http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/07/30/summer-namm-2007-ibanez-introduces-artcore-custom-af105sm/ News, Reviews, And Commentary On The Latest Guitars & Guitar Gear. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/07/30/summer-namm-2007-ibanez-introduces-artcore-custom-af105sm/comment-page-1/#comment-64400 MarkO Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:10:35 +0000 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/07/30/summer-namm-2007-ibanez-introduces-artcore-custom-af105sm/#comment-64400 I own one now.... LOVE IT. Paid about $1000 for it brand new. Tonally speaking it blew the $1800-$2000 Gibson es-137 away! I spent a long time myself, and another very talented player, A/B-ing them and it was no contest... The AF105 just sounded better and had more personality than the gibson.... It certainly likes heavy strings though, don't try to put 11s on it and expect to get anything out of it... .13s w/ a .26 wound G works great. Sounds great through my hot rod deluxe and my pro reverb. Lots of tonal variety. Cons: Feedback machine at high volume... and had to change the cheap tuning machines right away, those stock mother of pearls SUCK!. I also had to do some basic set up to get the intonation right, and I had to loosen the toggle switch and spin it a bit to change the angle so it was easier to use... I guess I could agree with the dude above as well on alternative toggle placement. Either way, great guitar and sharp looking to boot! I recommend it. I own one now…. LOVE IT. Paid about $1000 for it brand new. Tonally speaking it blew the $1800-$2000 Gibson es-137 away! I spent a long time myself, and another very talented player, A/B-ing them and it was no contest… The AF105 just sounded better and had more personality than the gibson…. It certainly likes heavy strings though, don’t try to put 11s on it and expect to get anything out of it… .13s w/ a .26 wound G works great. Sounds great through my hot rod deluxe and my pro reverb. Lots of tonal variety. Cons: Feedback machine at high volume… and had to change the cheap tuning machines right away, those stock mother of pearls SUCK!. I also had to do some basic set up to get the intonation right, and I had to loosen the toggle switch and spin it a bit to change the angle so it was easier to use… I guess I could agree with the dude above as well on alternative toggle placement. Either way, great guitar and sharp looking to boot! I recommend it.

]]> http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/07/30/summer-namm-2007-ibanez-introduces-artcore-custom-af105sm/comment-page-1/#comment-18429 Jay Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:52:52 +0000 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/07/30/summer-namm-2007-ibanez-introduces-artcore-custom-af105sm/#comment-18429 Ibanez needs to move that pickup switch on the full-hollow bodies to the upper bout like an LP. It doesn't look right. I owned one of these a few years ago and that always bugged me. Ibanez needs to move that pickup switch on the full-hollow bodies to the upper bout like an LP. It doesn’t look right. I owned one of these a few years ago and that always bugged me.

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