These appear to have a subtle top contour. Original AR guitars from 1974 with slightly rounder cutaways, bolt-on neck & pickguard. This was briefly called the “Flash” (according to “The Ibanez Untold Story”) but we all know & love it as the “Iceman”. Ibanez would release another original body design a year later in 1975 called the… wait for it… Artist #2663. The Ibanez “Artist Series” were their up-scale electric & acoustic guitars, unnamed and designated by a model number. These models were work-in-progress with their rounder cutaways, peculiar shaped pickguard and bolt on neck. ![]() Each guitar featured symmetrical double cutaway bodies with carved, contoured tops. In 1974 Ibanez began to stop being a copy-guitar manufacturer by releasing its first electric guitar with a body shape that didn’t clone another brand’s guitar.
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