Over a long period, Ibanez has continued to energize the hollow-body market with wide range of designs including everything from rockin' semi-hollow hybrids to straight-up traditional jazz-boxes. The Artcore Expressionist line established yet another chapter in the Artcore story. The Expressionist difference? Jazz fans will recognize the Ibanez original Super 58, the preferred pickup of George Benson, Pat Metheny and John Scofield on their own Signature models. A favorite among jazz players, but also has been proven to perform well in a variety of situations. Warmth, balanced articulation, and excellent response are defining characteristics of the Super 58 pickups.

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.

• CASE/GIG BAG: Not Included.

Features

Flamed Maple top / Flamed Maple back and sides: offers a beautiful wood grain

Gibraltar Performer bridge: provides rich sustain and tuning stability; low-positioned saddles for comfortable playability

3pc Nyatoh/Maple neck: provides rich mid-low end and great resonance

Macassar Ebony fretboard: produces tight lows and midrange with strong attack in the highs; quick response and rich sustain

Quik Change III Tailpiece: enables faster and easier string changing

Super 58 Pickups: feature moderate output and vintage tone

Specs

• Neck type: AS Expressionist 3pc Nyatoh/Maple set-in neck
• Top/back/side: Flamed Maple top, Flamed Maple back, Flamed Maple sides
• Fretboard: Bound Macassar Ebony fretboard, Acrylic block inlay
• Fret: Medium frets
• Number of frets: 22
• Bridge: Gibraltar Performer bridge
• String space: 10.5mm
• Tailpiece: Quik Change III tailpiece
• Neck pickup: Super 58 (H) neck pickup, Passive/Alnico
• Bridge pickup: Super 58 (H) bridge pickup, Passive/Alnico
• Factory tuning: 1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E
• Strings: D'Addario® EXL140
• String gauge: .010 / .013 / .017 / .030 / .042 / .052
• Hardware color: Gold
• Scale: 628mm / 24.7"
• a: Width: 43mm at NUT
• b: Width: 57mm at 22F
• c: Thickness: 21mm at 1F
• d: Thickness: 24mm at 9F
• Radius: 305mmR