard case for it. The West Coast distributor at that time was Chesbro Music, in Idaho Falls, ID, and they were always bundled with a hard case, not a gig bag.
He probably didn't want to sell it, but life threw him a curve ball or two and now he needs the money. The sad reality is the money won't do much for him and at the end of the day his guitar is gone .
This guitar is still for sale.
"It's in pretty good shape"
- Looks brand new.
Nope. It really was repaired. The jackplate is not stock.
And you cant see buckle rash, and checking from that distance
Cal Lanning Buckle rash.. I’d never take off price for buckle rash.. If anything..I’d pad the price.. 🙌🏻👊👏
My Son picked a 1979 Ibanez Artist for $50 in the case a few months ago.. = ChaChing!! OH YEAH!! Thank You Salvation Army
Headknocker Waaaah! That's robbery!
I picked up an Ibanez Les Paul Custom from 1976 in very good condition, with a case for just € 75😜👌🏻. An absolute beast guitar🎸😎
No waaaaay lol congrats guys
Ibanaz is a japanese brand but ibanaz has a heavy base sound in it for a perfect rock band music rock in roll.
I love the Salvation Army online auction. Great deals.
I had this exact guitar in 1982. The fact is that these guitars had amazing sustain. There was a model up that had 3 band eq and other settings for split coil which made it capable of playing nearly all Fenders, Gibsons and Kramers which were the primary sounds of the day. I think the "expert" might have under valued it by $300. Should be close to 15-1600 in that condition. However, the straight thru necks did twist as a result of humidity changes from Japan to the US west. So it would take $450 to get it to straighten out. But he didn't say it had a twisted neck.
ive got an st-250 similar to that .. perfect neck no bending .. im here in the uk
@@clivesilk3501 I now own 2 Ibanez 1978 and 79 ST-50's ( exact guitar you have but with only a single volume/tone knob, and I'm not certain what pickups the ST-250 has, but mine has V-2's, amazing sounding Humbuckers) and my ST-50' is the finest electric guitar I have ever played... hands down. I recently played the most GORGEOUS $10,000 See Through Purple with Gold Plated Hardware, Gibson Les Paul, and to be perfectly honest it was one of the most beautiful guitars ive ever seen... But run into a Mesaboogie Triple Rec straight in... My ST-50 sounded and played way way better..... My dream guitar is a 1978 Ibanez IC-210. With the triple coil pickup... I believe it was Steve Millers signature guitar? They are very very rare, and ive never gotten to play one.. but boy.. Ide sell /trade my left testical for one ina heartbeat!
That guitar’s beautiful. I’d buy one of them on the spot for that price.
"It sounds good"
G chord played on an unplugged electric lol
Ikr lol I found that hilarious
haha
though i imagine he wasnt so much testing the sound, as much as the action lol.
Who checks an electric guitar without plugging it in?
I do, it tells you things that the pickups might not pick up, but always plug it in afterwards to see how pickups sounds
I have been a guitarist for 22 years now and Ibanez has always been one of my favorite brands.
found this guitar in a pawn in nashville. restoring it now. love it.
Ibanez also has been used for years by one of the greatest guitarists Mr Joe Satriani.
He strummed the guitar one last time before making a terrible decision, my schecter is worth more then a 70s guitar I guess XD
Carlos Martinez there’s alot of guitars made in the 50s 60s and 70s that are worth no more than $150 even in mint condition. Age doesn’t make it expensive in every case.
The 70s were notorious for crap guitars. Check out the Gibson binding problems from the 70s.
@@TheCentralflorida yeah but a lot of the Japanese guitars from that era were very well made.
@@erikvaldur3334 my intent wasn't to say "all 70s" but it came out that way. There's just a lot of manufacturing defects from the big boys during that time. Mass production became a big thing then and many weren't ready. Martin and Gibson both had known issues.
I'm a takamine guy so I'll boast japan builds all day.
@@TheCentralflorida yeah but many people do look down on 70s big names. In many cases, rightly so. A friend of mine owns a 73 strat n he says it's ok, better than most of that time period. Les Pauls had the pancake body for one. Many say that was a very bad guitar. It was a pretty bad time period for those guitars by most peoples standards. Sure, some good ones came out but nothing like other decades.
With the Japanese guitars, they were possibly a level or two down, some maybe more but I think more came out very solid. I've had a Hondo explorer from 70s forever. Had my buddy refret it with stainless frets and put in Paul pups. It's easily on par with my 91 Les Paul Studio. ( a very good one for a studio). That Hondo was probably 150 bucks. It's much more solid and tight than any Epiphone I have seen/played. ( I only have 1 Epi, it's a Korina flying V but have many friends that have some)
So I think you're right about the big names in the 70s. Japan had some dogs too but generally were cheaper, some significantly, and I think had more solid builds than the biggies in many instances.
"They're used by thousands of guitar players"
Wow, thousands
Julian Potter Music im guessing he meant thousands of famous guitar players
@@elioncuci7704 Not that particular model though.
When he says guitar players, He's not referring to the guy playing smoke on water in your local guitar centers
They made some beautiful Gibson knockoffs. Some would say that they were better than the originals and sold for under 1K and in some instances $500 or less with a hard case, at the time.
POintless POints Maybe not but that guy plays an Ibanez too ;)
I love it how he plays all the guitars without even tuning them, but they still sound in tune.
This guy should put it on Ebay.
I agree that the guy looking to sell the guitar could've gotten his more of his money back by staying as far away from the pawnshop as possible. My guess is that he was strapped for cash.
In this condition with 4 original Sure Grip knobs missing plus a top crack repair $550.- is a very decent price.
If he'd sold it for 750 on ebay, then he'd have paid just over 100 in ebay and paypal fees, more if he was shipping it as opposed to someone picking up up from him. If he needed to ship it, it would likely have to be in a hard case (which it wasn't) or the shipper wouldn't cover it for damage. Then of course, unless he's a regular ebay seller, paypal keeps hold of his money for a certain amount of time to "protect the buyer".
So he might have ended up with 100 more say. So it comes down to what he values on that particular day, getting the cash there and then, or getting a little more in a few weeks time. I guess he valued the cash more.
Thats not even factoring the ebay buyer saying " its more scratched than it looks in pics , can I get a partial refund?"
Put it on Reverb for$1,600./make an offer...SOLD
Not Jerry Garcia, it was Bob Weir.
Seems like Bob was trying to get Jerry on board with Ibanez, but he wasn't jiving with it. there's a pic of Garcia in '79 with an Ibanez MC500, but that's about it as history tells, thats about as far as he goes with that brand.
thank you haha
jerry played an ibanez muscian a couple times but ya bob weir had his own line that he played all throughout the seventies
@@maxbeene927 no he didn't.
@@bigmike5785 yes he did lmao 😂 I’ll send u a pic
In the 70s i saved enough money to buy a new one of these as the dude in Genesis had one and i was impressed but in the end i got my self a natural body fender strat but always kind of wish i had got the Ibanez ! As it turns out the 70s strat is worth a whole lot more now than the Ibanez !
Surely they should fetch a lot more than 500 Bucks they are a lovely piece of work
*Corey's handshake hurts my eyes.*
Have this one for about 40 years now. My first guitar! Still in pretty good shape...
All of the guitars on the show are actually from Cowtown guitars. Which happens to be Jesse's shop. Hmmmm.
pretty sure they just get people from the other "experts" guys shops to come in on pawn stars just to make the tv show. Pawn stars gets money, the experts get money and the "actors" get some money
Angelo DelSenno this is filmed in a studio anyway
I bet almost all of the people with instruments go to cowtown first before going to a greedy pawn shop and jesse at cowtown tells them they can film the deal at the pawn shop for the TV show
They perpetual illusion of television and media. Controlled, produced, edited and packaged for mass consumption.
@@montag4516 disturbing really.
I personnally own a Premium RG 970 model and I love it. The sound is more precise and neat than the sound of Strat and I use a Korg overdrive pedal because distortion pedals are much more tough for the ears.
Paul Stanley did a whole lot in promoting Ibanez,playing the Iceman.Used ones still command $650-700.
I have this exact model and I paid $725 for it on Reverb. It is one of the best guitars I have ever played. Mine is a 78 model and it KILLS any Les Paul tone.
"What do you need to know?"
I don't don't know, shithead, let's start with what it's worth?"
I have that guitar. Bought it in 1980(ish) for around $800 NZD. Really light action and the tones out out it were quite a number. Each pickup had its own switch to go from hum-bucker to single coil to reverse phase. No tone knob but a three knob equalizer for treble, mid and bass. The guitar also has an internal Gain/Drive output of 15 decibels. I believe these were popular with session guitarists back in the day.
Impressive. Dont' sell it ever, sounds like a nice gem.
This guitar is worth at least $2000. The pawn shop employees and the expert secretly play together. In Europe costs so much.
Oh man that thing is beautiful... I've never owned an Ibanez, think I might have to add one to the collection.
Worth 2K ANY DAY/ALL DAY! ANYWHERE! Very Rare. Great Guitar.
Saw one of these in a pawn shop years ago - really cool axe!
My old guitar teacher plays one of those. So did Robert fripp I believe!
i'll never sell that Guitar
it just represents nearly everything that i love about a good Guitar
also the HAWK WING by WASHBURN are criminally underrated beautiful Guitars
I’ve been rocking an Ibanez gsr100 bass for three years, never failed. Beautiful guitars
Whether you spend $100 or $2,000+ on an Ibanez guitar or bass, they're always worth the money and will never let you down. I own several, and I love them all.
Looks like an ad for a tattoo parlor.
tattoo?
Best i can do is a pencil drawing. Im takin all the risk
Those Japanese Ibanez from 70's an 80's are GREAT guitars. I have an 81 AR100 that I reach for over my Led Paul. No joke
George Benson play Ibanez guitars and that's the only brand I've known him to play. Sounds good to me.
The way Corey shakes hands disturbs me.
$750? That guys no guitar expert. He could get at least twice that with it being Vintage and a Japanese made guitar.
Ameretsu Shidori not really, have you seen the old roadstars? they are like 400 bucks
Not in 2014 and not for a guitar in this condition.
Indeed this is an MC200, not an MC300.
This thing works like a Les Paul... nothing special about it.
The MC200 has only 3 pick-up positions, whereas the MC300 has 3x3=9 for the middle position +3 for each separate pickup in the rhythm or lead position = a total of 9+6= 15 (and not 3x3x3=27, because a Tri-sound switch position adds nothing to the sound of the OTHER pickup)
www.ibanez.com/anniversary/expansion.php?cat_id=30&now=1
So it's 3 versus 15 tonal varieties. For me it was an easy choice.
it is around 1400 IDK crack in it?
Ameretsu Shidori people like you I make money off of
Garcia never played an ibanez... Weir did in the late 70s and early 80s but Garcia played a guild, some Gibson's, some fenders, a weird alembic experiment (peanut), and then all custom Doug Irwin and Stephen Cripe.
yes.. ibanez actually made a weir model.......... the " professional" series aka skruggs.. are really nice and very collectable! in the thousands....
Griffin Goode Yes! I said the same thing to myself. "Jerry never played an Ibanez."
dozin.com/jers/guitar/JersMusician.jpg
Wrong. Try again dozin.com/jers/guitar/JersMusician.jpg
Jerry Garcia might have played Ibanez but Bob Weir was the one who had an Ibanez artist endorsed signature model.
Garcia might have used an ibanez once or twice but he was more associated with Alembic and all of his guitars were customs from Doug Irwin with one or two of Irwins creations that used their innards.
The ones when Bernie Rico was involved were the best. I have a Mockingbird and a Warlock from the early 80's. Great playing axes.
You mean BC RICH stuff? He wasn't involved with Ibanez.
@@chrispile3878 Yeah, I know, I was replying to someone about something else, must have ended up on this video for some reason. I think it was another Pawn Stars video.
George Benson uses one
I remember when I first heard of Ibanez as a kid from my friend who wanted one because that was what one Korn's guitarist's were playing (I think it was a 7 string Head Signature, but don't quote me on that) he used to pronounce it "I Banes (pronounced like Bane from Batman)" so that's what I ended up calling it for a little while after that. I was corrected pretty quick thankfully by a guy at a local instruments' shop. Eye-banes LOL
Great guitars. I remember the head 7 string.
wtf, like 750??? it could goes up to 1500 imo
Joel Peot not likely, even rg 750/60/70 can set just over 500bucks, 750 bucks is a fair price, even the les paul copies and destroyers arent that expensive
+Ernesto Picazo. Ibanez guitars from this period are beautifully made. If I was selling it I'd be wanting $1000 at least. I'd say it's 78/79 and it looks to be in fine condition for it's age. The guy should have sold it privately.
They lowball to make a profit not to keep
No way. This episode is from 2014, when the seller's market for vintage guitars was really bad. I bought 2 better Musicians and 4 Artists then.
This Musician was not even worth the full $750.- because of the missing knobs (minus $100.-) and the damaged wood around the output jack (they put a non-original metal reinforcement over it because there's an ugly crack underneath. (minus $150,-).
They were lucky if they managed to SELL it for $600.- in this condition.
They should have offered $400.-
Then they would have had a chance for a quick profit.
These $550.- were probably stuck in this guitar for 3 years.
The market is better in 2017, but the seller needed money in 2014.
If you don't need the money, you shouldn't sell stocks or vintage guitars during a crisis. On the contrary: a crisis is the time to buy.
Joel Peot its cracked, the knobs have been replaced. Its not rare and its the lesser model of the 2. 500 bucks.
Guys....wholesale it's worth $750.retail maybe $1500 with case. They are nice guitars but not that rare. Plus they have active pickups, a lot of people don't like active pickups (exception EMG and metal).
Back in the day i considered buying one of these. Very heavy guitar. Felt like holding a coffee table. Had the active electronics. Beautiful finish. Made several repeat visits to play it in store. Somehow in spite of all the tone variations, sonehow I just wasn't that impressed by the sound. Thought it was a little flat and dark. Wound up buying an American made Strat instead.
Nice solo dude!!
That would be the day brought a guitar in for cash and got 80% of what they could actually sell it
For.
Trade in value (not cash) is actually like less than half.
Cash is even lower.
I have a 78 Ibanez Musician Mc300
I wish they would have distinguished whether it's a 300 or 400, cuz the 500 has a carved top, but this doesn't.
Oh it's a 200, it has a less switches for the pickups that's the only way I can tell.
750 is good money for it. I would offer 500 for a MC-200
I traded my 2013 Gibson Les Paul studio straight up for it and my L.P. was less than 6 months old and I bought it brand new.
I told im over the phone what I had for trade and didn't say anything about cash on top.
The guy who had the musician said he just wanted something new and when he saw the Gibson his eyes lit up so i knew he would take it for an even trade and I still think I got a steal.
It doesn 't have original pickups in it though it has Seymour Duncan Antiquities and they truly sound awesome.
Jerry garcia never played ibanez.Bobby did for a short time.
You are incorrect …..there are pics of Jerry playing MC Musician Series… I have 5 of these Musician Series and a bit of an expert on them…… late 70’s Musician Series can’t be touched by other guitars as they are simply the best
Maybe it was edited out, but that "expert" left out a lot of details that can affect the value of the guitar. He talked a little bit about the knobs and a crack. Both relevant but there's so much more to expound on. Are the pickups, tuners and/or bridge original? Are the electronics unaltered? Is the finish original or has it been refinished? Is there any apparent damage? What condition is the neck/fretboard in? Did he look at the serial number, determine the year of manufacture and research where it was made (U.S. made or foreign). Just saying he left out more information than he gave that would have better determined value. And as another has noted, he nearly totally ignored the historical value.
Ibanez > Fender > Gibson (only because of the explorer) > Dean > others
Agreed!
Plays nice ! 😂 Because you can say that about an electric guitar just by playing some chords that begginers first learn on acoustic . "GUITAR EXPERT"
Pretty sure he was checking the action and string tension on the guitar. Any decent guitarist can tell if a guitar is in good shape by strumming a few chords. Furthermore, this show is more or less scripted and has been looked over way before the cameras roll. You don’t actually believe Cow Town Guitar’s guy wasn’t notified days in advanced to roll through the shop at a certain hour, and was “called up” that day to come check out this guitar?
you do realize that you can build guitars and work in guitars without being the best guitar player, correct? And there is also an episode where he did actually play a guitar
I never guess guitars, it's always way away from my guess, one of these episodes they had a vintage mint condition 335 gibson semi hollow 1965. They said the retail price would be 2500
notable vintage ibanez players include me - still own the blazer I bought in 81- sounds good, superb neck but 10lb neck hurter
This was the best model Ibanez ever made imo.
Along with the bass version from around the same time.
(A lot of their stuff is... "sub-optimal")
Ibanez sub optimal? :D Ibanez makes the best guitars unless you count some customshop guitars from like prs and so on
Garica never played an Ibanez, that was Bob Weir. Great guitar. Paired with a Mesa Boogie Mk1 its a sound of beauty.
I have the 77 Artist 2710. One of 50.
people have come in asking much less relative to the value of their item and they don't take it... that's a lot, especially for a guitar. (cuz what pawn shop doesn't have like a billion guitars?)
A friend was at Ibanez (early 90s) and the Rev. Willie G.
walks in for a custom
Don't remember Garcia ever using an Ibanez, Bob Weir used several.
That Guy is crazy to sell this guitar for 550 dollars
Artist series 5k range! I’ll sell ya mine
I hate selling any guitar much less something like this, imagine the music that has been played on that thing
Chum's "$750" made Corey uncomfortable to "lowball"
Love the EchoPark guitar tshirt!
does it read eebanyeZZZ in Mexico?
but Aybanes is cool to my ears too
Didn't we all have one of those back then.
got the same exact one
crisp tone, I reckon it's a beaut.
Jesse, have you heard of True Temperament Texas?
That guitar is worth way more than 750, considering a newer, low grade Ibanez RG goes around that price range of 500-750
The Gibraltar bridge is expensive. The guitar can sell in between 1-1,500k $.
I been playing guitar for over 30yrs,,, never became famous ! But, have found, and bought many guitars at pawn shops,,, they are great places to shop for guitars and you can make out very well if you know what you are doing, or,,,,, you can end up paying the price of a new one ! If you don't ! So do your homework kids !!!! 😁🖒✌
It was Bob Weir, not Jerry Garcia who used Ibanez guitars.
They go for about £2000 in U.K.
They won't sell it for 750 now it's rare.
I had an Ibanez Stratocaster Copy
Dam they actually offered him a fair deal with $550.... I thought they’d offer the man like $200 and end with $350 lol
Garcia didnt use Ibanez, Bob Weir did. Jerry had customs from people that became Alembic.
Legend has it that guitar is still hanging in that pawn shop, marked down to $600...
Where did you her that?
@@sweetguy19762 it's a joke
RIP Old man
750 for a 70s ibanez? You can get a new one, same quality, 1000
Not the same quality if it's one built between 1978 and 1982. Those rival the best Gibsons from personal experience.
Not made in Japan
I have a 78 Ibanez ST100 and I will never sell it
Sold a 75 ibanez strat with beautiful maple neck. Saw gary moore play one and bet I sold it too cheap...DOH
They should write down what they think before the pro from Dover come down
Looks like the one the guy from America used . I had the ST 50
What model is this !
I have an exact one from 1979 I got it given to me
I like the sg's they did!!
One eye looking at the guitar, one eye looking for the guitar.
This is worthy of a show segment????
That's a pretty guitar right there.
Okay how about you when you want to sell a guitar, you go directly to a guitarist (online or offline). Heck, it doesn't even have to be a guitarist. Guitars are easy to sell especially if it was made by a well known maker. Don't go to a pawnshop if you want your instrument's worth in money. There's a lot of groups on facebook dedicated to buying and selling guitars. If no one buys for a resonable amount of time or you really need the money now, then go to a pawnshop
Side note: I know the show's scripted. This is just for the people who are thinking abou selling their guitars to pawnshops
Oh man there’s some really special people who go sell their guitars there...when they could get so much more somewhere else!
Ibanez founded in Japan 1957 .
lol why did that guy in the background immediately start vibing, nice s cript
I would totally buy It for 750$
I kind of love how boring and uneventful the segment was. Just shows that they really are a working pawnshop.