Ibanez Artcore

Probably the only factory-made guitar I ever owned that was built in the 21st century.

Model #AK-85-DVS-12-01, this MIC beauty is a very good guitar, far better than the similar Gibson ES-175 I had back in the 70s. That said, I did end up replacing the original over-wound pickups (14kΩ!) with a more suitable pair (around 8kΩ.) The amp knobs I added matched the binding better that the original gold knobs and are much easier to ”read”.It was sold in the great 2019 guitar purge.

Here is a very nice “new-agey” demo from YouTube: