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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...well I finally found my dream archtop and boy, was it a surprise!
Ibanez Artcore AF75-TRS
Here are the the specs:
"The Ibanez Artcore AFS75 Electric Guitar has a fully bound all maple body that provides tight resonance without feedback. This guitar is a true full-hollow body guitar (no soundblock) perfect for that muted jazz tone and fully flexible for everything from alt rock to pounding punk. Mahogany set neck with bound rosewood fretboard and pearl block inlay is a delight to the digits. ACH1 humbucker at the neck and ACH2 at the bridge provide a beefy, quiet signal with pronounced mids.
Ibanez Artcore AFS75 Electric Guitar Features:
Full-hollow body
Maple top, sides, and back
Mahogany set neck
Bound rosewood fretboard
ACH1 humbucker at the neck
ACH2 humbucker at the bridge"
This is one sweet archtop. Mellow Jazz to dirty blues and everything in-between. These have to be one of the best kept secrets around! So much bang for very little "buck"! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Congrats TIm! My local music store has a bunch of these. They're fun to play and all of them are very nice looking. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've heard nothing but good things about Artcores. Enjoy. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Should be a good one, tell us about it when you've really warmed up to it. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I have the Artcore AF85. The only difference is it has two ACH1 pickups, and mine is the antique violin finish. It is an incredible guitar for the money. I run it through a crate amp with just a touch of reverb. SOOOO Clean. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Couldn't agree with you more Alison! It's a wonder that these don't sell for much more! I'm totally stoked on this one.... "stoked"?...uh, did I just date myself? :rolleyes: |
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Location: Jet City | Congrats Tim! I had an AFS75T, same thing without the trem really, may have been a bit slimmer too.
They play great, have fun! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Those Ibanez are under rated. For a solid body, I particularly like the RGA121. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Tim,
Very nice. Enjoy. :cool: |
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Location: SE Michigan | Wow, I really like the color. Looks like a great guitar. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Well I spent about 3 hours last night playing this guitar and all I can say is wowie zowie! It was too easy to set up for my playing and has great sound, whether clean, smooth jazz, mellow BB Blues or hot'n bothered crunch to soaring Santana leads!
One thing that struck me last night was how similar the neck felt to my old Les Paul. Very comfortable and easy to play. It is fully bound (as are the "F" holes) and plays like a dream.
You gotta check one of these out!
Yup. I'm a happy camper. :D |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Wowie Zowie, Tim! Sounds like something Frank would say! :D |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Obviously, Frank is a very intelligent and articulate fellow. |
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My new Archtop: Warning, Non "O" Content!