Chat about Equipment Info
 #82429  by jefkahn
 
Yesterday I received my new Ibanez MC400. It's amazing. Aside from a few areas where it could use a little cleaning and adjusting it looks great for a 32 year old guitar. The preamp is very loud and has almost a piezo sound to my ears. Engaging both coil taps with the pickup selector on both pickups doesn't give the guitar the single coil sound I was expecting--it's still pretty beefy, but that's probably due to the very different construction of the Ibanez to, say, Fenders. Except for the tuners it seems that everything is stock.

So naturally I'm thinking of doing the Jerry mods like OBEL, etc. but before I do that I need reassurance--it's not sacrilege to do mods on a good-condition and somewhat-collectible guitar that involve drilling a new input jack for the OBEL, right? Will the Ibanez karma police hold this one against me?
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 #82430  by strumminsix
 
"Yesterday I received my new Ibanez MC400...."

I'd hold off until you've owned it at least a month and a few gigs before chopping up a perfect vintage guitar.

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 #82445  by mkaufman
 
Yes - the Ibanez police will skewer you if you touch that guitar.

However, if you love the guitar and think it's the one, then you should go for it. People spend years (entire lives) searching for just what they want. When you find it, keep it and make it yours. You'll be so happy and you'll spend less time searching and more time playing.

There are many Jerrys that use a Jerrified MC400/500/550 - it's a great guitar. Give it time and then decide.

btw...I still have an MC400NT that I'm selling.

mk
 #82446  by JonnyBoy
 
mkaufman wrote:Yes - the Ibanez police will skewer you if you touch that guitar.

However, if you love the guitar and think it's the one, then you should go for it. People spend years (entire lives) searching for just what they want. When you find it, keep it and make it yours. You'll be so happy and you'll spend less time searching and more time playing.

There are many Jerrys that use a Jerrified MC400/500/550 - it's a great guitar. Give it time and then decide.

btw...I still have an MC400NT that I'm selling.

mk

+1 and + strummin. Beautiful guitar my friend!
 #83327  by Tennessee Jedi
 
mkaufman wrote:Yes - the Ibanez police will skewer you if you touch that guitar.
Yeah man !
Most of the IBANEZ guitars that are collectible are the minty mint ones.
Once they get the lil nicks and dents they go down in price.
Also the NT ones are more $ than their darker counterparts.
I would say chop it up you only live once Mi Amigo
peace
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 #83331  by jefkahn
 
Well I haven't done anything to it, and I'm really digging the way it sounds as is. It's definitely not a minty guitar, but it's in good shape, and I'd feel weird about doing something irreversible to this guitar.

But +1 on all the comments on this board about the Musician being a great guitar. I definitely recommend it. And I don't find the preamp to be all that essential, so I think even a MC100 would be a great guitar.
 #83338  by JonnyBoy
 
Tennessee Jedi wrote:Image
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Choppy choppy
peace

It looks like a complex astrological constilation with all those holes in it, are you sure it won't be able to fly by itself when its done? Well done restoration on the sanding, I can't imagine how many sheets of sand paper you have gone through! :cool:
 #83349  by Tennessee Jedi
 
Yo JB
Not doing the work myself so not sure how much sandpaper Bri has gone through !
:D
Yeah - maybe I should ask for a owners manual ..... looks complicated !
Think some of the holes are for LED light if FX Loop is on.
Each Pup gets a coil tap switch I think ....
to be honest I dont remember what is what .....
:oops:
:lol:
Jefk -
hey man if you are loving the one got maybe get a more beat up model to experiment with.
I dont know what model mine was. Lower series for sure.
Serial # was for '77 ?
It was beat to shit.
Peace
 #83353  by jeffm725
 
an mc400 after the knife:

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 #83354  by Tennessee Jedi
 
*word*
:D
I have most definitely been influenced by a bunch of guys here who rock the Ibanez's.
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