Ibanez Artstar AS153B-BK Black

The Ibanez AS153B Electric Guitar Black is a 6-string electric guitar, featuring a mahogany/maple neck, a maple top, back and sides, an ebony fretboard, and a black finish. The parallel histories of Jazz music and hollow-body electric guitars have been manifested in the Artstar. The influences of these legendary instruments are immediately apparent with bone nut, ebony fretboard, and Ibanez's signature Super 58 custom pickups.

The critical eye will appreciate the details like the smoothness of the fretboard and a skilled crimping technique generally found on instruments costing twice as much. The Artstar is a pure jazz-box that embodies the continual innovation that is Jazz. The Super 58 pickups deliver the smooth, nuanced tones and the biting growl of blues. The Ebony fretboard with Artstar fret edge treatment provides tight response and smooth left-hand fingering. The Bone nut provides richer tone from low to high.

The main features of the Ibanez AS153B Electric Guitar Black include:

• Neck: Artstar 3pc Mahogany/Maple set-in
• Body: Maple top/back/sides
• Fretboard: Bound Ebony
• Inlays: Acrylic & Abalone block
• Fret: Medium w/Artstar fret edge treatment
• Scale: 628mm/24.7"
• Bridge: ART-1
• Tailpiece: Quik Change III
• Neck pickup: Super 58 (H) (Passive/Alnico)
• Bridge pickup Super 58 (H) (Passive/Alnico)
• Tri-Sound switch for neck pickup
• Factory tuning: 1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E
• String gauge: .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
• Nut: Bone
• Hardware colour: Gold
• Hardshell case included