I got a STEAL on this. It's a rare early '70s Ibanez 2398, pre ser#.
It has a maple fretboard (the 1st reason I got it ). Actually Ibanez put a maple board on a lp body before gibson did. Ibanez did it in '73, gibson didn't do it until '75.
When I got it, it was missing both pickups and only had a vol & tone knob for the bridge pickup.
It came with a set of non-locking sprezels,a gotoh bridge and a allparts tailpiece, all of which was uninstalled so I had to put it back together.
The original hardware was gold w/black pickup rings and pick guard (mine was missing the pick guard but I like it better with out it anyway.)
I'm going to get some black locking tuners for it as the ones I got now are silver and don't match anything else...
I added a Duncan custom in the neck and a F1 in the bridge. I also used a push/pull on the tone to split the coils.
I like that duncan custom in the neck even though it's designed for the bridge because it's not very boomy on the bottom end.
The neck has a lot on resemblance to a wizzard II (the other reason I bought it). My buddy has a LP and he couldn't believe how thin this neck is....


Now for pics.....(the last one shows how it came from the factory)

I like it man, it's beautiful!!! Love the maple board/black inlays and top color combo, just plain sweet

How does it compare to a Gibson LP tone?

Wow! This looks mega classy!
You said you got it for a steal? Can you share with us how much you paid, this is awesome!

that thing is awesome. reminds me of the new custom classics. I bet the thinner neck helps being that its a bolt on.

Looks great!

Great score. Love these vintage Ibby's. The body and fretboard look really clean for a 40 year old guitar.

Thanks for the kind words everyone....
It's brighter, more open sounding, not like that narrow beefy low mid thing a gibson LP has....
It's GREAT for soloing and the cleans are really really good as well....

$270
The gotoh bridge & sprezels would cost you roughly $130 by themselves, so $140 for the rest of the guitar was a great great buy...

Really clean for it's age..Looks good. Congrats on the steal.

very very nice

Killer score!!

Love the color combo!!

awesome score congrats..looks great for its age..im loving it..enjoy that prize..

Wicked, total sleeper guitar, bet it roars with the slim neck and the F1!

The people over at Ibanez Collectors World would really be excited over that one - it's so CLEAN!