Ibanez archtop

[phoenix]

Hi, am curious about Ibanez's archtops. Anybody using one? Care to share?

 

[subversion]

are you referring to the Artcore models? if so, i own the TM71 (pic)

 

[phoenix]

Saw one with bigsby styled tremolo at sweelee bras basah. Its near the entrance, anyone tried that before? I heard full hollowbody causes lots of feedback, is it true?

 

[subversion]

if you play them at low drive settings, they are quiet.

for the bigsby-esque equipped ibanez models, the guitar per se remains very playable & good sounding, just the vibrato mechanism isn't too responsive.

 

[edder]

and for the bigsby type you may need a roller tunomatic bridge to make it more stable.

 

[subversion]

yup- selected Ibanez version has the roller bridge eg: AFS75T

 

[edder]

Ibanez Artcore is king.

They actually bother with the details and not just, hey lets slap in a bigsby lookalike and make it look cool!

My Gretsch Syncromatic Baritone has a bigsby and came with normal sharp pointy saddles.

 

[phoenix]

Hey subversion, that's the one! Have you tried it before? How's it sound with distortion?

 

[subversion]

yes, played it before. for a thinner body, there's actually a good amount of default bass on board- attributable to the massive bigsby-like vibrato there. the guitar is very playable but it's rather heavy compared to other non-vibrato models + the vibrato unit bulges quite a bit in a soft case but let this be the least of your worries.