Ibanez AFJ957 Artcore Express Hollowbody Electric Guitar, 7-String

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From the guitar maker that pioneered the 7-string comes the AFJ957VSB hollowbody, complete with Artcore Custom-7 pickups built expressly for this model.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Maple body with spruce top Smooth highs and crisp low midrange tone
Artcore Custom-7 pickups Great tonal range and spectrum on a 7-string
Bound rosewood fretboard Warm rosewood tone; beautiful binding
Fully hollow body Single tone chamber, resonant and alive sound

The Ibanez AFJ957VSB Artcore Express features a Spruce top with Flamed Maple back and sides, as well as a handsome clean white binding on body, headstock, and fingerboard. Carefully crafted set-in neck construction ensures body liveliness. The fretboard is a rich looking Rosewood contrasted by pearl block inlays. Its 3-piece Maple/Mahogany neck has proven its reliability through the years on numerous Ibanez hollow and semi-hollow models.

As the guitar builder that pioneered and perfected the seven-string, the AFJ957VSB is a natural for Ibanez. The Artcore Custom-7s are Ibanez proprietary pickups designed specifically for this model and are capable of translating the full range of this seven-string in its full color.

For a decade now, Ibanez has energized the hollow-body segment with a wide range of designs-with everything from rockin' hybrids to traditional jazz-boxes. The Expressionist line begins yet another chapter in the Artcore story. Built with tone woods selected for their beauty as well as their musicality, the Expressionist line covers the wide range of styles for which Ibanez hollow and semi-hollow bodies are known.

- Finish: Vintage Sunburst
- Neck: AFJ-7 Expressionist set-in
- Top: Spruce
- Back/Sides: Flamed Maple
- Frets: Narrow
- Fretboard: Bound Rosewood
- Inlay: Pearl block
- Bridge: ART-7
- Neck Pickup: ACH-7
- Bridge Pickup: ACH-7

Neck Dimensions
- Scale: 628mm/24.7"
- a: Width at Nut 48mm
- b: Width at Last Fret 62mm
- c: Thickness at 1st 20mm
- d: Thickness at 12th 22mm
- Radius: 400mm

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-669-8262
Web: https://www.ibanez.com/usa/support/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (2 ratings)
Submitted August 5, 2013 by Ron R in Lomita, CA

"Great guitar"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I love this guitar. Beautiful dark tone and a wonderful, very solid neck. Ibanez builds really nice jazz guitars at affordable prices. Love the extended harmonic range of the 7th string (low B). Perfect for solo guitar or backing a vocalist.

Musical Background:

professional musician and composer for over 45 years

Musical Style:

Primarily jazz, but I've played pretty much everything at one point or the other.
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