Jazz and blues tones in an upscale package.

A seriously sweet looker, the Ibanez Artcore AF105 Hollowbody Electric Guitar has a fully hollow body with flamed maple for the top and body. The 5-piece maple/bubinga neck utilizes a custom set-in neck joint for a solid connection to the body and has a bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium frets and fabulous custom pearl/abalone inlays. 24-3/4" scale delivers easy playability. The dual Custom 58 humbuckers churn out sweet, singing tones. The Ibanez Artcore AF105 also has custom inlays on the bridge and tailpiece, a pickguard that matches the body, and gold hardware.

Ibanez Artcore AF105 Hollowbody Electric Guitar Features:

• Flamed maple top and body
• Custom set-in neck joint
• 5-piece maple/bubinga neck
• Bound rosewood fingerboard
• Dual Custom 58 humbuckers
• 2 volume and 2 tone controls
• ART1 bridge
• Custom inlay on fingerboard, bridge, and tailpiece
• Matching pickguard
• Gold hardware
• 24-3/4" scale
• 22 medium frets

Ibanez Artcore AF105 Hollowbody Electric Guitar Includes:

• hardshell case

There is no classier guitar in its price range, and it will wow crowds from the cigar bar to the coffee house. Order today.

Ibanez Artcore AF105 Hollowbody Electric Guitar

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sweet, pretty little thing with soul

Posted by JMG from Houston, TX on Jun 26, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: active musician, live sound engineer, etc

Reviewer's Play Style: blues, rock, country, classical, latin

i've owned mine now for almost 3 years now and i have to admit its one of the sweetest guitars i have played. it absolutely beautiful, the pic does not due this guitar justice. its variety of tones is exceptional and you get a real soulful tone for clean blues leads and rhythms. this is an excellent giutar for jazz. i am a worship musician and find that its a great guitar for a fatter, fuller, overall clean sound. i dont recommend this guitar for heavier crunch leads beacuse the resonace on this guitar causes alot of feedback, although i have used it for rhythm with sme crunch and got a really good tone. overall excellent guitar.

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Great Guitar

Posted by Steve from SoCal on Apr 14, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: garage/bar bands

Reviewer's Play Style: rock, blues, 80s

This guitar is great. The neck is smooth, fast and fantastic. All of the wood looks super cool. The cosmetics on this guitar (mother of pearl, wood knobs, etc) would cost a ton more on other brands. It stays in tune wonderfully. I just wish the upper fret access was better and the knobs had more marks to consistently set your volume and tone. As a hollow body, watch out for feedback when you crank on the distortion.

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smooth as butter and warm as apple pie!!

Posted by jacob_blues from South Carolina on Dec 13, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist, Music lover

Reviewer's Play Style: Gospel, Country, Blues

Well I have read many reviews on all types of guitars. There are a few that still stick in my mind that I must own but for now I must say this was my main choice. I played a lower end model of this guitar and was blown away. The feel was somthing to get a little use to but only for a minute or so. After I got my 105 in the mail I played it accousticcally and sounded very good to me. But when I played it through my amp I was blown away. All I can say is smooth as butter and warm as apple pie. I just love the neck PUP. Roll down on the tone and get a full fat jazz lead or bleand the neck with it to get a brighter tone for country picken. This is my first real guitar and I am very fond of this axe. I am not a very experineced player but I know what a great guitar sounds like and this is one. I hate that this is not an american made guitar but it is still a great guitar. I think if this was a american made guitar I would say it would be 2 to 3 times higher that what it is selling for. Just a great guitar that can grow with me as I grow. thanks Ibanez!!!!!

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Excellent guitar.

Posted by Mr. Fingers from Terre Haute, IN on Feb 15, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Jazz, Latin

I bought this guitar because I couldn't afford an ES-175 but always wanted one. I am extremely happy! I've had it for about a year now. Visually excellent, absolutely beautiful, workmanship excellent, no flaws I can find! Stays in tune well, easy playability and nice action. Comes with tune-o-matic and rosewood bridges. Sound is very impressive with either bridge. Tune-o-matic gives bright tone, surprising sounds using amps or modeling processors. But it really excels with rosewood bridge and thicker strings through my small tube amps (using D'Addario EXL110Ws now but thinking about moving to D'Addario ECG24 Jazz Light Chromes). Sweet, sweet tone from this box, many compliments on the sound and visuals! If you were wanting an ES-175 or similar don't hesitate to try this one first. Only one thing I would change, the tone and volume control knobs are rosewood with single dots as position indicators, it would be nice to have numbered knobs so you can start a song or set the same way everytime. Also, take some time to air out the case, it has an unusual smell when new. But you won't leave it in the case for long!

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AF105-NT (Cheep Thrills)

Posted by BlueDude from Longmont, CO on Jun 13, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: 45+ years of pickin

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues, Pop

The Ibanez AF105-NT Artcore Custom is a very credible jazz box. The medium frets and more traditional neck make for a very comfortable playing instrument. Workmanship is incredible at any price and the sound is very versatile. The neck pickup gives sustained warm jazz sounds with a surprisingly long sustain. Tone control is smooth and linear with a very broad range of expression available. The bridge pickup can be as twangy as desired by just turning up the tone. Both have extremely clean output.

Original setup was poor (zero string relief and too-high cuts on the nut) but easily remedied. I use 0.11s on this box and they play really easy because the traditional trapeze design provides greater string elasticity due to the longer overall string-length. Highly recommended.

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