trying find out info on an ibanez guitar

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Found a talman for quite cheap, though there is a hairline fracture in the neck about 2 inches long running horizontally. Guy at the guitar shop thinks the best way to repair it is by injecting glue into the neck...wouldn't replacing the neck be a better option?

Also i'm trying to date it, the serial is F500957

http://www.ibanezregister.com/history/history-dating.htm

It looks like it was made between 1987-1996;

F= Factory - Fujigen (Fuji Gen Gakki)

but the 5 can't mean 85?

Can anyone help me decipher the serial?
 
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wreckd504 said:
Found a talman for quite cheap, though there is a hairline fracture in the neck about 2 inches long running horizontally. Guy a guitar shop thinks the best way to repair it is by injecting glue into the neck...wouldn't replacing the neck be a better option?

Also i'm trying to date it, the serial is F500957

http://www.ibanezregister.com/history/history-dating.htm

It looks like it was made between 1987-1996;

F= Factory - Fujigen (Fuji Gen Gakki)

but the 5 can't mean 85?

Can anyone help me decipher the serial?
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Can't help with the serial, but I'd be a bit cautious of a repair that involves injecting glue into a split/crack. Ask him what glue and how he intends to clamp it? Where is the split? Is it open? He may well be a good repair guy but I'd want some more detail first having seen some of the botch jobs done by guitar shop techs:rolleyes:
 
I thought the same thing. Scary thing was, he isn't even a guitar repairer, he's just the salesman. I mean of course he must know a thing or two about what he sell's, but it just seemed...like he was over stating how easy it would be to repair it, and if i didn't repair he was going to and sell it for more anyway. Made it seem more like a sales pitch *shrugs* maybe i'm paranoid.

That serial though has me stumped though, i mean who knows what i'm buying if i can't track back the serial.
 
Hey Light!

First things first...Guitar Repairer, Repair Person = Luthier (assuming of course he/she has skills and is deserving of the title), see also; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luthier

Just giving props to the folks that really deserve it. I fix my own guitars and set them up but when my favorites need TCL or something beyond a set up, a Luthier is where you want to go. The kid behind the counter at Guitar Center or the "tech" at the music store usually isn't the person in a case like yours.

I donno man, as far as I'm concerned, the neck IS the guitar when it comes to electrics but the techs (HEY LIGHT!...you out there?) might have a different spin. I have necks that have moved from body to body because I like the way they feel and the way they sound (electrics that is). A bad neck will never make for a good guitar. Not to say they can't be fixed but what's it worth to ya?

I'm not familiar with the unit you're looking at. If it's a solid body, I'd walk away and forget the neck replacement. I play them...I don't collect them...well I do but not for investment purposes. Consider this, a neck and a set up will set you back a few bucks (maybe a few hundred), what's the guitar worth anyways?

If it's a hollow body or semi hollow...maybe...maybe if the guitar looks like a keeper and the price was right. It would have to be "right" with a crack in the neck and all. But then again, if it's a keeper/collector so much for the serial numbers and all that collectable original stuff and then you go and replace the neck...bye bye investment.

Sorry, no help here. What do I know?! Just think of this as a bump hoping to get Light's attention.

I know one thing for sure...don't put epoxy in it...just don't!
 
punkin said:
First things first...Guitar Repairer, Repair Person = Luthier (assuming of course he/she has skills and is deserving of the title), see also; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luthier
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Some in the game go even further and only claim the title luthier if they make stringed instruments. The term is derived from the French for lute (maker). As I can and have made lutes in the past I guess I'd qualify. I normally refer to myself as a guitar maker. Its much more easily understood. :)

I'd still be very cautious about the guys credentials if he recons squirting glue is the right fix, luthier or not.
 
I think i'll avoid eye contact, and back away :)

Thanks for the advice guys
 
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