The AS is a semi-acoustic guitar built to tackle just about any genre of music you throw at it. The pickups are mounted directly to the center block for increased sustain and feedback elimination.
The parallel histories of Jazz music and the hollow-body electric guitar are inextricably linked and manifest in the professional-grade Artstar series. The influences of these legendary instruments are immediately apparent with a bone nut, ebony fretboard, and Ibanez's signature Super 58 custom pickups. The critical eye will appreciate the attention to detail poured into these instruments like the smoothness of the fretboard and the skill applied to the fretwork, generally found on instruments costing twice as much. The Artstar embodies the pure jazz-box and the continual evolution the genre represents.
The Ibanez AS113 features a Nyatoh/Maple neck that provides a rich mid-low end and great resonance, a Bone nut that provides richer tone throughout the entire register, and equipped with the Super 58 pickups for moderate output and vintage tone. The Gibraltar Artist bridge, made of a light weight Aluminum bridge frame and Zinc saddles, provides natural tone, rich sustain and tuning stability. The low positioned saddles promise comfortable playability. The Quik Change III tailpiece enables faster and easier string changing.
Type |
Hollow Body; Centre-Block |
Colour |
Brown Sunburst |
Orientation |
Right Handed |
Number of Strings |
6 |
Body Shape |
Artstar |
Body Material |
Spruce Top with Flamed Maple Back and Sides |
Neck Material |
3-Piece Nyatoh/Maple |
Neck Shape |
AS Artstar |
Fretboard Material |
Bound Macassar Ebony |
Number of Frets |
22 |
Fretboard Inlays |
Acrylic & Abalone Block Inlays |
Fret Size |
Medium |
Fretboard Radius |
305mmR |
Nut Material |
Plastic |
Nut Width |
43mm |
Neck Pickups |
Super 58 Humbucker (Passive/Alnico) |
Bridge Pickups |
Super 58 Humbucker (Passive/Alnico) |
Controls |
1 X Volume, 1 X Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector |
Bridge |
Gibraltar Artist Bridge with Quik Change III Tailpiece |
Strings |
.010/.013/.017/.030/.042/.052 |