Ibanez Artcore AS73 Electric Guitar Reviews

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AS73 VS series guitar. Here it is in sunburst. It also comes in trans red cherry red. These are kind of blueburst. So there are a couple of other color twists if you are not so fond of this color. Oh I think it was going to be a cinch. So this has a bow-neck it is a hollow body and a block in the middle. And of course here is hollow. It has pretty nice paint on it. It seems to be well-bound. It seems pretty sturdy for the price because I paid just $279 at Guitar Center. Usually they are for $299. So you can pick this up for about $300 anywhere you go. And if especially if you found a used it is a lot cheaper than that. The only negative I have to it was I was not a big fan of the tuners. They were grover-style tuners. And so I replaced mine with some scholar-locking tuners. But that is a pretty cheap fit for a $300 guitar. The pick ups tend to be a little money. If you are not going to play this like jazz or blues maybe fusion type music you might want to upgrade the pick ups. But really for $300 they don't sound bad. So I guess you need kind of indication of how they sound. So it is pretty nice. Here is the back. You kind of see the paint jobs there. And the front board has a kind of nice rose fret board. And I'll let you here it. And here it is on the net pick up. (Guitar strumming) So that is the net pick up. If you both pick ups it gets a little bit twingier probably off the BB King-ish type sound. (Guitar strumming) And the bridge pick up is just a little bit more twingy. So . . . (Guitar strumming). I call the bridge pick up to check various settings you know. (Guitar strumming) So that gives you an idea. Overall it is a pretty good guitar. It is a really good investment especially if you are looking for something cheap maybe for backup or just play around that has a semi-hall body sound. And you can easily upgrade this guitar lighter and from what I heard you can drop some better pick ups in this. It is going to sound almost identical to Gibson ES335 for fraction of the cost. You can buy 20 of these for the price of a Gibson. So keep that in mind when you purchase it. So go check it out. It is a pretty good guitar. It is about $299. That is the [Abness Hardcore] AS73 VS series guitar.