AF95FM-AYS (Antique Yellow Sunburst) Electric Guitar Artcore Expressionist.
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 buying 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're looking for, you'll find it here.
The AF95FM is one of the models in the Ibanez Artcore Expressionist series, guitars that are fully optimized to suit jazz guitarists. Factory-finished D'Addario Jazz strings, medium-thin fretboard and traditional look,
The guitar features a 3-piece Expressionist mahogany/maple set-in (glued into the body) neck, a medium-thick neck with a round, C-shaped, profile. Perfect for both solo and chord playing. The neck meets the body at 14 frets. The fingerboard is bound ebony fingerboard with traditional Acrylic block inlays and binding.
The body is completely hollow (no center stock), 70mm thick at the string hole and is built of flamed maple top, sides and bottom. A construction that gives a warm and lively sound with good separation.
The mics are Ibanez Super 58 Custom, a mic that combines a soft and nuanced tone with an ability to bite when needed. Works just as well for clean and traditional jazz sounds as for overdriven blues and rock sounds.
The mics are connected on a 3-position toggle switch and have separate volume and tone for each mic.
Spec:
- AF Expressionist 3pc Nyatoh/Maple set-in neck.
- Flamed Maple top, back and sides.
- Bound Macassar Ebony fretboard with Acrylic block inlay.
- Medium frets.
- Gibraltar Performer bridge.
- VT06 tailpiece.
- Super 58 (H) neck pickup (Passive/Alnico).
- Super 58 (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Alnico).
- Gold hardware.
- Fitting case: MF100C.
- Fitting bag: IHB541.
Neck:
- Scale: 628mm/24.75 .
- 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