2022 Ibanez AZ Essentials AZES40 (Mint Green)

2022 Ibanez AZ Essentials AZES40 (Mint Green)Good used condition as pictured, restrung and serviced prior to listing. Welcoming yet another expansion to the highly successful AZ series, Ibanez is proud to introduce the AZES or AZ Essentials line. The philosophy behind this series is to bring the tone, versatility and, playability of this celebrated lineup to a wider array of beginner and intermediate players. However, AZ Essentials are also equipped with series specific features such as a Mono

Each guitar has well-balanced sound

You could try and remove it

which controls how much of the dry signal is blended in

Deluxe branded Gotoh tuners and a Japanese full sized pot (both commonly used by ESP and Tokai so i would suggest it's one of those at a guess) are the only real identifiable features

The frets have some light wear but play smooth and the neck is straight

Truss works well and the frets are flat but play smoothly

6-point Stratocaster tremolo with Fender stamped saddles

Frister guitars were built in the famous Matsumoto region throughout the 1970's and 1980's and are a nice budget friendly option for an affordable vintage Japanese guitar

2 passive single-coil Lipstick pickups

it also features a fully functional factory overdrive/distortion circuit that gives a very musical punch when switched on

a mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard (644mm scale length

We had it buffed and polished back so it's now nice and smooth with plenty of checking and cracking to the finish