Ibanez AS153 Artstar

Flamed maple top
Sides: Flamed Maple
3-piece Mahogany neck / maple
Scale: 628 mm
Ebony fingerboard
22 frets Medium
Benchmarks blocks pearl / abalone
2 humbuckers Super 58 Custom
3-position selector
Switch tri-sound on the neck pickup (parallel, single coil, full humbucker)
Bone nut
ART-1 bridge
Quickchange III tailpiece
Gold hardware
Cordes flat net
Color: Antique Yellow Sunburst
Comes in a nice case Ibanez
Some disgruntled criticize the matching pickguard when you can just remove it or change it to a black 5-ply for 15 euros.

UTILIZATION

Handle very nice, fast enough (radius 12). Very good access to aigus.La guitar is very balanced and not too heavy. The finish is impeccable and yet I am picky.
I had to adjust the intonation adjustment but no need to adjust the height of the strings that are low enough without frieze. Behavior handle check if I get a higher draft (for now it's 10-48).

SOUNDS

I plugged in clean and crunch on my Koch Studiotone + delay memory man and my Vetta for distortion.
A little regret not a second switch on the microphone on the bridge as AR420.Les pickups are custom alnico super58 super58 alnico so no high-end models, however they are very bons.Un change seems unnecessary, especially this is tedious and time consuming to test other mics on a half box.
With the switch varied sounds great (blues, rock, funk, country, jazz) is obtained. At ease in clean sounds as distos sounds.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 10 days. I sold my Fender USA Stratocaster customp shop and my Gretsch white penguin because I can not play much.
I think I have a good experience of its high gamme.J'ai therefore hesitated to this Ibanez
but I do not regret it, she is beautiful, versatile and easy to play. The value for money is unbeatable when compared to a 335 Gibson.