Ibanez Artcore Series AF75TDGIV Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar  

This beauty can play to any style. I enjoy rock, blues, and Christian praise guitar music and this guitar can do it all. Having a Whammy bar is perfect for that little extra effect.

Ibanez has really done a great job in over-all quality. No glue or paint smears. The action was almost perfect just needed a little tweaking. I have played Gibson and Epiphone hollow bodies and to me, the Ibanez does just as well. I have read a lot of reviews about people changing the pick-ups when they get their guitars. To me, the pick-ups do the job. Through my Orange amps, I can get that perfect clean sound of that Sunday morning worship songs to that nasty hard rock crunch that would make Ozzy proud and everything in between.

I have not had my Ibanez for years yet, but I beleve this guitar will last a long time. If you are still wondering if you should buy this beauty, try it out and you will be sold.

Very happy with the guitar. If I could change anyting, I would change the location of the toggle switch for the pick-ups. When I am using the wammy bar, I have a hard time switching between the pickups. Also, why does Ibanez not give us the case with the purchase?

BUY this guitar!!!

With the gold hardware and tremolo bar, you can't lose.

Good solid guitar.

It appears that this guitar will last a long time if cared for. Much guitar for the money and the sound is much more than some of the more pricey brands.

I love it. I can't put it down. It is perfect for anyone wanting the vintage rockabilly sound or even blues or jazz. Very versatile.

I've had mine for almost three years now. I keep thinking that I'll somehow "upgrade", I tell my wife that I'll sell this Ibanez when the next axe arrives...never happens. Get your axe set up properly by a professional, put some heavy gauge strings on it, (at least 12s). That's what this screamer is made for. I've got 14 guitars, I'll never let this one go. Not to mention how impossibly beautiful it is.

Very good!

With golden hardware, immaculate finish, and proficient craftsmanship, the Artcore series of guitars are real beauties. My local store had the option of black or creme, and I had to buy the black one (although that red burst looks tasty as well).

This guitar is surprisingly light, as it is a full hollowbody. The body    itself is narrow enough to be comfortable to play for smaller or  female   players. Unplugged, this guitar is as loud as any acoustic, but plays much more comfortably as the action is not quite as high. It has a nice bright sound thanks to the steel strings.

I find the factory pickups to be very nice-sounding for my style. They're rather warm, probably enhanced by the fact that I use flatwound strings, but the bridge pickup sounds clear and clean (for a humbucker) and the neck pickup has a beautiful softer tone for those creamy solos. When you select both at once, it's absolute heaven. Each pickup has its own volume and tone knob, which allows you to dial in exactly the sound you want - although even just cranked to 10 across the board it sounds phenomenal.

The Bigsby-style arm is the icing on the cake. The factory setup allowed it to go up or down one full step perfectly (or as perfectly as a Bigsby can get). It can be a little too noisy for using during live acoustic recording, as it groans a little when being adjusted. Deep-digging picking can cause the strings to jump off of their rollers on the bridge, but I only do that when I get carried away. There are so many neat things you can do with it that the benefits outweigh the scanty issues inherent to the mechanism.

Inside and out it is obvious that care has been taken in  creating an instrument that looks, plays and sounds wonderful. No stray  globs of glue, no cracks or poor joins, no loose parts, just sleek sexy  craftsmanship the whole way through. The frets are well-defined and  placed, and although I personally prefer chunkier ones these were a joy  to play, especially legato. The tuners are smooth and precise in  operation, and the pickup selector switch moves with military authority,  no jiggling around.  The only appreciable flaw I could find was a small  burr on the finish in the inside of one of the soundholes, which was  easily sanded down - and which went unnoticed by me for over a month.

For the money, I don't think you can find another hollow-body guitar that is even comparable in quality and overall versatility and playability. The fact that it sounds great plugged in or unplugged makes it a great starting guitar if you don't mind spending a little more than the average beginners instrument, and chances are you will fall in love and continue to use it long after you've established your chops.

Normally I like to customize the heck out of my guitars to make them my  own, but the only modification I've made to this guitar so far is to round off the nut for more comfort. It's already earning its first buckle rashes and battlescars and continues to amaze me every time I pick it up. It's a great starting point for creating your own unique hollow-body sound or replicating classic tones. If you have the money, you will not regret purchasing this guitar, even if your only use for it is as an ornament. It looks and plays as good as anything twice its value.