That’s much better than what I came up with! Nice score dude!! Does it hold pitch? Did it come with that soft case??
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The strings need to be replaced as it’s hard to get it tuned and stayed tuned. Probably why the goof tossed it. Yeah, it was found in the soft case!
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You’d be amazed and horrified. I’ve pulled tens of thousands of dollars worth of instruments out of the garbage over the decades. University students are the worst offenders, those rich kids just throw everything away at the end of the school year and get new stuff when they come back in the fall.
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Ironically found in a university dumpster!
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No idea what it’s worth but it’s gorgeous! Good luck with it!
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Very nice looking. Probably made in indonesia. Action might be high.
Price is somewhere between good and average.
These aren’t as well made as the older ones which are similar but still would make a nice starting point. Probably want to eyeball the neck and make sure it’s straight but otherwise, I think what you see is what you get.
Nice find!
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Tune-o-matic style bridge. It looks like it has roller ball saddles. Made in China is probably 2010 or older. For the price you won’t really find any better of that style, if you like it and the neck is straight no reason not to go for it. I really like that color.
I was thinking the action might be high close to the nut. The couple that I’ve tried (at guitar center) had a pretty high action in the lower frets, but it was quite awhile ago. Maybe this guitar had a pro setup at some point. You’ll just have to see it.
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The guy put flatwound strings.
I didn’t like flatwound strings on another AF75 but the mic was a P90, not sure to like it either.
Would complement my black AF71 !
YIN YANG…
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I’ve had nothing but good luck with cheap Ibanezes. Looks beautiful.
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I’ve had a handful of electric guitars over the years and the only one I have at this point is an AS73. Not the same guitar, but same family. It’s a great guitar. I bought it for $350 secondhand iirc. Sometimes I think about switching out the stock pickups but I’m sure it would be a nightmare to do through the f-holes and, yknow, having ideas is way easier than executing them. I’d say check it out at least for sure.
ETA oh dang, you’re already on team ibanez semi hollow. Let’s get tattoos
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I did a hole to add a pickup on my AF 71 !
But it was another guitar’s pickup. Still have to buy a new one…
For now there is a hole…
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Oh wow that’s awesome! I’ve done a little guitar surgery, mostly on a cheap fretless bass I ended up selling because it weighed like 29 pounds, but nothing that extensive. Cool guitar!
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Hey @Brockstar I didn’t see you here !
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Funny, I’ve really been itching for a white single cut hollow body like that, now I want gold hardware!
That’s a marginally better that average deal in my area but no idea about yours. I’d expect the “bigsby” to want a tune up on that guitar. I’m sure it works okay but if you’re inclined to use it I’d recommend the usual stuff done to cheaper bigsby style vibratos: wear in the spring, make sure everything moves smoothly (low friction), etc. Once dialed in they’re usually pretty pitch stable, the roller bridge will help with that too. That one doesn’t have a tension bar so it should feel extra wiggly which I’m a big fan of.
@get.up.trinity changing pickups, or doing any wiring for that matter, indeed sucks any time you have to work through f-holes. After having worked on a lot of them I’ve found that long surgical forceps are super helpful. I bought a bunch at a surplus store years ago. I’ve bent some to do specific tasks.
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Maybe I spent more than I should, but I had some spare cash after downsizing my house, and I love teles, and my favourite colour is orange 
so bought this beauty …
Masterbuilt Greg Fessler 1972 tele custom ….
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Damn, that looks gorgeous. How much does it weigh? I always thought Teles with Bigsby’s were back killers but I love how they look. Enjoy it!!
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Can’t remember exactly … it’s not the lightest, maybe 10lb, but I play sitting down, so heavy guitars don’t bother me. It has a mahogany body
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