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1976 Ibanez 2451-NT
2451 Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The 2451 is a solid body guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1975. It was made in Japan. It's visually similar to Gibson's Les Paul L6S model.

The 2451 features a single cutaway figured maple body with natural finish bolted to a hard laminated maple neck with a 24-fret maple or rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position markers and open-book headstock. Components includes a pair of Super 70 humbucker pickup's, a Harmon-o-matic fixed bridge with stop-bar, individual controls with 6-way rotary switch and Deluxe individual chrome plated machine heads.

The 2458 is a related model with same pickup configuration and 6-way position selector.

The 2451 was discontinued after 1977.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 2451
Model name: 2451
Year(s) offered: 1975-1977
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: DM: 960 "1976"
Finish(es): Black (BK) / Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Ash
Body dimensions:
  Length: 16½"
  Width: 13½"
  Depth: 2
Neck joint:
Set-in
Bridge:
Harmon-o-matic w/ stop-bar
Pickguard:
black
Knob style:
Speed (black)
Hardware color:
Chrome
Neck
Neck material:
3-piece maple laminated
Scale length:
628mm / 24¾"
Fingerboard material:
Maple (NT finish)
Rosewood (BK finish)
Fingerboard inlays:
Pearl dots
Frets:
24 / medium
Nut:
Bone (43.2mm)
Machine heads:
Deluxe (Star) chrome
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Super 70 chrome plated (H)
Neck pickup:
Super 70 chrome plated (H)
Controls:
Master volume / Tone-mid cut / Tone-treble cut / 6-way rotary switch
Output jack:
¼" mono (top mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

1975 Ibanez 2451-BK
Ibanez 2451-BK with rosewood fingerboard Red copyright sprite

Sources[]

6-way selector switch position ( Explained ) 
1975 2451-NT front
Front of body (NT finish) Enlarge sprite
  • 1 - Both pickups ( sounds normal )
  • 2 - Front pickup ( sounds brighter than position: 1 )
  • 3 - Both pickups ( sounds brighter than position: 1 )
  • 4 - Both pickups ( sounds "Out of phase" )
  • 5 - Rear pickup ( sounds normal )
  • 6 - Both pickups ( sounds "Out of phase" brighter than position: 4 )
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