Ibanez AZ427P1PB-CKB

AZ427P1PB-CKB (Charcoal Black Burst) Premium.7-string. AZ - Players Player Project - AZ is the result of several years of testing, with many of the world's best guitarists as test pilots, with the goal of developing the ultimate players player guitar. That is, an extremely well-sounding, easy-to-play and stable instrument that you should be able to play virtually all styles of music with. Roasted / baked maple necks to make it stable no matter how you tour around the planet and wherever you play. Stainless steel bands to make them almost indestructible and feel smooth and well polished no matter how much you play. A perfectly functioning bridge with an arm mount that won't slip no matter how much you pull on it. And all this with "TON" written on the forehead, No specs in the world mean anything if it doesn't sound amazing, and this one does, it sounds better than amazing. The AZ neck is a modern neck with what Ibanez calls oval C profile. A 1 bit Premium neck in roasted / baked maple. The wood is roasted in a vacuum oven which drives all liquid and resin out of the wood, making it extremely stable if almost completely insensitive to weather and humidity. Sonically, it makes the wood behave like old and dry wood, more resonance, sustain and tone. This is the same rosted technology that has been on the market for a few years now (which is different from the S-TECH roasting that the Prestige versions have). The guitar sings in a completely different way than the corresponding untreated wood and is several times more stable. The neck is finally treated with oil, which gives the guitar a well-recorded wood feeling, forget about rocky varnish to get stuck in. Neck profile Ibanez calls the neck AZ oval C, which describes it quite accurately. C with a little more shoulders would also fit well. It is noticeably thicker than how Ibanez usually have their necks, but for that matter not fat or clumsy. 20.5mm at the first fret and 22.5 at fret 12. It feels modern and accessible while feeling traditional and familiar. The fretboard radius is a perfect compromise to be perfect for both chords and soloing. The transition between fretboard and neck is softly rounded called "rolled fretboard edges" which gives a very smooth and recorded feeling. Body The body is designed to be comfortable and without sharp edges so that you can both stand or sit and play for hours on end. The rounding of the edges is softer at the back than at the front. The neck meets the body with Ibanez's new Super All Access Neck Joint, which is a further development of their well-proven All Access Neck Joint. SAANJ makes the entire neck extremely accessible without cutting too much wood and starting to negatively affect the tone. Seymour Duncan® Hyperion-7 (TM) Pickups Hyperion is a mic developed in collaboration with Marciela "MJ" Juarez at Seymour Duncan. A girl who has been Employee no.2 as Seymour's right hand since 1976. She has made mics for Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Beck, David Gimour, Slash, Joe Bonamassa, just to name a few. A mic with moderate output and Alnico5 magnets. A clear, dynamic mic with good separation and a clear pick attack. Very good balance between the strings so low notes are clear and high ones warm and full. The mics are connected on a dyna-MIX 10 switch with an additional wAlter switch. It gives a lot of useful, believable, sounds from everything to humbucker to single coil. Ibanez T1502 Tremolo The bridge is a further development of the GOTOH 510, one of the world's most popular non-locking bridges. Ibanez thought "is this the best there is or can it be improved?", and it was. The T1502 is based on the 510 and built by GOTOH, so modern 2 pivot style with lockable studs. The updates include a better, and completely gap-free, arm mount (snap in with adjustable pressure. The arm can be replaced with Ibanez Ultra Lite swing arm). T1502 has the same string spacing as 510 narrow, 10.5mm instead of 10.8mm. Mic coupling is called Ibanez Dyna-MIX and together with their Alter switch you can access extremely many useful sounds. An absolutely fantastic mic system and incomparably good mics. Specs: - AZ7 Oval C Roasted Maple neck - 24 frets - Poplar Burl top/American Basswood body - Rosewood fretboard w/Mother of Pearl dot inlay - Jumbo Stainless Steel frets - Graph Tech® nut - Seymour Duncan® Hyperion(TM) 7 (H) neck pickup - Seymour Duncan® Hyperion(TM) 7 (H) bridge pickup - dyna-MIX10 switching system w/Alter Switch - Gotoh® T1572S tremolo bridge - Chrome hardware - Gotoh® MG-T locking machine heads - Luminescent side dot inlay - Gig bag included - Recommended case: MR500C Neck: - 648mm/25.5" mensur. - Width at saddle: 47mm. - Width at 24 frets: 66mm. - Thickness at first fret: 20.5mm. - Thickness at 12 frets: 22.5mm. - Radius: 305mmR