If you're spying a top-of-the-line jazz guitar, then you need to check out the Ibanez AF2000 Prestige hollowbody electric guitar. The spruce top and figured anigre back and sides gives you the note attack and detail you need for your chordal clusters and octave lines to be heard clearly, further enhanced by the fat lows and focused highs from a pair of Super 58 custom humbuckers. A 3-piece mahogany/roasted maple neck with a bound ebony fingerboard makes the AF2000 a veritable pleasure to play. Employing the finest components and exceptional attention to detail, the Ibanez AF2000 Prestige is a hollowbody you'll treasure playing for a lifetime.
There's no substitute for the mellow and naturally resonant sound of a full-hollowbody electric guitar. Ibanez built the AF2000 Prestige to capture the warmth and punch of a classic hollowbody, which is why they built it with a spruce top and figured anigre back and sides. Whether you're playing jazz, blues, or any number of modern styles, you're going to love the character the Japanese-made Ibanez AF2000 Prestige hollowbody guitar brings to your music. Take it from the Music Experience guitar experts: Ibanez's Prestige series guitars are sure to please even the pickiest of players!
Early hollowbody electric guitars had a wonderfully expressive tone that came with serious hum issues. That's why Ibanez and other guitar makers quickly developed humbuckers such as the Super 58 Custom pickups. These humbuckers preserve your AF2000 hollowbody guitar's warmth and punch, but they ditch the 60Hz hum. What's more, the Super 58 humbucker gives the AF2000 a slight edge that's perfect for bluesy licks.
Ibanez selected one of their smoothest and most comfortable necks for the AF2000 Prestige hollowbody guitar. Not only will your hand love the comfortable carve of this 3-piece mahogany/maple neck, but your fingers will also appreciate the beautifully bound ebony fingerboard. For even smoother playability, the AF2000 has received Ibanez's Prestige fret-edge treatment. This essentially rounds off the edges of the frets, making the AF2000's fretboard feel even more fluid!
The parallel histories of Jazz music and the hollow-body electric guitar are inextricably linked and manifest in the professional-grade Artstar series. The influences of these legendary instruments are immediately apparent with a bone nut, ebony fretboard, and Ibanez's signature Super 58 custom pickups. The critical eye will appreciate the attention to detail poured into these instruments like the smoothness of the fretboard and the skill applied to the fretwork, generally found on instruments costing twice as much. The Artstar embodies the pure jazz-box and the continual evolution the genre represents.
Body Type | Hollowbody |
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Body Shape | AF Artstar Hollowbody |
Left-/Right-handed | Right-handed |
Number of Strings | 6 |
Body Material | Figured Anigre |
Top Material | Spruce |
Body Finish | Gloss Polyester |
Color | Brown Sunburst |
Neck Material | 3-Piece African Mahogany/Roasted Maple |
Neck Shape | AF Artstar |
Radius | 12" |
Fingerboard Material | Ebony |
Fingerboard Inlay | Acrylic/Abalone Blocks |
Number of Frets | 20, Medium |
Scale Length | 24.75" |
Nut Width | 1.692" |
Nut Material | Bone |
Bridge/Tailpiece | Ebony Bridge with AF Special Tailpiece |
Tuners | Gotoh |
Neck Pickup | Super 58 Humbucker |
Bridge Pickup | Super 58 Humbucker |
Controls | 2 x volume, 2 x tone, 3-way toggle pickup switch |
Strings | D'Addario .011-.050 |
Case Included | Hardshell Case |
Manufacturer Part Number | AF2000BS |