Ibanez AS103BM-EE Artcore Custom Used
banez AS103 BM-EE-12-02 W/Case
This model is very rare and hard to find for sale.
The guitar comes with a factory case,schaller strap locks gold and Fender straps, original gold strap buttons included, Ibanez manual and labels also included…
The AS103BM is an Artcore Custom series hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in mid-2007.
The AS103BM features a full-sized, double-cutaway, semi-hollow body design with a laminated burl maple top with ƒ holes and flame maple multi-binding on burl maple back and sides mated to a set-in maple and walnut neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with flame maple binding and abalone custom block position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 58 Custom humbucking pickups with gold covers and individual volume and tone controls, a Tune-o-matic style bridge with a Quik Change tailpiece, a plastic nut, a rosewood pickguard, rosewood knobs, and Ibanez tuning machines with white buttons.
For 2008 a new Exotic Explorer finish with a vintage world map overlaid on the top was introduced.
This AS103BM was discontinued after 2009.
Year(s) offered: 2007–2009
Sold in: Europe / North America
Finish(es): Antique Brown (ABR) 2007–2008 / Exotic Explorer (EE) 2008–2009 / Natural (NT) 2007–2008
- Body
- Body type: Hollow body
- Dimensions:
- Length: 489mm / 19¼”
- Width: 400mm / 15¾”
- Depth: 67mm / 2⅝” (43mm at tail)
- Top: Material: Burl maple (laminated)
- Binding: Flame maple multi-ply
- Back/sides: Material: Burl maple (laminated)
- Neck joint: Set-in
- Bridge: ART-1 (10.5mm string spacing)
- Tailpiece: Quik Change III
- Pickguard: Rosewood
- Knob style: Rosewood bell
- Hardware color: Gold
- Neck
- Neck type: Artcore Custom AS
- Neck material: 5-piece maple/ walnut
- Scale length: 628mm/ 24¾”
- Fingerboard material: Rosewood w/ flame maple binding
- Fingerboard inlays: Abalone custom block
- Frets: 22 / medium
- Nut: Ivory plastic (43mm)
- Machine heads: Ibanez die-cast w/ white acrylic half-moon buttons
- Electronics/ Strings
- Pickup configuration: HH
- Bridge pickup: Ibanez Super 58 Custom (H) passive/ceramic
- Neck pickup: Ibanez Super 58 Custom (H) passive/ceramic
- Controls: Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
- Output jack: ¼” mono (side mounted)
- String gauge (factory): .010/.013/.017/.030/.042/.052
- Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)
The first picture is taken from the catalog of the producer and is purely indicative while the other images correspond to the items on sale.