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    Default NGD: Ibanez Artcore Action Shots

    My wife wanted to surprise me for our 11th anniversary on Sept 11, but my daughter spilled the beans, so I got it early. It needed strings and a set-up really bad, but other than that it is darn near mint. I don't have any guitar only porn shots, and we didn't get audio yesterday, but here's some pics of the Ibby.





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    That is a beautiful guitar! This is the one that sounds so good, right?

    You better get it back from that goofy guy in the pictures, though!
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    It's an AF85-VLS, from 2005 which is the last year they made that model. The one I was referring to, probably, that sounded really good was my Jackson Soloist Pro, after I stuffed a Gotoh FR trem in it. But I like this Ibby quite a bit, too many guitars, not enough time or skillz to play them all like they deserve...

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    That's pretty. Congrats.

    You know, it's a game in and of itself to keep track of your current guitar/amp/pedal inventory. What's the latest update?

    BTW, what sort of music do you actually like to play? Your guitars, or at least what I recall, are all over the map stylistically, from country to blues to jazz to metal. What's your preferred territory?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric

    You know, it's a game in and of itself to keep track of your current guitar/amp/pedal inventory. What's the latest update?

    BTW, what sort of music do you actually like to play? Your guitars, or at least what I recall, are all over the map stylistically, from country to blues to jazz to metal. What's your preferred territory?
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    1994 Mim Tele Squier Series
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    You might be familiar with the latter 5

    As for music. I like Hair Metal, 80s Metal, Classic Rock, a little country (80s-90s stuff), some blues.

    Hair Metal and Iron Maiden Metal are a bit beyond me. So I do a lot of practice on 1,4,5 Blues progressions or whatever else my guitar teacher tells me to work on from week to week.

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    Interesting. So you got rid of your Fender Stage 1000?

    Man, you've seen a lot of guitars go through your household. I'm kind of curious to know the end of the story, you know? Like which ones survive the test of time.

    I kind of doubt I'll ever see some of the gear I've loaned out at this point (a couple of Crates and a Boss ME-50), but I'm surprisingly OK with the stuff I currently have. It's weird how that works.

    Given your musical leanings, I guess the Jackson is a step in the right direction...
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    Yeah, the Stage 1000 and the Champ are gone. I do still have a 1 x 12 cabinet with a Weber speaker in it. Oh and I just remembered I have a Bass amp that I loaned to a buddy, that Acoustic amp. But I just gave my little Kay Bass to a friend's son on Saturday.

    That Stage 1000 was a nice amp. I traded it for a hardshell case to someone who was hard-up.

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    That's nice that you're doing the donation thing. I've done that a little bit, but these days I'm running lean enough that I don't really have a lot of wiggle room.
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    Nice guitar face, but where's the helmet? (re: your avatar)

    Looks like a sharp guitar.
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    My dog ran out of the room when I scrolled down to that last pic !

    Nice lookin' guitar

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    I've been told that I look like a bloated Jason Bateman.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Commodore 64
    I've been told that I look like a bloated Jason Bateman.
    Really? Hmm...maybe I can see it. It's tough to look past the hair differences though.

    The closest comparison I have is to Buzz Lightyear, so I think you're doing better!
    Quote Originally Posted by Spudman
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    Those ArtCores are nice. My friend Tom bought one about five years ago, and it's become one of his favorites. I was the lucky recipient of the old pickups when he swapped them for Seymour Duncans. I put those in an Epi SG, and they sound great.

    Welcome to the Semi-Hollow club, C64!
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankenFretter
    Welcome to the Semi-Hollow club, C64!
    Is C64's AF85 a semi, or full hollowbody?
    The MF product page does not even say, which would imply semi. C64 could confirm and look at the center block?

    I did not know there was "semi-hollow" club...

    More importantly, how does it sound?
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    Nice lookin' guitar there, Commodore. Congrats!
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    This AF85 appears to be full hollow body. There's no divider in it that I can see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Commodore 64
    I've been told that I look like a bloated Jason Bateman.
    I was thinking more like the guy called Booth of the show "Bones"........
    anyway, a beautiful guitar you have there, nice, nice woodgrain.
    Congrats, and enjoy!
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    Excellent choice. Ibanez makes excellent semi/full hollow body guitars and for less than other brands. I had an Epiphone Dot but sold it after playing my buddy's Ibanez Artcore equivalent. $100 cheaper new and it just played/sounded way better than the Dot. I'm currently using the Ibanez AJD91 and am looking into one of their full hollow guitars.

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    My buddy has a Dot, I like it too. It has a thick baseball bat neck and better upper fret access. So they have their pluses too. For the past week though, my Artcore has been getting a rest as I've been spending some time with my tele.

    I agree though on the quality of the Artcore. It's such a nice guitar. I have one small issue with the B string not fretting cleanly at the 1st fret unless I press really hard. I'll have to take a nut file to the nut and lower that slot just a tad.

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