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1971 Ibanez 2358-R
2358-R Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The 2358-R is a hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1971. It was produced in Japan.

It is essentially an ES-335 Gibson - Al Caiola copy

The 2358-R features a smaller, double-cutaway, semi-hollow body design with a fine grained rosewood top on rosewood back and sides with black and white purfling mated to a set-in maple and walnut neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl blocks position markers, white binding and black side dots. Components include a pair of Maxon humbucking pickups, Controls are 2 volume knobs, two pickup on-off switches and two tone-switches, the Tune-o-matic style bridge is equipped with a specially decorated trapezoidal tailpiece, a black picguard, a plastic nut, top hat knobs, and Ibanez tuning machines.

The 2358-M is a similar model with maple top back and sides.

The 2358-R was discontinued after 1972.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 2358-R
Model name: 2358-R
Year(s) offered: 1971–1972
Sold in: Europe
Made in: Japan
Finish(es): Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Hollow body
Dimensions:
  Length: 19"
  Width: 15¾"
  Depth: 2"
Top:
  Material: Fine grained Rosewood
  Binding: black and white purfling
Back/sides:
  Material: Rosewood (laminated)
Neck joint:
Bolt-on
Bridge:
Standard Tune-o-matic (10.5mm string spacing)
Tailpiece:
Decorated trapezoidal
Pickguard:
Black
Knob style:
Top hat (gold)
Hardware color:
Gold plated
Neck
Neck type:
slim C
Neck material:
3-piece maple/ walnut
Scale length:
628mm 628mm/ 24¾"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Fingerboard inlays:
Pearl blocks w/ black side dots
Frets:
22 / jumbo (6155)
Nut:
Ivory plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Maxon (H)
Neck pickup:
Maxon (H)
Controls:
2 volume knobs, two pickup on-off switches and two tone-switches
Output jack:
¼" mono (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.010/.013/.017/.030/.042/.052
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

1971 Ibanez 2358-R rear
Ibanez 2358-M ( Rear: Fine grained rosewood body bolted to a 3-piece maple/ walnut slim C neck and gold plated machine heads ) Red copyright sprite

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