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Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series

Guitarist auGust 2018

Bundle together some of the world’s best new

guitar talents with one of the giants of the electric

guitar and what do you get? The Ibanez AZ,

a multi-input design that pares down the

pointy and centres on sound and playability

A Breed Apart

Words Dave Burrluck Photography Neil Godwin

IBANEZ AZ PRESTIGE & PREMIUM SERIES

review

IBANEZ AZ PRESTIGE & PREMIUM SERIES

Guitarist auGust 2018

GIT435.rev_ibanez.indd 88 14/06/2018 19:31

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review Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series A Breed Apart Bundle together some of the world’s best new guitar talents with one of the giants of the electric guitar and what do you get? The Ibanez AZ, a multi-input design that pares down the pointy and centres on sound and playability Words Dave Burrluck Photography Neil Godwin 88 Guitarist august 2018 GIT435.rev_ibanez.
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Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series review August 2018 2018 Guitarist Guitarist GIT435.rev_ibanez.
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review Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series Ibanez Prestige AZ2204-iCm CONTACT Headstock Distribution PHONE 0121 508 6666 WEB www.ibanez.com What You Need to Know 1 What’s the deal here? The result of extensive four-year R&D, the AZ range are coined “players’ player” guitars.
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Video demo Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series http://bit.ly/guitaristextra With sleek styling aimed at player comfort, these guitars’ looks are a strong indicator of the new ground the company is trying to break and unlocks – usually with a little help from a blade or coin in the top notched tip – as you unwind it. Once you get used to ’em they’re fine but both the locking element and setting the post heights can be, well, fiddly at first.
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review Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series Ibanez Prestige AZ2402-tFF CONTACT Headstock Distribution PHONE 0121 508 6666 WEB www.ibanez.com 3. Playing with Gotoh’s SG381 and the post heights can be a bit fiddly but it’ll be worth it when it’s bang on 4.
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Video demo http://bit.ly/guitaristextra Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series Ibanez Premium AZ224F-Big CONTACT review £1,069 (inc soft shell case) Headstock Distribution PHONE 0121 508 6666 WEB www.ibanez.com you examine the two ranges the Prestige models clearly have an extra level of detail – from the fret-end finishing, slightly better fingerboard edge rounding, that nut material.
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review Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series Ibanez Premium AZ242F-tsg CONTACT Headstock Distribution PHONE 0121 508 6666 WEB www.ibanez.com 7. The placement of the jack nicely out of the way of all the action will give Ibanez’s new breed of player plenty of unobtrusive playability 8.
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Video Demo http://bit.ly/guitaristextra Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series review The rivals While Ibanez has been keen to prove these guitars are more than just flash tools, the garish tequila sunrise finish on the TSG is none more 80s shred this is ultimately a compromise and the key lies in learning to navigate it.
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review Ibanez AZ Prestige & Premium series Video demo http://bit.ly/guitaristextra Ibanez Prestige AZ2204-iCm Ibanez Prestige AZ2402-tFF Ibanez Premium AZ224F-Big Ibanez Premium AZ242F-tsg PRICE: £1,779 (inc case) ORIGIN: Japan TYPE: 22-fret offset double-cutaway solidbody electric BODY: Alder NECK: Oil-finished S-Tech roasted maple, oval C profile, bolt-on SCALE LENGTH: 648mm (25.5”) NUT/WIDTH: Bone/41.