DISC Ibanez AS153 Artstar 2018, Antique Yellow Sunburst

Full Description

Beautiful Flamed Maple Hollow Body

The Ibanez AS153 Artstar features a hollow body design crafted from stunning flamed maple, creating a beautifully unique aesthetic with a classic 50s style voice. The maple tonewood provides a clear, defined upper midsection and a high-end sparkle, delivering a balanced low-end response ideal for chiming chords and super bright lead patterns. For added acoustic projection, a duo of classic 'F' sound holes are also featured on the maple soundboard, providing a classic look that many guitarists associate with the 1950s era.

Smooth 3-Piece Neck & Ebony Fingerboard

As well as providing a resonant body with comfortable contours, a three-piece mahogany/maple neck is also incorporated for added comfort and an enhanced tone. This three-piece neck is mounted with a bound ebony fingerboard with acrylic block inlays. Ebony is a great choice for fingerboards, as its natural smoothness reduces finger fatigue, ideal for fast playing styles, and provides the perfect platform for percussive styles such as tapping or hammer-ons. It’s bound edges allow for a smooth play and fluid hand flexibility across the whole neck.

Super 58 Pickups

The Ibanez AS153 delivers beautiful tones perfect for jazz fans, with its choice of incredible Super 58 pickups which have been used by artists like George Benson, Pat Metheny, and John Scofield. This vintage choice of pickup delivers warm, balanced articulation, an excellent response, and a perfect tone for jazz guitarists. These pickups are capable of delivering a 'jazz clean' tone, as well as 'blues-dirty' for a versatile performance.

Neck Pickup Tri-Sound Switch

Along with its independent volume and tone controls, the neck humbucker also features an innovative tri-sound switch to offer further tonal options. The switch allow players to set the humbucker between the traditional series configuration, a parallel setting to deliver a brighter, single-coil-like sound with a lower output and hum cancellation, or a coil-tapped option to produce classic single-coil soundscapes.

ART-1 Bridge & Quik Change III Tailpiece

The AS series Artstar features the ART-1 bridge and Quik Change III tailpiece combination in a stunning gold finish, creating a beautifully modern yet old appearance to compliment the guitar’s aesthetics. While the bridge helps improve the strings sustain and tuning stability, the tailpiece allows for a faster and easier string change than standard bridges.

About Ibanez Guitars

Over the past 30 years, Ibanez Guitars have always been at the forefront of developing the right tools for electric guitar players pushing the boundaries of music. For decades, Ibanez designers and luthiers have been the embodiment of this ideology, pushing their skills to the edge of imagination, consistently creating some of the most versatile and unique instruments ever. Although Ibanez guitars have been made since 1908, it wasn't until the late 1980s that they began to form an identity for themselves when artists such as Steve Vai and Frank Zappa began using their instruments. Now with a huge artist clientele across the globe, Ibanez are a leading manufacturer of electric guitars and basses and a first choice for many dedicated musicians.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Body: Flamed Maple
• Bridge: ART-1
• Tailpiece: Quik Change III
• Construction: Set-Neck
• Finish: Antique Yellow Sunburst

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: 3-Piece Mahogany/Maple
• Profile: Artstar AS
• Scale Length: 24.7’’
• Fingerboard: Bound Ebony
• Radius: 305mm
• Frets: 22 Medium w/Artstar Fret Edge Treatment
• Inlays: Acrylic & Abalone Blocks
• Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 43mm

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: Super 58 (Passive/Alnico)
• Neck Pickup: Super 58 (Passive/Alnico)
• Controls: 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector, Tri-Sound Switch (Neck Pickup)
• Tuners: Die-Cast w/Half Moon Buttons
• Control Knobs: Sure Grip III
• Hardware: Gold
• Case Included: Hardshell