Love that Ibanez!
This thread got me thinking back to my early days of "gear lust". I still have a box full of the brochures I used to drool over! Took a few out for a group photo...
There's a miniature shot of my red Sears p-bass there (sorta) in the middle.
I used to write letters to companies requesting their catalogs, and most responded (not realizing I was only ~12
). Here's some correspondence from Hofner: