'76 Ibanez Artist bass

[ilan]

on eBay. No reserve.

No affil.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/183576318112

[Dave W]

Are these really that rare? Why are they desirable?

[Basvarken]

Don't know about only 100 ever made, but you don't see them often.
I think it's beautiful.

[ilan]

The P/J Artist replaced an earlier version that had Gibson- and Ric-ish looking parts.

[Chris P.]

I love 'm and i was once close to buying one, but it didn't happen. It always gives me a Brian May feel.

[Basvarken]

That earlier version is even cooler indeed.

[Dave W]

It's pretty, all right, but it's still just a P/J.

That earlier version looks much nicer to me.

[Basvarken]

It's not a P/J.
The bridge pickup is not a Jazz Bass pickup (at all).
The neck pickup is a split P alright, but much closer to the fingerboard than on any P (or PJ) bass. So it'll sound quite different in this position.

[Chris P.]

What Rob says. Plus a set neck and mahogany for a different sound.

[clankenstein]

Never seen these.I like the earlier version,i would love to try one.

[ilan]

That earlier version is even cooler indeed.

Here is one that's missing the pickguard, for EUR 1,250

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123519744532

[Dave W]

It's not a P/J.
The bridge pickup is not a Jazz Bass pickup (at all).
The neck pickup is a split P alright, but much closer to the fingerboard than on any P (or PJ) bass. So it'll sound quite different in this position.

What Rob says. Plus a set neck and mahogany for a different sound.

Close enough to a P/J for me. 

[Chris P.]

Dave, you stand on two legs, so does a ladder. I my opinion you are a ladder. Close enough. 

[Highlander]

I bet Dave could stand on one leg... does that make him a pogo-stick...?

[Rob]

 

Dave, you stand on two legs, so does a ladder. I my opinion you are a ladder. Close enough.