MIJ Madness! Oh yes, it's another NGD.

[Philly Q]

Oh alright, you wheedled it out of me. I don't have it yet though so I can't priove it but I have bought a Les Paul Special from a friend in USA. Just have to decide whether to ask him to ship it here or to my Son who lives in USA as I plan to visit soon and could collect and bring it back.

Excellent choice!  I love Les Paul Specials.  I look forward to seeing it.  :D

[Plenum n Heather]

I need a guitar like that! Nice score!!

[Telerocker]

Nice one Philly, reminds me of the Ibanez Artists. I had an Artstar 120 in that colour.

[dave_mc]

very nice indeed :D

that rear control cavity is a good idea :)

[Philly Q]

Nice one Philly, reminds me of the Ibanez Artists. I had an Artstar 120 in that colour.

Was that a semi or solidbody? 

In the early/mid eighties they made some small-bodied semis which I think were part of the Artist series, the AM models.  There was an AM200 and AM400 (or AM205/AM405, something like that).  A bit fancier than my guitar, with gold hardware and pearl/abalone block inlays like the AR300.  You see them on eBay sometimes but they command pretty high prices, unfortunately.

[TheyCallMeVolume]

Cool guitar.

[Telerocker]

Nice one Philly, reminds me of the Ibanez Artists. I had an Artstar 120 in that colour.

Was that a semi or solidbody? 

In the early/mid eighties they made some small-bodied semis which I think were part of the Artist series, the AM models.  There was an AM200 and AM400 (or AM205/AM405, something like that).  A bit fancier than my guitar, with gold hardware and pearl/abalone block inlays like the AR300.  You see them on eBay sometimes but they command pretty high prices, unfortunately.

Semi-hollow ES335-style and -size!

[Twinfan]

Very cool Philly, I like that a lot!

[Mr. Air]

Happy NGD! It looks really great.

[Andrew W]

Very nice looking guitar with some sensible updates for the discerning tweaker.

[Philly Q]

It is cool, I'm liking it a lot.  8)

I do like semis, the resonance and acoustic volume makes them fun to play unplugged, even if those properties don't necessarily translate into the amplified sound.

It is a bit neck-heavy on a strap, though.  I need to ditch those stupid heavyweight Grovers and replace them with some nice Gotoh or TonePros Kluson-types.  It'll look better, too.