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Quality built and perfect tone
By: Tip Tisdale
Submitted: 5/14/2020
6 people found this review helpful.
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I am an old late 60s rocker who has played professionally, has recently retired and wants to spend more time perfecting !y skills in bird and jazz.I started reading reviews and blogs on blues\jazz tones and hollow body guitars currently available. I had narrowed down my search to Gibson and Guild products, but they were way out of my price range. fortunatly, I mentioned my my search activity to my sales rep. at American !musical Supply.After he
Listened to my story, he asked me if I had ever considered Ibanez Artcore. That sent me on more research. After careful consideration and
listening to every demo I could find on the internet. I ordered one and have been very pleased with the guitar in get!s of workmanship,quality of sound and
rice. Thank you Anthony M. and American Musical Supply. I won't shop anywhere else in the future.
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Beautiful guitar and exceptional value
By: lynnadecker55
Submitted: 7/20/2019
6 people found this review helpful.
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I have owned expensive Gibson 335’5 in the past and will say that this is very close, but a much better looking guitar with the flamed maple construction. Ibanez cuts a couple of corners with their control pots and switch, but they work fine and I expect that they won’t last as long as better quality ones. The fret ends could be smoother, but is an easy fix. The tones are warm and smooth. Great guitar for blues, rock and jazz. Did I mention that it is stunningly gorgeous? The price belies the quality and value that you get. It does not come with a case. I am not easily pleased when it comes to guitars, but very happy with my purchase.
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Horrible fret work, poor quality build
By: joshua
Submitted: 6/16/2019
11 people found this review helpful.
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I love artstar guitars. This would have been my third. Frets were noisy and done poorly, one of the volume knobs was super sticky and cockeyed.
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Hands down best guitar for the money!
By: Bob Deskins
Submitted: 3/25/2019
7 people found this review helpful.
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I did A LOT of research before buying this guitar. Once it arrived, it was a simple tune up and away I played for like 3 hours non stop. First off, the finish is stellar. I ordered the Violin Sunburst and it looks great. Timeless really. The tone and feel of the guitar is simply butter. The neck has a nice full feel but not a baseball bat. The fretwork is on point, the pick-ups are amazing. I play through my Fender '68 Custom Princeton Reverb, and the dynamics of this guitar go from a rich jazzy warmth all the way to a screamin' lead tone. All while keeping the subtle dynamics of this guitar front and center. If you are even remotely considering this guitar, trust me; you'll be very pleased with this purchase.
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How do they do it ?
By: No amp.sprvs
Submitted: 2/27/2019
4 people found this review helpful.
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Ibanez knocks it outta the park again as always . For the life of me I honestly can not figure how Ibanez can put so much quality into a guitar in this price range.
Right outta the box this thing plays fantastic. No setting up needed and its a very versatile guitar too.
Jazz , Rock , Country this guitar can do it all and as always from Ibanez a VERY fast neck. I had been sitting on the fence about this guitar for weeks and one day I pulled the trigger and ordered it and Im glad I did.
The pickups sound great with some nice warm jazz tones when you want it but it can also do rock and country.
If you're a blues guy this guitar shines there too. Me personally love it for the jazz tones. Go to YouTube and watch this guitar in action with Tom Ibarra . a very talented guitar player that plays mostly Ibanez and is only 17
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Amazed by the quality and sound.
By: Bill C
Submitted: 2/3/2019
4 people found this review helpful.
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This is my first Ibanez and it won’t be my last. I had recently sold my 335 and wanted Something similar but more affordable. I saw this guitar and thought I’d give it a chance. I actually like the quality, playability and tone better than the Gibson. The only thing I’d change are the knobs.
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Well Worth the Money!
By: Still Bill Smith
Submitted: 9/26/2018
6 people found this review helpful.
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This is a lot of guitar for the money. First of all the guitar is gorgeous. The finish is flawless. The neck is very comfortable and the fret work spot on. I love the wrap around bridge as well. The guitar is very versatle as I cover many genres of music. It's hard to get a bad sound out of this guitar and I challenge you to find a 335 style body as good as the AS93FM for under $700.