1974 Ibanez 2451 Natural, Excellent, Original Hard, $875.00

Offered for sale;

Used c1974 Ibanez 2451. This guitar is in excellent condition, neck and frets are fine, cosmetically in nice shape.

The model 2451 is the Ibanez rendition of the Gibson L6S Custom. This is the most faithful Gibson replica by Ibanez that we’ve ever seen. This guitar appears to be all original with the possible exception of the pickup rings.

A little about the Gibson L6S that inspired this guitar;

In the 1970s Gibson made a solid body version of the L5 hollow body jazz guitar called the L5-S. It had all the cosmetic appointments of the L5 and the body shape was wider than a Les Paul with the bass side upper bout resembling a more traditional hollow body shape.

The L6-S was sort of a cosmetically plain, working musician's, version of the L5-S but with a 24 fret neck and more varied tone settings with its six way switch and mid cut knob.

Production of the Gibson L6-S ran from 1973-80. It took Ibanez only a year to create their replica.

As I can attest as an owner of an L6-S since 1974, the strong suit of this guitar is the wonderful speed of the neck and the access to the full 24 fret fingerboard. When this guitar was introduced, there was no other 2-octave guitars as easy to play as this. Notable players included Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin.”

Historical note; Ibanez guitars had no serial numbers prior to 1975.

Cool guitar, you won’t find one of these kicking around very often.

Original hard shell case included.

GUITAR SPECS:

Year: 1974

Serial number: N/A

Body: 2 piece maple

Neck: 3 piece maple

Finish:  Natural

Fingerboard: maple

Scale Length: 24.75”

Number of Frets: 24

Bridge:  Schaller style “Harmonica” T-O-M

Pickups:  SUPER-Humbucking “White Backs” (cf “Tar Back”)

Controls: Volume/Tone (mid cut)/Tone (treble cut).
Six- way rotary switch giving the normal front/rear/both pickups as well as 3 other tone options. We can hear different voicings but can’t really say what’s happening. We’re not sure if it is a clone of the Gibson six-way circuit.

Selector switch position:
1 - Both pickups (sounds normal)

2 - Front pickup (sounds brighter than 1)

3 - Both pickups (sounds brighter than 1)

4 - Both pickups (sounds “out of phase”)

5 - Rear pickup (sounds normal)

6 - Both pickups (sounds “out of phase” brighter than 4)

Width at Nut:  1 5/8”

Radius: 7.25”

Body Width at Lower Bout:  13 5/8”

Weight: 8.8 lbs.

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