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http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200 ... =824&kw=lg

From the seller:

this guitar is a one off copy of Bobby Weir's Cowboy Fancy Guitar. it is a Mohogany body and neck string thru design. it has a flame maple top that was made to look like a thru neck. this guitar has generic Korean made pickups. i am pretty sure the builder did this with the idea that the owner would want to install pickups of his or her liking. the four toggles switch for out of phase/single/single and double coil/double, double coil set up.

mk

Looks interesting, wish he'd show the headstock though. I'm not a qualified to judge the quality of the inlay work on the fretboard and the body. Do any of our builders/experts have an opinion on what they see in the pictures?

I asked him for pics and he said he would but never sent them

I'm not a qualified to judge the quality of the inlay work on the fretboard and the body. Do any of our builders/experts have an opinion on what they see in the pictures?

Pretty bizarre that anyone would make an 'imitation Ibanez' with the name plate in the fretboard... as to the quality, it's really hard to say with photos, but it looks like good construction, at least everything looks tight. It does look, however, like the neck is a set neck and not a neck-thru. The body is made to look like it, but the neck joint looks different. The inlay in the body looks well done, but the inlay in the fret board was pretty sloppy... you can see a lot of filler was used around the inlay material.

Just my .02

It all seems bizarre. From the lack of information down to the BIN.

mk

On closer examination I can see the neck is 3, or 5 piece... and it may well be a neck thru, but what a strange cut at the spot where the back joins the neck... others may be able to say if this is the way the Ibanez Cowboy was constructed.

" it has a flame maple top that was made to look like a thru neck"

mk

" it has a flame maple top that was made to look like a thru neck"

"o) My initial take seems to be correct...

Any photos of the head?

nope

info is lacking

mk

From the few in focus shots, the body inlays look like decals to me.

From the few in focus shots, the body inlays look like decals to me.

Yep, I think you are right there... Stickers never occur to me

Only on the body. The neck is inlayed

Only on the body. The neck is inlayed

Yes, and a very sloppy job it was...

There is no way I would buy this guitar for the price range he is asking w/o far more info, and probably actually trying it out. I am mostly interested in it bc I find his asking price bizarrely high.