Collector alert!

Vintage Ibanez Destroyer (Explorer model) from 1977

This guitar is in an all original and unbelievable condition! 

Simply as close to MINT condition as can be.

Not only fabulous but a very fine testament of the incredible craftmanship from Japan.

Serial number: H776668 (August 1977)

Pickups: Super 70s Neck:13,90 - Bridge: 8,02

Original hard case including: Cable, Bridge adjuster, Ibanez Guitar Loving Care manual and Ibanez Accessories / Guitar Parts catalogue!

The 2459is a solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1975. It was made in Japan by FujiGen. It was one of the first models in what would come to be the Destroyer series. This model is also known as the Korina Destroyer. It supplanted an earlier mahogany version.

The 2459 features a large, angular body modeled on the Gibson Explorer. It has a solid ash (or Japanese sen) body mated to a set-in 3-ply maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot position markers. Components include a Tune-o-matic style fixed bridge, stop tailpiece, a pair of Ibanez Super 70 humbucking pickups with chrome covers mounted in black pickup rings, a white pickguard, top hat style knobs, and Smooth Tuner "Star" machine heads. The output jack is mounted on the side of the guitar.

This guitar is part of the legendary Korina Trio along with the 2469 "Futura" and the 2387CT "Rocket Roll Sr."^[1] which were copies of Gibson's trio of "modernistic" designs from the 1950s. While those earlier Gibson guitars were made of African limba wood (also known as korina), the exact species of wood used for the Ibanez trio has been much debated — the catalogs say "solid ash", some marketing materials claimed they were "African korina" and some experts insist they were made of Japanese sen, which has a grain structure similar to ash. In any event the translucent "African Korina" finish gave them a yellowish hue which was quite similar to Gibson's originals.^[2]

The 2459 was discontinued in early 1978 as Ibanez was phasing out production of copies of guitars from other manufacturers in favor of original designs. The shape would reappear in mildly altered form as the Destroyer II in late 1980.