Ibanez AFC125 Contemporary Hollow Body, Black Flat Overview
Ibanez AFC125 Overview by GAK:
Part of the new Contemporary Archtop series, the AFC125 is the epitome of understated elegance. Featuring a Spruce top and Maple back and sides the three-piece Mahogany/Maple neck is topped with a slick bound Ebony fingerboard with Mother-of-Pearl offset inlays and Ibanez's legendary Artstar fret edge treatment where each fret end is beautifully rounded off. The bridge too is Ebony and there's a pair of passive Alnico 'Magic Touch mini humbuckers' which provide a balance of classic tones alongside clear articulation on both the top and bottom of the sound spectrum. There's a clean response on the top end giving clarity without sounding excessively bright. The humbuckers are mounted floating clear of the body so do not dampen the guitars natural body vibration, thus allowing a bigger richer acoustic tone. There's orthodox three-way switching and a volume and tone control for each pickup.
- Neck: AFC 3-piece Mahogany/Maple set-in neck
- Body: Spruce top/Maple back & sides
- Fretboard: Bound Ebony with Mother of Pearl off-set block inlay
- Frets: 20 medium frets with Artstar fret edge treatment
- Bridge: Ebony
- Tailpiece: VT14 tailpiece with AFC wood cover
- Neck pickup: Floating Magic Touch-Mini Humbucker (Passive/Alnico)
- Bridge pickup: Floating Magic Touch-Mini Humbucker (Passive/Alnico)
- Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
- Strings: Flatwound .011/.015/.022w/.030/.040/.050 gauge
- Hardware: Gold