Final price drop to $850 shipped! Up for sale is my 1977 Ibanez Flying V bass. I have owned nearly every "lawsuit" Ibanez bass ever made, and this model is one of the very finest. Ibanez made two V models - one was a cherry finish, bolt on neck with a mudbucker-style pickup. That was a nice little bass, but this one was their top of the line: Ash body with Korina finish, set neck with string-thru construction, brass nut and bridge and "SuperBass" P and J-style pickups. The fit and finish rivals a vintage Gibson (this model actually came out before Gibson made a V bass and IMHO it looks and plays better than any they've ever done.) The sound is pure 70's-era Graham Maby (he played an Ibanez P-J jazz back in the day.) The 33 1/2" scale length and 1 11/16" nut width makes this play like butter.
The bass is in decent cosmetic condition considering the age. It has some chips on the horns and headstock, see pictures. The original owner (the guy I bought it from 20+ years ago said he got it new,) tried to beat the neck dive by moving the strap peg to four different places - see pictures. And the "knee rest" looks like a homemade replacement to me - it's leather instead of the typical rubber. The previous owner said it came this way stock, and a longtime Ibanez rep also told me that weird things like this did happen toward the end of the lawsuit era - but I have my doubts. Even with these warts, this is a beautiful and rare bird. My price is $1,200 shipped. Includes OHSC - in slightly fragile but good condition. Enjoy the pics and let me know if you're interested.
