Ah, the early 80's Ibanez Musician. Anyone remember when these things were cheap? I don't, but in the 70's and 80's Japan starting pumping out high-quality electrics to compete in the world market, Ibanez being the best-known. These were some of the only non-American good quality guitars out there, though the body shapes and headstock logo were often Gibson rip-offs. This era more or less ended when Gibson sued the crap out of the foreign Ibanez, issuing endless cease-and-desist orders. It was a time when Gibson quality was at a low, and Ibanez was providing a very viable alternative. As things sometimes tend to work out, I'm guessing that a side effect of these lawsuits was to provide the notoriety to help make Ibanez the mega-company it is today.
This model has more knobs and switches than any sane player knows what to do with, including an insanely loud fire-breathing active-passive switch that acts like another amp inside the guitar. This one came to me with a lot of corrosion on the frets and in the electronics, but the neck looks great for a 25 year old and I knew the playability could be improved quite a bit with a fret level and setup. The electronics cleaned up fine, and the playability is now better than just about anything out there, including those expensive Gibsons from the same era.