A note from me, JB: this is clearly a sad reason to be selling anything. My friend Dan has been dead for nearly a year now. I have had the guitars at mine for probably 5 months already before I got to cleaning everything up. That was just from being busy with life. My main point is I would like this thread to celebrate Dan's good taste in guitars rather than be a place of condolence - so no "sorry for loss" and more "damn, nice guitars man!"
OK, that is out of the way.
Dan's father asked me to clean/restore/setup as I saw fit and to sell all of the instruments on his behalf. There is one cheap acoustic and a banjo that will appear in other sections. I think there might be an amp somewhere too.
Monies end up with the family but they come through me via PayPal, bank etc. and I have full authorisation to set and negotiate prices at my discretion.
Some of these guitars do not come up often so in some cases I don't have a clear idea of the market asking price and I may initially be a bit over with the published price in this for sale thread.
To be clear: Offers are very welcome and will be discussed politely via private messages on thefretboard.co.uk
This first post will be more information summary and I will add additional photos and details in following posts as I finish up the few remaining instruments. If you require a specific couple of photos post the request in this thread and I will post them up here.
There is minimum one more guitar coming over to me details will be added when received.
The Guitars
Dan loved Ibanez. I mean really really loved them - his original AOL email address had ibanez in it! But he also equally loved signature models for some of his favourite players. Both are represented here. There are at least 3 additional Ibanez guitars I can think of that I thought he had at some point - so far they haven't surfaced and may have been traded over the years.
Both the 1999 UV777BK and the 1999 S1540 Sabre were originally purchased new by me from Machinehead in Hitchin and later sold to Dan at some point in the 2000s. I sold him an original 1994 RG670DX as well which I bought new but that seems to have moved on over the years - the case that came to me with the RG670 is however present and is where the JPM100-P4 model lives.
Other than those few items, I was not involved in the purchasing of the other models listed. I know they were a mix of new retail and used purchases.
It should be clear from the photos that the guitars are all cleaned and setup to high standards. Frets have been polished on all. Trems are at correct angles. Etc.
Strings are D'Addario XL 9-42 or 9-46 at E standard tuning except the Malmsteen which is 9-42 but at Eb Standard. The 7-string is 9-42 plus a 54 low B.
Electric Guitars For Sale (Photos in this and posts 2 and 3)
1999 Ibanez UV777BK 7-string, black, with original Ibanez case: £ 2,000 now £ 1,750
2010 Ibanez JEM77V-BK, black, with Ibanez M100C case: £ 2,000 now £ 1,750
1999 Ibanez S1540 Sabre in Turquoise Burst, no case: £ 700 now £ 650
2019 Jackson X Series SLX DX black and white swirl, no case: £ 500 now £ 400
Electric Guitars Sold (Photos in Post 4 SOLD ITEMS)
2018 Ibanez RG550-DY Desert Sun Yellow with M100C case: £ 750
2013 Washburn N4 Vintage with original Washburn case: £ 1,450
1996 Ibanez JPM100-P1 original Ibanez John Petrucci signature, Picaso graphic, non-branded hard case (8.18lbs / 3.71Kg): £ 3,500
2004 Fender YJM Strat, US model, maple neck with original Fender case: £1,600
2008 Ibanez EGEN18 Herman Li signature, purple, first year of manufacture with Ibanez Prestige case: £ 800
1993/4 Ibanez RG670DX Violet Metallic with case: £750 now £ 450
Withdrawn From Sale
2019 EBMM Monarchy Majesty 6 String, Majestic Purple, with original case: £ 3,300
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Some Photos (More to follow as I finish up restringing the last few)
1993/4 Ibanez RG670DX - interim progress photo
1999 Ibanez S1540FM
1999 Ibanez UV777BK
2010 Ibanez JEM77V-BK
2019 Jackson X Series
Comments
Thanks Mika that was a typo in my spreadsheet! It is a 1996 P1 as you point out.
Gotta love that raw swamp ash look.
Working on it I have to clean up and setup for photos.