Did these guitars ever make it into production...?

Question:they are not gibsons they are ibanez remakes of the gibson ,explorer,moderne(i wish i had one), and the flying v.

http://www.guitars.ru/01/ib/051.jpg

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: they are not gibsons they are ibanez remakes of the gibson ,explorer,moderne(i wish i had one), and the flying v.

http://www.guitars.ru/01/ib/051.jpg

Yes they did, there was quite a controversy in the 70s concerning lawsuits and ibanezs shameless and flagrant copying of gibson models. The moderne copy is a hard one to get hold of but i found a link to it http://www.guitarshop.net/ibanezfutura1....
That one sold but that site is your best bet for finding one in the future. There is a flying V on the austin version of craiglist but it has been butchered and wouldn't personally go near it for the $750 its offered at. 70s ibanezs were pretty poor quality as were most asian guitars of that era. They really have came along way and you'd be better buying a more modern moderne copy(if they exist).

Gibson produced the Explorer & The flying V first hand