Comments on: A Pre Serial 523 from Holland http://ibanezmandolin.com/a-pre-serial-523-from-holland/ Vintage Ibanez Mandolin Collectors Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: rhoronjeff http://ibanezmandolin.com/a-pre-serial-523-from-holland/comment-page-1/#comment-14 rhoronjeff Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:38:42 +0000 http://ibanezmandolin.com/?p=74#comment-14 I also have a pre-serial number 523. I'm the original owner. It was purchased at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA, USA probably around 1975. Except for two very tiny dings in the finish it is flawless. Neck is still straight as an arrow. Truss rod never adjusted. Has always had medium strings on it. It has no pick guard. It was missing when I bought it, and I declined to have it added as I liked the appearance without it. So far so good: No pick scratches on the top. Someone recently asked what it was worth. I have no idea. It was what I cold afford at the time and I haven't followed prices, although the current Ibanez offerings are far less than the $565 I paid back in '75. Although I covet a couple of newer mandolins I've seen in stores, the prices are out of the question. I should have purchased the Gibson Lloyd Loar repro for $2000 when it was first introduced. I also have a pre-serial number 523. I’m the original owner. It was purchased at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA, USA probably around 1975. Except for two very tiny dings in the finish it is flawless. Neck is still straight as an arrow. Truss rod never adjusted. Has always had medium strings on it. It has no pick guard. It was missing when I bought it, and I declined to have it added as I liked the appearance without it. So far so good: No pick scratches on the top.

Someone recently asked what it was worth. I have no idea. It was what I cold afford at the time and I haven’t followed prices, although the current Ibanez offerings are far less than the $565 I paid back in ’75. Although I covet a couple of newer mandolins I’ve seen in stores, the prices are out of the question. I should have purchased the Gibson Lloyd Loar repro for $2000 when it was first introduced.

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