DISC Ibanez AFC125 Artcore, Black Flat

Full Description

Classic Hollowbody Tonality

A spruce-topped hollowbody design gives the AFC125 a bright and resonant tone with complex overtones created by the large internal space. The body has a classic "jazz box" proportion that is ideal for traditional mellow-jazz tones with great clarity and nuance. The 3pc mahogany/maple neck and ebony fingerboard enhances the AFC125's low-end articulation and stability, along with providing a smooth playing-feel for the left hand.

Hollow body guitars originally found popularity in traditional jazz styles, based on the original electric-acoustic guitar design. As pickups were developed over the decades, these guitars developed into genre-spanning instruments and will work equally well in blues, rock, country, pop, funk and soul musical styles. This is a great guitar to give you access to a wide range of genres with a convincing sound and classy aesthetic.

Elegant Aesthetics

The AFC125 has a contemporary aesthetic based on a traditional "jazz box" guitar; this is created by its matte finish, body and f-hole binding, bound fingerboard and sleek black hardware. The VT14 tailpiece is covered by a special AFC wood cover and complements the swooping lines of the raised black pickguard. This guitar is a modern-take on a classic design and will evoke the look of a guitar from decades-past, while still reminding you it's a modern instrument with its sleek design features.

Classic Elite Humbuckers

The Ibanez AFC125 is loaded with two Magic Touch-Mini humbuckers. Not only do these metallic-coloured pickups give the guitar a sleek aesthetic, they also provide a huge range of tonal balance and clarity. They are designed to have a crisp articulation that gives a fast pick-attack for complex single-note melodies. The pickups also provide great clarity across all 6 strings, meaning you'll have a balanced range of frequencies to maintain note separation when playing intricate chord melodies.

The pickups are mounted to the guitar with a "floating" design; this ensures that the top surface of the guitar is free from dampening and can resonant to its full capability for a richer acoustic tone. The pickups are wired with individual volume and tone controls, so you'll be able to fully sculpt your sound for all styles of contemporary jazz playing.

Smooth Playability

A graduated-thickness mahogany neck (21mm at 1st fret to 24mm at 9th fret) gives a classic feel reminiscent of vintage guitars. The 20 medium frets are mounted on a 305mm radius rosewood fingerboard, which will provide a smooth playing surface for any genre of music. The frets are finished with Ibanez's Artstar Fret Edge Treatment which gives them an incredibly polished surface for a liquid-smooth playing feel. The single cutaway body assists with top-fret access, while the svelte body design (with lighter weight courtesy of the hollow chamber) ensures a comfortable feel whether stood up or sat down.

Features

• Classic large body hollow design
• Spruce top on flame maple body
• 3pc maple/mahogany set-neck with bound ebony fingerboard
• 20 medium frets
• VT14 tailpiece with wood cover
• Ebony bridge with compensated saddle
• Magic Touch-Mini floating humbuckers
• Dual volume/tone controls and 3-way switch
• Flatwound strings
• Harshell case included

Specifications

Body and Bridge

• Top Material: Spruce
• Back & Sides: Maple
• Construction: Set-neck
• Bridge: Fixed
• Colour: Black Flat
• Body Dimenstions:
• Length: 19 1/2"
• Width: 15 3/4"
• Max Depth: 3 5/8"

Neck and Fingerboard

• Neck: 3pc maple/mahogany
• Profile: Artcore AFC
• Fingerboard: Bound ebony
• Inlays: Mother of Pearl off-set blocks
• Frets: 20 medium with Artstar Fret-Edge Treatment
• Fingerboard Radius: 305mm
• Scale Length: 628mm/24.7"
• Nut Width: 43mm
• Neck Thickness: 21mm at 1st fret, 24mm at 9th fret

Hardware and Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Magic Touch-Mini (H) neck pickup (Passive/Alnico)
• Neck Pickup: Magic Touch-Mini (H) neck pickup (Passive/Alnico)
• Controls: Neck Pickup Volume & Tone, Bridge Pickup Volume & Tone, 3-way Pickup Selector
• Bridge: Ebony bridge with VT14 tailpiece and AFC wood cover
• Hardware: Gold coloured with Sure Grip III Control knobs
• Strings: Flatwound
• Case: Hardshell case included