Styled in steel blue, the Ibanez Artcore Expressionist Series AS83 is a hollow-body electric guitar. The body's top, back, and sides are maple. The mahogany/maple set-in neck gives you more than an apt wood combination; you also get a 24.7" scale and a 22-fret bound-ebony fingerboard with acrylic block inlays that scream vintage.
This hollow double-cutaway guitar delivers a warm, resonant sound that is well suited for playing jazz, funk, blues and rock; a sound made even more palatable by a pair of Super 58 humbucking pickups—the preferred choice of hep cats such as George Benson, Pat Metheny, and John Scofield. A 3-way pickup selector switch, alongside dedicated volume and tone controls for each pickup, give you the ability to fine-tune the timbre and volume of each pickup position. The guitar's sustain is enhanced by the ART-1 bridge and Quik Change III tailpiece.
- The Quik Change III tailpiece enables faster and easier string changing
- Designed for precise control of knobs with non-slip functionality, while offering a classic look
- These Super 58 pickups deliver the smooth, nuanced tones, and the biting growl of blues
- Neck Type: Expressionist Artcore Series mahogany/maple set-in neck
- Body: Maple top/back/sides
- Fingerboard: Bound ebony fingerboard with acrylic block inlay
- Frets: 22, medium frets
- Bridge: ART-1
- Tailpiece: Quik Change III
- Neck Pickup: Super 58 (Humbucker, passive/alnico)
- Bridge Pickup: Super 58 (Humbucker, passive/alnico)
- Hardware Color: Gold
- Scale: 24.7" / 628.0mm
- Width at Nut: 1.7" / 43.0mm
- Width at Last Fret: 2.2" / 57.0mm
- Thickness at 1st: 0.8" / 21.0mm
- Thickness at 12th: 0.9" / 24.0mm
- Radius: 12.0" / 305.0mm
- Length: 19.3" / 489.0 mm
- Width: 15.8" / 400.1 mm
- Max Depth: 2.6" / 66.7 mm