Ibanez Artcore AF75 Hollowbody Electric Guitar Trans Red Sunburst

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I bought this guitar about a year ago and think it is an amazing instrument, especially when the cost is considered. I have another Ibanez Artcore, a AS73, and I don't know how Ibanez can build such a beautifly crafted instruments, that play so well, and sell for such amazing prices. They are beautifully crafted, far beyond their price range. As much as I love the AS73, which is a beautiful and fine playing guitar, this little Ibanez AF75 has won my heart. I play and sing with a 5 piece local band at clubs performing classic/southern rock and country, and at jam sessions with other bands, and this guitar more than meets my needs. The neck is fast and smooth, the electronics sound great and once the intonation was set and the bridge squared, it stays in tune for hours of hard play. Friends pick up this guitar and are knocked over by it's light weight and ease of play. It fits in a classical guitar sized case, so it's easy to move around. I play .011/.049 jazz/blues nickle round wound strings on it, and it has a splendid voice. I have other guitars that cost many times as much as this Ibanez, but when the phone rings, and my friends want me to head out to a jam session, this is the guitar I pick up as I head for the door. You can't go wrong with any Ibanez guitar, and the AF75 is proof positive of how much bang you can get for your buck.

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You may want to raise the string height or get lighter strings to get the best sound. This helps to not get much fret buzz from it. It is a very good guitar for school bands and practicing.

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I am a professional jazz guitarist who uses high end guitars. I was looking for a spare guitar to keep in Chicago for when I am visiting. The Ibanez Artcore was the perfect guitar for me. Price was just right, great feel, easy to play. The pickup's could be a bit nicer, but at this price point, I really can't complain too much. The intonation is excellent!! I did change the strings to a set of D'addario Chrome .10 to help mellow out the tone. Of course, the strings you use is very subjective. For a beginner, to intermediate player, this guitar is perfect. You will love the easy of play!!! Plays like melted butter. I highly recommend this guitar for the beginner to intermediate player, as well as anyone looking for a nice spare guitar. If you are going to change the strings, and are unfamiliar with a "floating bridge" you should change one string at a time, so as to NOT MOVE the floating bridge. If you happen to move the bridge, your intonation will be impacted. Easy to fix this, but you do need a bit of knowledge on the subject. Any guitar tech could help you, or maybe find some information on the web. Hope you enjoy the Artcore as much as I do.

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When I first bought this, it had some intonation problems (I got that fixed for the most part) but it can still be difficult to tune. Despite this, the guitar has a very deep, warm tone to it and is great for playing jazz or blues. Looks great sitting in my living room too! It has a beautiful vintage look to it.

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This is a good guitar if you want to play jazz, 50's, or practice like it is an acoustic.

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I have owned this thing for 9 years it gets better with age! If you want a jazzbox,rockabilly,punk etc.get it! No problems at all.
Good jazzbox Good sound.
Excellent quality
Good price

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My experience through this guitar came through my music teacher at school. I used his for our performances because I didn't have an electric of my own, and I can easily say I played it anywhere from one to four hours on a daily basis. At no point did I feel uncomfortable with it, nor did I feel as if I was restrained in terms of what I could play. It could handle anything that our productions threw at it, and it was an absolute pleasure to play. My only issue with it was difficulty in terms of fret access, but that's an issue that you're going to run into with just about any full hollowbody. But the quality of this Ibanez ensured that they wouldn't fail to produce an equally impressive semihollow with all the fret access I desire. Overall this guitar's an absolute beauty, a steal for the price, and a pleasure for both the experienced and inexperienced to play for a long, long time.
The guitar's constructed very well. Ibanez seems to put a lot of pride in their the necks of their guitars, and this one's no different. Comfort the entire time playing, and the guitar hardly feels as big as it is. A wonderful feeling guitar from one end to another, the only issues I've ever had were intonation issues, but as it wasn't my guitar I couldn't really find a reason for it.
The first time I saw my teacher pull out this guitar, I automatically assumed it was a pretty expensive one. Has the looks of one--all the class of a very expensive jazzbox at a fraction of the price. Best part about it is that it's much more than looks--plays as well as an expensive jazzbox too.

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Overall, I'd recommend this guitar to anyone that wants a nice guitar at a very reasonable price. Featured, quality, finish... all great.
What an amazing buy. I have owned this guitar for about two years and I love playing it. Great tone and playability, though it does have a tendency to go out of tune, but I always retune every time I play any of my guitars, so that's no biggie. I have this in the trans red finish and people always comment on what a beautiful guitar this is.
Great quality as I've always expected from Ibanez.
You can't beat this guitar for the money.

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I bought this Ibanez Artcore AF75 guitar about 3 years ago because my friend owned one, he bought a couples of years earlier, that was really well-made, sounded sweet, and played beautifully with a smooth fast neck. So I ordered one online. When I recieved and played mine, I was very very disappointed. It wasn't anything like the one my friend had. The neck did not feel smooth as the frets on this guitar were all sharp at the edge and needed to be sanded down. There were many buzzing spots. The pickup and pots were not right either. After I changed the strings, adjusted the bridge, it still had many buzz spots, and fret board is uneven beyond the 14th fret on. The electronic components on this guitar were rather shabby too. ( I don't think one of the tone control pots ever worked.) I should have returned it then, but I kept it with the hope to fix it up a little.Then about a week ago, I took it out of my case, and noticed that the machine head for the G-string were broken off. This has never happened to any of my guitars (Gibsons, Fenders, and other Ibanez) that I've owned before. Again, I was appalled to see how lousy of a quality this particular piece was made with. Along with the machined, I shoud change the pickups and have the neck adjusted now that I want to get back into playing an electric guitar again, but am still debading about buying a different guitar instead of fixing this one...

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This was actually the first electric guitar I purchased. I got the blue color which was beautiful...
Between my mid-light D'Addario's and the neck the guitar is singularly the easiest playing neck I have ever touched, comparable to my Gibson LP... so it is probably great for people learning to play. Unfortunately, I don't know if the bridge is cheap or the neck has bent but after about half a year, it kind of died on me; I have tried tinkering but I can't get it to stay in tune and is practically unplayable. its just kind of sitting in storage in its case and I'd feel bad giving it away...
I have hence expanded my arsenal, but looking back, the money could probably have been better allocated towards something with a better lifespan...