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Ibanez Artcore AM53 Semi-hollowbody Electric Guitar - Tobacco Flat

Semi-hollowbody Electric Guitar with Linden Top, Back, and Sides, Mahogany Neck, Walnut Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Tobacco Flat
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Compact Semi-hollowbody at a Great Value

The Ibanez Artcore AM53 electric guitar puts the warmth and airy tone of a semi-hollowbody electric guitar into compact dimensions and an even more compact price. The guitar is crafted with a linden top, back, and sides, which sing with plenty of warmth and punch, while the mahogany neck adds unmistakable midrange warmth. The guitar's tight body dimensions make it extremely comfortable to play and deliver a bit more of a focused tone. All the while, a pair of Infinity humbuckers can take your tone from clean to bluesy crunch.

Streamlined body dimensions

The size of some semi-hollowbody electric guitars can be a bit of a stumbling block for some players. Not so with the Ibanez AM53. Its smaller body is comfortable for solidbody players, while still holding true to what makes semi-hollowbody guitars sing with such an identifiable sound. Using a linden body and mahogany neck combination, the AM53 offers plenty of warmth to go with its clear snappy attack. With the Ibanez AM53, you're sure to appreciate the perfect culmination of tone and size.

Custom humbuckers deliver warm and creamy tone

Ibanez designed the Artcore AM53's Infinity pickups to give you a warm and well-balanced tone. They really bring out the depth and tonal complexity in the AM53's all-linden body. At the same time, Infinity humbucking pickups do an amazing job suppressing noise and reducing the feedback that tends to plague semi-hollowbody guitars. We hear a lot of guitars that come through Sweetwater, and we can't believe how great these pickups sound for such an affordable instrument.

All of the fat semi-hollow tones you love

Semi-hollowbody guitars are used in most genres of music. The Ibanez Artcore AM53 is great for jazz, rockabilly, and many other styles of music. Don't forget that hollowbodies have also been used in rock 'n' roll, fusion, and even country bands. Get the Ibanez Artcore AM53, and start playing with big, fat hollowbody tone today.

Ibanez Artcore AM53 Semi-hollowbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • Semi-hollowbody electric guitar for a fantastic price
  • Comfortable compact body
  • Linden top, back, and sides deliver rich and naturally warm tone
  • Mahogany neck with bound walnut fretboard feels great and provides fantastic stability
  • Dual humbuckers provide you with a thick voice for anything from jazz to rock

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Semi-hollowbody
  • Body Shape Artcore AM Doublecut
  • Body Material Linden
  • Top Material Linden
  • Body Finish Satin
  • Color Tobacco
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Nyatoh
  • Neck Shape Artcore AM
  • Neck Joint Set Neck
  • Radius 12"
  • Fingerboard Material Walnut
  • Fingerboard Inlay White Dots
  • Number of Frets 22, Medium
  • Scale Length 24.724"
  • Nut Width 1.692"
  • Nut Material Plastic
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Gibraltar Performer Bridge with Quik Change III Tailpiece
  • Tuners Ibanez Die-cast
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Infinity R Ceramic Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup Infinity R Ceramic Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x volume, 1 x tone
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings .010-.052
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: AM53TF

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

Well constructed guitar

For the price, this is a well constructed guitar. Sounds really good and it's very confortable to play.
Music background: Musician for many years
Rated 5/5

Just What I Expected

I was looking for a light weight, easy playing, good looking guitar for my retirement years. - This is it. Ready to play out of the box. Great sounding, and more.
Music background: Ex-Pro
Rated 5/5

Great guitar

I've had this a few months now. I love the natural wood look with the flat finish. I have enough high gloss finish guitars. lol.. The pickups actually have a lot of output and sound great to me. I also like the flat finish neck. The fret work seems really good. This can be hit and miss on lesser expensive guitars. All in all I am extremely happy with this guitar, especially for $...! Looks beautiful on the wall in my collection. You won't regret buying this.
Music background: wanna be guitar god
Rated 5/5

I love this guitar.

I wanted a semi-hollow, which I had a feeling would be my main guitar. I also have a hollow body and solid body Ibanez. Yes, I'm in love with Ibanez guitars. As soon as I took this out of the box, it was my favorite guitar. I love the size, it's well balanced and comfortable to hold. As with the other Ibanez guitars I have, the playability is a joy. This guitar was perfect right out of the box, just needed a minor tuning. But, I live in AZ and sometimes the humidity is only 10 percent, so not long after I had to do a more thorough setup, adjusting truss rod and bridge. But now it's perfect again, at least until we get some more humidity. As for the sound, I find it works for me, but I only have a small practice amp with headphones, since I live in an apartment, so I haven't tried cranking it up yet. I really like that I can practice quietly without the amp and still hear what I'm playing, unlike the solid body. I'm still very much a beginner, so I may someday outgrow this, but I do know a lot about guitars, and I think even if I go for something more expensive, this one will stay in my guitarsenal.
Music background: Grew up around really good musicians and even built a solid body guitar, but never really learned to play beyond cowboy chords.
Rated 5/5

Amazing tone

First of all I'm a drummer and a pianist, not a guitarist. That being said, my singer/guitarist had this guitar for several years. After purchasing several more semi-hollows and a couple full hollow body guitars, he passed this art-core tobacco flat to me for my new home studio. I have to say I think it's tone sounds pretty darn fantastic. Sounds great with my 1980 Gretsch USA Customs (inherited from retired drummer Granpa) and my 1957 Hammond/ 122 Leslie. I give this one an 11!
Music background: 14 years classical piano training, 16 years live and studio drummer
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