Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar

Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Olive Metallic, Full Straight Back

Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Olive Metallic, Headstock Left Front

Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Olive Metallic, Body Straight Front

Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Olive Metallic, Body Left Front

Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Olive Metallic, Body Straight Back

Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Olive Metallic, Headstock Straight Back

The Ibanez AS73 Artcore makes rich semi-hollowbody tone affordable. With a double cutaway and a pair of humbuckers, this tone machine looks and sounds great.

Overview

If you thought the only good full or semi-hollow guitars were expensive (and the inexpensive ones weren't any good), think again. Ibanez AS73 Artcore guitars represent thinking that's way outside the box. No matter what kind of music you play - punk, alt rock, nu rock, whatever - if you're serious about adding rich tones to the mix, it's time to stop just thinking about it. With Ibanez Artcore, you can now afford to go full or semi-hollow. You can't afford not to!

Features:

- Traditional and cutting edge specs.
- Huge assortment of styles, from big and small bodied full hollows to small bodies semi-acoustics.
- Tremolo models feature the original design Vintage Vibrato with a roller saddle bridge for 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.
- Linden body
- Bound laurel fretboard w/ acrylic block inlay
- Large frets
- Quickchange III tailpiece
- 2 ACH humbuckers

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Specs

- Neck Material: Linden

- Neck Construction: Artcore/Set-in

- Top/Back/Sides Material: Linden

- Bridge: ART-1

- Tailpiece: Quik Change III

- Neck Pickup: ACH1 (Humbucker)

- Bridge Pickup: ACH2 (Humbucker)

NECK DIMENSIONS
- Scale/Length 628mm/24.75"
- a: Width at Nut 43mm
- b: Width Last Fret 57mm
- c: Thickness 1st Fret 20mm
- d: Thickness 12th Fret 26.5mm
- Radius: 305mm

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Olive Metallic: Shipping Weight: 11.5 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 46 x 19 x 6 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): AS73OLM
Transparent Cherry: Shipping Weight: 11.75 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 48 x 21 x 6 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): AS73TCD

Documents and Manuals

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

Guitars and Basses Manual

Maintenance

Ibanez's Description

Ibanez AS73 Artcore Semi-Hollow Guitar

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Reviews

(128 ratings)

Submitted March 11, 2019 by Andrew C in South Windsor, CT

"Play one of these and you will buy it!"

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You will be hard-pressed to find such a beautiful, well-made instrument at this price point. I’ve never owned an Ibanez before, but they clearly pay attention to quality control. Fit and finish out of the box was flawless. I’ve been playing this guitar for a month or so now without making any adjustments and with the factory strings. I’m noticing a slight intonation issue on the G string, but that is it. The action and playability is right where I would want it. I will make the adjustment when I stop being lazy and change the strings. It is impressive how well this guitar stays in tune. I’m a blues oriented player, so I do a lot of bending and vibrato. Tuning is spot on and the tuning machines are of a high quality. Great blues/rock tones!I wanted an affordable semi-hollow and was leaning towards an epiphone 335, but then saw the AS73 hanging on the wall at a local music shop. I picked it up on a whim thinking there was no way I would ever buy an Ibanez. I’ve always assumed their product to be geared more towards the metal genre. I was so very pleasantly surprised by the tone, playability and quality of this guitar at $100 less than the epiphone. The only feature you don’t get with the Ibanez is the coil tapping, but I’m not convinced I would pay much attention to that anyway. So, if you are considering an affordable semi-hollow, you would be foolish to not take a hard look at the AS73.