This old Japanese girl became mine today when I encountered her in a shop just out of town, the last owner did quite a bit of work on her as you can tell.
The pickup selector is not connected and the three three way switches make for a very versatile guitar
The back shows that this non trem strat used to have a trem but the cavity is filled up with a large chunck of wood.
Vintage Ibanez logo, no serial number which according to my Ibanez registration book makes this a very early one, at least a 1972 made guitar.
So this guitar is pretty Gnarly and for some reason it kinda grows on me the way it is now, I was temped to restore her the way she used to be knowing that this is a possible sleeping collector's item but the mods performed on her give her her own little niche, she's not just a Strat copy any more.