Ibanez Artcore AF95 Full-Hollowbody Guitar Brown Sunburst

I love this guitar for it's playability, appearance, tonality(due to Super 58's). Great smooth jazz tones and good for rockabilly and country.

I have been looking for a guitar like this for a while. Mainly looking for a guitar that can deliver full warm and clear tone for jazz, blues and country. Having a scale length of 24.75" and a neck pickup positioned at the end of the fretboard at the 20th fret was also important in order to get the tone I wanted. Photos of the dark amber finish in concert with the gold hardware and ebony board with a full compliment of block markers don't show how good it looks. Just some minor leveling of some high spots on frets was all it needed to play great as I play the entire fretboard. The Super 58 pickups it comes with are very good. The sweep of the voliume and tone knobs are user friendly, consistent and get to the sounds I want with a great feel.

I play in my church's worship band. When I saw this in the store, it was love at first sight. It plays as good as it sounds. I can play just about any style with this guitar. In our band, normally another person plays acoustic. But, if needed, I can play this guitar acoustically. I use my Les Paul when I need a big fuzz rock sound, but I can get close with this one. The big plus for me is how it holds tune and sounds great on the more mellow songs. When combined with my Zoom pedal, I can get just about any tone I need. I also love the pickups!

I use it to practice to learn blues/jazz playing

Love the feel of the neck and the different sounds you can dial in due to the two humbucker pickups.

There aren't many great options if you're looking for warm classic jazz tones in the under $1k budget, especially at most guitar shops. I had tried the Guild Savoy, which is a beautiful instrument, but it doesn't really approximate those Gibson L5 humbucker tones. I stopped into my local Guitar Center this week and grabbed it off the wall for a spin. The playability was instantly comfortable and the stock flat wound strings are a great touch. Plugged in, I immediately heard the warm jazz tones I have been searching for on the neck pickup. Having the Super 58 pickups is another great stock feature. I also found the middle and bridge settings to be really usable sounds. The aesthetics are perfect in my opinion. The sunburst looks gorgeous on the spruce top as well as the back/sides. I think the non-figured wood has a really classy understated ellegance while the gold hardware and tortoise pick guard provide a little flash. Overall, I'm extremely happy with this guitar and highly recommend trying one out!