Ibanez first introduced Artcore back in 2002 and it has remained a workhorse hollow-body guitar for musicians all over the world ever since. The Ibanez AS53 is a semi-acoustic guitar built to tackle just about any genre of music you throw at it.
Indonisian built to exacting standards.
I had to set up the neck to suit my playing but that wasn't a big deal I like the simple controls and tone selector. The pick ups are not quite as powerful as an Epiphone 335 but a little tickle on the amp sorts this out. I put a scratch plate on to give me a higher purchase when I'm playing finger style plus it makes it look a lot cooler.
I'm very happy with this well built comfortable guitar.