I have the 1981 model I bought from my lead guitarist, it has Schaller tuners which hold it in time better. I play bassoon stage but love my lead guitars to practice my scales for bass patterns. Aug wielder sehen
Der Tri-Sound-Schalter kann für einen kleinen Trick genutzt werden: Hauptschalter in der Mitte (beide Pick-ups), Tri-Schalter auf Phasendrehung, anschließend das Lautstärkeverhältnis beider Pick-ups so regulieren, dass ein "out of Phase"-Sound zustandekommt - ähnelt dann etwas einem dünneren Strat-Sound. Durchaus interessant als Alternative - beispielsweise bei rhythmischen One-Note-Begleitungen (Funk, Soul etc.). (meine ist übrigens vom April 1980)
No doubt the early 80s Ibanez Artist guitars are out-standing world class instruments. Another very good semi-acoustic 335 style Ibanez is the LR 10 Lee Ritenour model.
Thanks so much for comparing these and comfirming my suspicions on tone even with two very similar models. I did as much research as I could before purchasing a 1980 AS200 and I feel very lucky as it sounds & feels better than all but one or two Gibsons I've played since I started playing in the early eighties. Something I had hoped you included was some discussion on the small black switch included on both of those AS200's. On mine I hear a very prominent bass boost to the neck PU in the forward position, but very little difference in the other two position for either pickup. Not sure if mine is working correctly. Any thoughts/experience?
@@mymixture965 Cool thanks Wofgang! Ya, i just watched this comparison where about 13min in they describe & compare the three switch positions: czcams.com/video/ho5zejfsaJ4/video.html
Great video! I have an '81 AS-200 that I will never part with - such great guitars. Can I ask what strings you're using? And was that DI or through an amp?
Is there a difference in the pots? My 1981 AS-50 came with 250k pots from the factory and really gave a it a dark tone. I switched to 500k and it really brightened it up.
You have such a very special jazzy vocab., do you have any advices about how to work out my vocab? Sometimes I feel just like running scales, chords tones etc. Thanks in advance!
+Pedro Henrique Brandão Hi Pedro as I don´t know your playing, this is a difficult question. There is this saying "you are what you practice" so maybe don´t play scales just up and down, play them in all the intervals, in triards ....What I did a lot is to write my own solos, to find my own style of playing. For me, improvisation is fast composition, if I can´t do it fast (improvise) I do it slow first (composing). I never play my own solos, it is just about the process. I compose a solo, I learn to play it and then I alow myself to forget it and do it agin and again and again. Transcribe yourself and you don´t sound like other players, that´s the fun in Jazz for me. Hope that helped cheers Wolfgang
.... ich habe da auch noch eine '68er 335, die m.E. hervorragend dynamisch, holzig und offen klingt - aber das Handling mit dem dünnen und schmalen Hals bringt mich dann doch immer wieder zur Heritage zurück....
peterhoffmann13 Lustig, ich hatte in den 90ern eine ES335 von 1968, umgerüstet auf stoptail, aber ich habe die Gitarre wieder verkauft. Der, an den ich die Gitarre verkauft habe, hat sich vor 2 Jahren bei mir Stunden genommen und so konnte ich die Gitarre wieder probieren, ich habe den Verkauf nicht bereut....die war nix.
Do you know what the radius of the 82 fretboard is? all of the documentation online says it is a 12" but when I measure my 82 it has a 9.5" radius. Love your videos btw.
mr poo I know the dating from 1977 to 1986. The first letter is the month (A für january, B februar...) and the first two digits tell you the year, should read 81 on yours.
There’s a big difference. The fujigen guitar makers from that era were world class. You have to play one to know what I’m saying. The super58 pickups from the early 80s are also very desirable. Unfortunately some time in the late 80s Ibanez changed the wiring of the super58s. So the AS200 1981-1985 are probably the best to search for. Good luck.
super Vergleich; spiele selbst eine As200 von 1981 - muss allerdings sagen, dass mir der Hals im Vergleich zu vielen Gibsons etwas zu breit ist. Absolute Nr.1 ist momenatn eine Heriatge H555.
peterhoffmann13 eine meiner Studentinnen hat sich eine H555 gekauft, eine der wenigen Semi´s die ich besser finder als eine alte AS200, super Gitarre, gut gewählt!
So I’m at a crossroads with my 1981 As-200. I owned a Am-100 with the classic 58s and loved them. My 200 has the 70s and they just don’t capture his good it sounds acoustically. Do you have 58s or 70s
Yes, I tried one but did not like it that much. I don´t know the exact differences, maybe it was just a bad one. I know a guitar player who played his AS80 for many years and liked it very much.
I think the main reason is that the AS200 has much hotter pickups, from my experience the 335 has lower output pickups. They make the sound of the 335 more open, just a different concept, not better ore worse
I have a 1981 AS-100 with Super 58 pickups, love it! Thanks for the video!
I have an ‘83 Ibanez AS-200.
Thanks for making this video!
I have watched it many times and have learned so much from you.
Thank you for the positive feedback!
Very interesting. Thanks!
Thanks for the demo.
Really Love this tone.
Great! I do own a F81 AS200 Lefthanded Version since 1988....my first decent guitar....
I have a 1980 AS200. From what I’m hearing the super 58’s are warmer than the super 70’s. No complaints though. Great playing. Port Alberni Canada .
Thanks for the info great vid 👍
Hello! I am considering purchasing a new AS200. Are they identical in size to an ES-335? They appear to be very close in size.
As much as I hate to admit it, this guitar sounds better than my 335🤔. Would love to find one of these at a good used price.
I have the 1981 model I bought from my lead guitarist, it has Schaller tuners which hold it in time better. I play bassoon stage but love my lead guitars to practice my scales for bass patterns. Aug wielder sehen
I have AS-200 1982, overall amazing guitar, but rotting binding drives me crazy 😂
Der Tri-Sound-Schalter kann für einen kleinen Trick genutzt werden: Hauptschalter in der Mitte (beide Pick-ups), Tri-Schalter auf Phasendrehung, anschließend das Lautstärkeverhältnis beider Pick-ups so regulieren, dass ein "out of Phase"-Sound zustandekommt - ähnelt dann etwas einem dünneren Strat-Sound. Durchaus interessant als Alternative - beispielsweise bei rhythmischen One-Note-Begleitungen (Funk, Soul etc.).
(meine ist übrigens vom April 1980)
Danke, werde mal ausprobieren.
No doubt the early 80s Ibanez Artist guitars are out-standing world class instruments. Another very good semi-acoustic 335 style Ibanez is the LR 10 Lee Ritenour model.
What is your Wampler Dual Fusion settings? Really good tone.
Thanks so much for comparing these and comfirming my suspicions on tone even with two very similar models. I did as much research as I could before purchasing a 1980 AS200 and I feel very lucky as it sounds & feels better than all but one or two Gibsons I've played since I started playing in the early eighties. Something I had hoped you included was some discussion on the small black switch included on both of those AS200's. On mine I hear a very prominent bass boost to the neck PU in the forward position, but very little difference in the other two position for either pickup. Not sure if mine is working correctly. Any thoughts/experience?
the switch sets the front pickup in parallel, single coil split or regular hum bucker.
@@mymixture965 Cool thanks Wofgang! Ya, i just watched this comparison where about 13min in they describe & compare the three switch positions: czcams.com/video/ho5zejfsaJ4/video.html
Great video! I have an '81 AS-200 that I will never part with - such great guitars. Can I ask what strings you're using? And was that DI or through an amp?
Thanks. Strings are 11th. Amp was a Mese Boogie 5:50.
I was confused about your knob and switch. Then I realized they were switched around? :) The '86
yes, they are switched and I always want to bring it back to original, it´s confusing:-)
Is there a difference in the pots? My 1981 AS-50 came with 250k pots from the factory and really gave a it a dark tone. I switched to 500k and it really brightened it up.
as far as I know there is no difference, both guitars have a regular 500 k pot
You have such a very special jazzy vocab., do you have any advices about how to work out my vocab? Sometimes I feel just like running scales, chords tones etc.
Thanks in advance!
+Pedro Henrique Brandão
Hi Pedro
as I don´t know your playing, this is a difficult question. There is this saying "you are what you practice" so maybe don´t play scales just up and down, play them in all the intervals, in triards ....What I did a lot is to write my own solos, to find my own style of playing. For me, improvisation is fast composition, if I can´t do it fast (improvise) I do it slow first (composing). I never play my own solos, it is just about the process. I compose a solo, I learn to play it and then I alow myself to forget it and do it agin and again and again. Transcribe yourself and you don´t sound like other players, that´s the fun in Jazz for me.
Hope that helped
cheers
Wolfgang
Wolfgang Pointner Thanks, I'll do it for sure, and see if I have great results (I believe I will!)!! Keep jazzing!
Really nice sounding 82', great tone and chops. Wich amp are you using?
Mesa Boogie Express 5:50
@@mymixture965 thanks!
.... ich habe da auch noch eine '68er 335, die m.E. hervorragend dynamisch, holzig und offen klingt - aber das Handling mit dem dünnen und schmalen Hals bringt mich dann doch immer wieder zur Heritage zurück....
peterhoffmann13 Lustig, ich hatte in den 90ern eine ES335 von 1968, umgerüstet auf stoptail, aber ich habe die Gitarre wieder verkauft. Der, an den ich die Gitarre verkauft habe, hat sich vor 2 Jahren bei mir Stunden genommen und so konnte ich die Gitarre wieder probieren, ich habe den Verkauf nicht bereut....die war nix.
Do you know what the radius of the 82 fretboard is? all of the documentation online says it is a 12" but when I measure my 82 it has a 9.5" radius. Love your videos btw.
I can't measure that, but my guess is 9,5, happy you like my stuff👍
Bought my AS200 in Aschaffenburg Germany. I think they had just come out. Thinking I must have the 81. How can I tell?
mr poo I know the dating from 1977 to 1986. The first letter is the month (A für january, B februar...) and the first two digits tell you the year, should read 81 on yours.
Cooler Vergleich ... suche schon länger eine As200 ... hattest du schon mal eine Yamaha 2200 zum Vergleichen?
+p911c32
leider nein, habe aber nur gutes darüber gehört
Are the vintage 80's models the ones to have, compared to new Prestige models? Or, are they not that much different?
Right, I think the early 80´s are better
There’s a big difference. The fujigen guitar makers from that era were world class. You have to play one to know what I’m saying. The super58 pickups from the early 80s are also very desirable. Unfortunately some time in the late 80s Ibanez changed the wiring of the super58s. So the AS200 1981-1985 are probably the best to search for. Good luck.
Wo hast du denn die alten Ibanez-Gitarren gekauft, wenn ich fragen darf?
Meistens von privat, die AS200 hat mir ein Geschäft vermittelt. Ich schaue halt öfter mal die Kleinanzeigen im WWW durch.
super Vergleich;
spiele selbst eine As200 von 1981 - muss allerdings sagen, dass mir der Hals im Vergleich zu vielen Gibsons etwas zu breit ist. Absolute Nr.1 ist momenatn eine Heriatge H555.
peterhoffmann13 eine meiner Studentinnen hat sich eine H555 gekauft, eine der wenigen Semi´s die ich besser finder als eine alte AS200, super Gitarre, gut gewählt!
So I’m at a crossroads with my 1981 As-200.
I owned a Am-100 with the classic 58s and loved them. My 200 has the 70s and they just don’t capture his good it sounds acoustically. Do you have 58s or 70s
Sorry I don't know, I never took them out.
Have you ever tried the as80 ones?
Yes, I tried one but did not like it that much. I don´t know the exact differences, maybe it was just a bad one. I know a guitar player who played his AS80 for many years and liked it very much.
I love the tone of this guitar! Are the frets jumbo? Very nice demo and great playing!
The frets are not jumbo frets, maybe a little bigger but not jumbo, which I would prefer
Wolfgang Pointner ok, was just wondering. I have a 335 and your as200 sounds Vetter to my ears than my 335.
I think the main reason is that the AS200 has much hotter pickups, from my experience the 335 has lower output pickups. They make the sound of the 335 more open, just a different concept, not better ore worse