Ibanez AM73 Artcore Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar

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The Ibanez AM73 has deep sustain thanks to its semi-hollow maple body, while its ACH humbucker pickups produce fluent, pristine high-end tone.

When Artcore guitars debuted in summer 2002, they turned the music industry upside down. No longer were full and semi-acoustic guitars just big expensive jazz boxes for jazz players -- even some of Ibanez' competitors bought them (no, we're not making this up). With Artcore guitars you get an amazingly affordable price plus the quality and tone you expect from Ibanez, the guitar company with over 4 decades of experience making full and semi-acoustic guitars.

Features:

- Artcore set-in neck
- Mahogany neck material provides rich warm lows and sweet sustain
- Maple top/sides/back body
- 22 large frets
- Bound Rosewood finger board
- ART1 bridge
- ACH1 (H) neck PU
- ACH2 (H) bridge PU
- Pearl dot inlay
- Chrome Hardware
- Huge assortment of styles, from big and small bodied full hollows to small bodied semi-acoustics, including the classic Ibanez Talman shape
- Original design Vintage Vibrato with roller saddle bridge. All the great vibe of the classic trems -- with none of their traditional tuning glitches
- Medium output Artcore pickups accurately reproduce the cool, complex tones of a hollow AND work well with effects
- The great upper fret access and sustain of a set-in neck at the price of a bolt-on

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. (61 ratings)
Submitted March 10, 2005 by a customer from yahoo.com

"Sweet Guitar, Sweet Price"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I will keep this guitar for a long, long time. It fits well between my Strat and acoustics sounds, with a nice jazzy sound. Can go from nearly acoustic to Chicago blues.
Sound
Excellent bridge pickup sound, bright but not annoying. It is really sweet through my little tube amp, with goog balance. It can play clean but really shines when it's on the edge of light distortion. Sweet!
Quality
I can't believe a guitar in this price range is this well made. The wood is nice, the translucent finish is excellent, the bindings are okay (better than you expect for the price) and the workmanship is good. It came set up out of the box, and while I will eventually tweak it, that really isn't necessary.
Value
I still cannot believe that a guitar this good cost so little. In this price range, it is head and shoulders above the competitors.
The Wow Factor
This guitar is sweet! It feels good, it seems to know what you want it to sound like. I wasn't looking for a guitar when I first played one, but knew I had to have it afterwards.

Musical Background:

serious hobbyist, play some live and record

Musical Style:

rock, folk, blues
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