Ibanez Artcore AS73 Electric Guitar

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Add the exceptionally warm tone of a semi-hollowbody guitar to your repertoire with the Ibanez Artcore AS73 electric guitar. Available in a range of attractive finishes, including transparent cherry, brown sunburst, and deep black, this visually pleasing semi-acoustic guitar sounds as good as it looks. The AS73 deals with feedback concerns by mounting the humbucking pickups into a sustain block. This design feature also results in increased sustain. Besides sounding and looking good, a guitar has to be comfortable to play. The AS73 features a mahogany neck with a bound rosewood fingerboard that joins up with the body on the 17th fret, giving musicians' fingers a silky smooth surface and easy access to high notes. Lastly, this slim guitar puts plenty of control into players' hands with a versatile three-way pickup selector and dual volume and tone controls.The beauty of a semi-hollow guitar is in its ability to both work acoustically with its hollow and plugged in, but it is more than just a jack of all trades. The existence of the hollow within the body and behind the pickups makes a subtle difference to the tone of the guitar even through an amp. It is hard to describe until you hear one live as only then can you see exactly how the two parts of the tone interact to create something completely different. Playing one takes a little getting used to because the weight is different from what you expect, but aside from that, it works the same way as a regular electric.The body of the Artcore is all maple with a pair of matching cutaways on either side of the bridge. Each finish option is beautiful with rich, full colors and a wooden texture providing detail. There are 22 frets set into mahogany, an ART1 bridge to anchor the strings, and an ACH1 humbucker in the neck position with an ACH2 at the other end. The Ibanez has a three-way switch to control whether just one or both of them are active. The inlay is a very simple pearl dot design that lets the natural wood take center stage, and all hardware is chrome. Out of the box, the Ibanez has a clear and balanced sound. It is warm and mellow through a tube amp, being most suitable for jazz and blues. However, with accessories like a modeling amp, pedals, or stomp boxes, you can do a lot to shape the sound to make it more suitable for other genres. Those are just the two that make the most use of semi-hollow electric guitars. The truth is that the Ibanez Artcore can handle just about anything because the quality of its basic tone is excellent and easy to work with. If you are looking for a well-rounded and beautiful instrument that can work with a variety of amps and genres of music, this Ibanez will serve you very well. You can pair it with whatever gear you like, and you will see what makes it so great.