Ibanez ASB180 Artcore Semi-Hollow Electric Bass

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With a maple top, back and sides, a mahogany neck, and ACHB pickups, this Ibanez Artcore bass has a classic look and a sound that's great for jazz and blues.

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
Maple top/back/sides	Warm, smooth tone with crisp highs
ACHB-B2 humbucking pickup	Warm, full tone; very versatile humbucker
ACHB-N3 neck pickup	Big and thick neck pickup tone
Gibraltar III Bass bridge	Huge amounts of resonance and depth

Overview

The Ibanez ASB180 Artcore Semi Hollow Electric Bass Guitar features a select-grade maple top, back and sides. The rich rosewood fingerboard is bound and contrasted by pearl dot inlays for a very classy look. The 3-piece Artcore Maple/Mahogany neck has proven its reliability on thousands of Ibanez hollow and semi-hollow bodies throughout the years. The ACHB pickups are matched perfectly to the Ibanez ASB180 Artcore bass and produce very responsive, warm tone coloration, and moderate output which helps minimize feedback.

Specs

- Neck type: Artcore 3pc Maple/Mahogany set-in neck
- Body: Maple top/back/sides
-Fretboard: Bound rosewood fretboard w/Pearl dot inlay
- Frets: Medium frets
- Number of frets: 22
- Bridge: Gibraltar III Bass bridge
- Neck pu: ACHB-3 neck pu (Passive)
- Bridge pu: ACHB-2 bridge pu (Passive)
- Hardware color: Chrome

Neck Dimensions
- Scale: 770mm/30.3"
- a: Width at Nut 42mm
- b: Width at Last Fret 63mm
- c: Thickness at 1st 21.5mm
- d: Thickness at 12th 24.5mm
- Radius: 400mm

Documents and Manuals

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

Reviews

(1 ratings)

Submitted June 11, 2013 by ken g in gainesville, FL

"ASB 180 Bass"

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Nice workmanship. Lightweght and easy to play. Great vintage tone. The overall length is 45 inches, so even for a short scale its kinda big. The neck seems a bit wider than most but not difficult to play. The bridge pickup is great, very crisp at 12K ohms, but the neck pickup is only 1.2K ohms and not very deep sounding. I upgraded mine already to 30K one, fat and sassy. Overall she does great for my classic blues band. Not a rock bass. Play country or soul and shes fine..