Ibanez Custom Agent 2405 1974
The Custom Agent 2405 - 1974
This Custom Agent is an excellent addition to your Collection
There is play wear throughout the guitar ( Cosmetic )
* Mahogany Body
* Maple Top
* Maple 3/piece Set Neck
* Rosewood Fingerboard
* Super 70's Humbucking Pickups
The Custom Agent was produced between circa 1974 and 1977,
but serial numbers were not applied to Ibanez guitars until September 1975.
The development of this guitar is interesting, especially because the design is unique.
But first, let me give some background on the “lawsuit era” of Ibanez guitars.
Up until the mid-1970s, Ibanez mainly offered Japanese manufactured copies of popular American designs like the Stratocaster and Les Paul.
The large American guitar manufacturers certainly didn’t appreciate the business they were losing as a result of Ibanez blatantly copying their instruments.
On June 28, 1977, Norlin (Gibson’s parent company) filed a lawsuit against Elger
(Ibanez’s parent company) for trademark infringement, claiming Ibanez was copying
Gibson’s headstocks too closely.
What many people don’t realize is that by 1975, Ibanez was already working on their
“original designs.” By the time the lawsuit was filed, nearly all Ibanez guitars had a much different, non-Gibson-style headstock.
That’s not to say the body shapes weren’t still being copied, but there wasn’t much
Gibson or Fender could do about this since they didn’t have specific enough trademarks on their body shapes or styles. The lawsuit never went to trial, and Elger signed an agreement to stop marketing Gibson-copied designs and using model names suggestive of Gibson. Elger complied, but the lawsuit represented what was really more of a formality than a radical change in the way Ibanez built their guitars.
The Custom Agent was one of the first Ibanez guitars to feature an original design.
The body is obviously based on a Les Paul, but it has a mandolin-scroll-style headstock, banjo-style fretboard inlays, and a decorative pearl inlay below the stud tailpiece that gives the appearance of a trapeze tailpiece. The pickguard for this model was also uniquely shaped with scrolls.
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All products are shipped via Canada Post (Insured) with Tracking information.
This allows you the ability to follow your order through the process.
We DO NOT ship to Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territories or to remote areas in
Canada.
We only ship to residential and business addresses, and do not ship to P.O. Boxes
You can ALSO PICKUP locally at the store using our Curbside Pickup
RETURNS: Please Note, we will honour the return of an item if for any reason the product was not sold as described. We will just require that you contact the store for an RA Return Authorization within (7) business days of receiving your order.
Your item(s) must be returned with all the original packaging. For returned items,
we will credit you the original amount of your order minus the total shipping cost.
YOU the customer, are responsible for returning the item at your expense.
IF you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We want to make sure the you are well taken care of.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it, unworn or unused, with tags, and in its original packaging. You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase.
To start a return, you can contact us at sales@theacousticroom.ca. If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.
You can always contact us for any return question at sales@theacousticroom.ca.
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Certain types of items cannot be returned; such as, Harmonicas and ALL Opened
accessory items.
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The fastest way to ensure you get what you want is to return the item you have, and once the return is accepted, make a separate purchase for the new item.
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