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Ibanez AF105 Artcore Custom Electric Guitar (with Case)

Flamed maple top, sides, and back. 5pc. maple/ bubinga neck material. Custom 58 pickups.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           10 out of 10
Value:
           10 out of 10
I Want It:
           10 out of 10
Sound:
           10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           10 out of 10
Support:
           10 out of 10
 
 

"For those that like a quality guitar that they don't need to baby."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from sc.rr.com
Submitted: 6/5/2005
Style of Music: various
Musical Experience: hobbyist
Location: Columbia,SC USA

 

 
Feature:
Unsure as to whether I would have liked a vibrato model.

Quality:
Very well put together, and has held tuning very well. The low E drops slightly occasionally.

Value:
I am totally unaware of anyone being dissatisfied with this guitar or any Ibanez Artcore.

Desirability:
I personally wanted a rich sounding electric. As a hobby, a Byrdland is beyond a reasonable budget. But this has to be somewhere close in sound and quality.

Sound:
Possibly better electronics, but I like the wooden knobs and bridge.

Overall:
I can't imagine selling this guitar, something must've went way wrong!

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"I'm sleeping with it and my girlfriend is having the couch!!!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from homail.com
Submitted: 10/27/2007
Style of Music: SKA, rock, alternative, reggea, swing, punk-rock, pop music.
Musical Experience: musician, performer
Location: Québec city, Québec, Canada

 

 
Feature:
I like the flamed mapple. The black outlining is very cute, also the goldy hardware is wonderfull... ''Nacre'' of pearl incrusted on the neck is pretty nice and fancy tough.

Quality:
Good stuff, good assembling, everything nice but one thing: the plug was a little loose when I first plugged it. I had to screw it better. I hardly got it out and fixed it. Now it's nice and perfect.

Value:
It worth a double cost, it works a lot more than more expensives ones I've tried.

Desirability:
I wanted it so bad, felt in love at first sight. The waves in the shape are completely outstanding. Sometimes, I open the case only to take a look at it.

Sound:
Well, to me it's a rich and onctuous blend of jazzy bar blues, u know, either rock n'rolling as well, good for country too. I actually use it for SKA tunes.

Ease of Use:
It's the hottest thing I been touching for years. Not easy to tune at the beginning, even with a tuner, but still I'm playing on it like walking on clouds. The neck, a little bit more wide than common electric guitars, is prefect for someone usualy playing on classical guitars, because the neck are mostly similar about the width.

Support:
I need nothing yet. All is ok. I hope it will last for a while.

Overall:
If I buy something else it will be a Gretch, but it will not do a better job exept ruin my pockets twice more.

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"WOW!!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 9/5/2006
Style of Music: Christian rock/blues/jazz/ P&W
Musical Experience: 30+ years... from road bands, back in the day to local P&W
Location: Waynesboro, VA

 

 
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Feature:
I first feel in love with the looks... I'm sometimes shallow. Wasn't planning to buy but had to try... once my wife heard it, the buying was her idea. the appointments are serious.

Quality:
If I were asked to guess a price not knowing it was an Artcore (if they hid the lightning bolt, I would have guess more than twice the price.

Value:
I'm sure Ibanez could get more if the wished too. I'm glad they don't.

Desirability:
At first, there were some things i thought were cheezy, like the inlay (which my wife loved from the start). After spending just an afternoon after setting it up, I'm just in love.

Sound:
In a word "creamy". With the right amp and effects (a little chorus and reverb) it sings like an angel.

Ease of Use:
New strings and very little tweaking and she's dealed in beautifully. I'm using XL blues / jazz .011's on this one.

Support:
Third Ibanez in 10 years and never needed support. Can't say that about my Gibsons... sorry.

Overall:
I own several... let's say 8 high end pieces (L.P. Elegant, PRS custom, American Deluxe Strat... among others. I have been playing an Artcore AM73 most of the time. I think between the 73 and 105, I be pretty much an Ibanez kind of guy.

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"A truly amazing affordable professional guitar"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from mweb.co.za
Submitted: 5/12/2006
Style of Music: Jazz, Blues, Gospel
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: South Africa

 

 
Feature:
The workmanship is outstanding, comparing well with guitars 3 times the price. The flamed maple makes it a guitar that stands out.

Value:
You will battle to find better value for money. This guitar is in a league of it's own.

Desirability:
This is now my favourite guitar. I am totally spoilt. Have been playing for over 30 years and I have found the guitar of my dreams.

Sound:
No guitar is perfect, but this guitar comes close. It has a rich, full sound ideal for serious Jazz musicians. Actually a very versatile guitar that even works well for some serious lead playing.

Ease of Use:
What you get out of this guitar will depend on how well you play it, but it is an easy guitar to play. Good action on he neck and well spaced frets.

Support:
Have not needed support. Guitar needed a bit of neck and bridge fine tuning, but it was quick and easy.

Overall:
Difficult to beat

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"Extraordinary Jazz guitar for little dollars"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 2/18/2006
Style of Music: Jazz chordal solos and Jim Hall sort of lines
Musical Experience: 36 years experience playing jazz guitar
Location: Norther NSW

 

 
Feature:
If you want to know about the features read the ads. Here's what they don't say...the body is not as deep as a decent jazz guitar. This was a bit weird for the first few days. But it still manages to produce a decent sound. I guess if I changed any of the components I'd give it a spruce top. The timbers are nice though and it looks very good. I might swap the saddle, it looks a bit clunky. The tail piece looks ok but probably is a bit overdone but I'm really being fussy here.

Quality:
They've gone to a lot of trouble to make this guitar look and feel like the real thing. Even the nut has been rounded a bit at the top (high) E string, some other Artcores and Corts are a bit pointy at the nut (these Artcores comes from the Cort factory ??? ...the Corts are surprising guitars...check em out if you need a cheapie)

Value:
Ridiculous price for a good instrument

Desirability:
Looks good and plays right

Sound:
This is a really good jazz guitar. Yes, it does make other sounds but I bought it to play jazz on and it can make a beautiful Jim Hall sort of sound if you want it to. If you do the seventies sort of Benson 'Affirmation' stuff it play that well. The best tip I could give is 'learn to play properly. I can't fault the sound of this thing, I'm pretty shocked that an Asian guitar can sound so good, nothing personal, I've always owned Gibsons and this actually sounds as good as.

Ease of Use:
The only learning curve is about 30 years of practice, then it'll play itself and do as you ask. It plays so easily. It feels like the scale of the neck is a touch shorter than some other guitars and the fretboard curve is very minute..for me that's perfect. I'm astounded how a cheap guitar can play better than all the other guitars I've ever owned.

Support:
Not needed

Overall:
If I had the dollars, I'd go and buy a handful of other artcore semi acoustics

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