Ibanez AZ42P1 Premium, Black Overview
Taking adaptability to new extremes, the AZ series has established itself and carved out a place that spans everything from the warmest blues licks to the most intense, shred-heavy metal riffs. Carrying this ethos forward, the AZ line embodies time-tested Ibanez innovation and player-focused features like a smooth, oval neck grip, a well-balanced asymmetrical body shape, and the neck heel allowing for unrivaled playability.
”Designed to Inspire”, all Ibanez Premium series are manufactured with select tonewoods, high-profile electronics, hardware, and dedicated skills of craftsmanship and care in detail for your musical journey. The richness of sound, stunning appearance, and unrivaled playability of the Ibanez Premium series will open the gate of your reservoir of inspiration.
- - Oval C Roasted Maple neck
- Heat-treatment increases the wood's stability, durability, water resistance and tolerance of temperature changes.
- - Rosewood fretboard
- Rosewood fretboard provides a well-balanced solid tone with a focused mid range.
- - Jumbo Stainless Steel frets
- Stainless steel frets boast excellent corrosion resistance. The wide and tall fret-type offers a quick response and effortless articulation when playing chords and clear tone when playing single notes.
- - American Basswood body
- The American Basswood body delivers a natural and flat tone.
- - Seymour Duncan® Hyperion™ H-H pickups
- Seymour Duncan® Hyperion™ Pickups feature a moderate output through Alnico-5 magnets to keep the clarity of the fundamental tone when using distortion and to deliver a clear pick attack. From treble to bass, the overall tonal balance is evenly adjusted and works well with various effect pedals.
- - Gotoh® MG-T locking machine heads
- The Gotoh® MG-T locking machine heads achieve incredible tuning stability, cutting down string-changing time.
- - Gotoh® T1502 tremolo
- The T1502 tremolo bridge features steel saddles and a die-cast zinc tremolo block for a quick response and improved articulation. The 10.5mm string spacing allows for easy picking across strings and its snap-in construction makes it easy to load a tremolo arm.
- - dyna-MIX10 switching system with Alter Switch
- The dyna-MIX 10 offers ten sound variations and can easily switch from humbucker and single coil modes with the mini switch. The power Tap mode provides a realistic single coil sound despite its two humbucker pickup layout.
- - Luminescent side dots
- The luminescent side dot position marks make it easy for players to see fretboard position marks when performing on dark stages.
- - String Guage .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
- - Gig bag included
- It comes with Ibanez gig bag which is designed specifically to fit and protect this instrument.