AF55-TF (Tobacco Flat).
Artcore is a series of extremely affordable full-hollow and semi-hollow guitars where the quality is amazingly good. They are guitars that completely changed the view of what you can expect to get for your money when you buy hollow guitars. They are guitars that are as good as a gateway to the world of jazz cans as they are to be a backup to the toy guitar, or main instrument, for the professional guitarist. A guitar you dare to take out on the road without compromising on instrument quality. They are also perfect guitars for those who primarily play solid electric guitars but who want a good, but affordable, hollow guitar in their arsenal. Easy to play, easy to handle and well-built instruments.
A guitar series that works just as well for beginners as for full-blooded professionals, and everyone in between.
In the series there are several different models with different focus, design and appearance, from pure jazz machines to rockabilly cans to blues and rock guitars. There are more lavish and luxurious models to simpler, no-frills models.
Whatever you are looking for, you will find it here.
AF55 is a simpler jazz can that speaks as clearly rock as jazz, or why not blues or rockabilly, visually. A well-built model where, among other things, simpler mics, simpler inlays and simpler bindings are used than the more expensive models have. It has a mahogany Artcore neck with bound Laurel fingerboard and White dot inlays. The body is built of laminated sapele top, sides and bottom, a durable construction with very good sound characteristics.
A discreetly beautiful guitar that visually fits in anywhere, whatever you play.
The mics are Ibanez Infinity R, a medium output ceramic pickup with a warm and full sound.
The mics are connected on a 3-position toggle switch and have common volume and tone control.
Spec:
- AF Artcore Nyatoh set-in neck.
- Linden top, back and sides.
- Bound Walnut fretboard with white dot inlays.
- Medium frets.
- Gibraltar Performer bridge.
- VT06 tailpiece.
- Infinity R (H) neck pickup (Passive/Alnico).
- Infinity R (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Alnico).
- Chrome hardware.
- Matching case: MF100C.
- Matching bag: IHB541.
Neck:
- Scale: 628mm/24.7 .
- Width at nut: 43mm.
- width at fret 20: 56.3mm.
- Thickness at 1st fret: 21mm.
- Thickness at 9th fret: 244mm.
- Radius: 305mmR.
Body:
- Length: 19 1/2
- Width: 15 3/4
- Max Depth: 3 5/8