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4 great-value semi-hollow electric guitars
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Ibanez Artcore AS93 specifications
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Price: £449
Origin: China
Body: Double-cutaway semi-hollow, sycamore with flame sycamore top and double-ply pinstripe binding
Neck: Three-piece mahogany/maple neck, set-neck
Fingerboard: Bound rosewood with abalone block inlays, 22 medium, frets 24.75-inch scale length and 12-inch radius
Hardware: Gold tune-o-matic-style bridge and Quick Change tailpiece, gold tuners
Electrics: Artcore 1 and 2 humbucking pickups, two tone, two volume and three-way pickup selector switch
Options: The AS73B (£349) is a lower budget version of the AS93 and is only available in matt black; the AS73 (£348) comes in brown sunburst or ivory and features edge binding and Artcore humbuckers
Finishes: Violin sunburst (as reviewed)
