Ibanez Artstar AS80

<p>Lovely double cut archtop guitar with original hard case.&nbsp; Made in Korea (1995).</p><p>Good condition for its age.</p>

Lovely double cut archtop guitar with original hard case.  Made in Korea (1995).

Good condition for its age.
£450.00 This item is Secondhand
<p>Lovely double cut archtop guitar with original hard case.&nbsp; Made in Korea (1995).</p><p>Good condition for its age.</p> <p>Lovely double cut archtop guitar with original hard case.&nbsp; Made in Korea (1995).</p><p>Good condition for its age.</p> <p>Lovely double cut archtop guitar with original hard case.&nbsp; Made in Korea (1995).</p><p>Good condition for its age.</p> <p>Lovely double cut archtop guitar with original hard case.&nbsp; Made in Korea (1995).</p><p>Good condition for its age.</p>
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The AS80 is an Artstar series hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1994. It was made in South Korea. It is believed this model was initially produced by Samick, with production moving to Cort sometime in 1995.

The AS80 features a semi-hollow, double cutaway body design with an arched, laminated maple top with ƒ holes and ivory multi-binding on maple back and sides with a center block mated to a set-in maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with ivory binding and abalone dot position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 50 humbucking pickups with chrome covers and individual volume and tone controls, black pickup rings, a Tune-o-matic style Full Tune bridge, a stop tailpiece, a plastic nut, a black pickguard, speed knobs, and Ibanez tuning machines.

For 1996 the bridge was changed to the Full Tune II. Several changes were introduced for 1997: the AS80 adopted a new shape with the more pointed horns of the AS200 and the pickups were changed to Super 58s. 
Body type: Hollow body
Dimensions:
  Length: 464mm / 18¼"
  Width: 406mm / 16"
  Depth: 43mm / 1.69" (at tail)
Top:
  Material: Maple (laminated)
  Binding: Ivory multi-ply
Back/sides:
  Material: Maple
Neck joint: Set-in
Bridge:
1994–1995: Full Tune
1996–2002: Full Tune II
Tailpiece: Stop tailpiece
Pickguard: 3-ply: Black/ white/ black
Knob style: Speed (black)
Hardware color: Chrome
   
Neck type: Artstar AS
Neck material: 1-piece maple
Scale length: 628mm/ 24¾"
Fingerboard material: Rosewood w/ ivory binding
Fingerboard inlays: Abalone dot
Frets: 22 / medium (SBB213)
Nut: Plastic (43mm)
Machine heads: Ibanez die-cast
   
Pickup configuration: HH
Bridge pickup:
1994–1996: Ibanez Super 50 bridge (H)
1997–2002: Ibanez Super 58 bridge (H)
Neck pickup:
1994–1996: Ibanez Super 50 neck (H)
1997–2002: Ibanez Super 58 neck (H)
Controls: Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack: ¼" mono (face mounted)