NGD: Ibanez Artcore AS73-TBC Unboxing

[@dex2212]

man you make me happy to watch you

[@thegaindane]

Thank you. You’re one of the few 🙂

[@culeacosmin5650]

Looks and sounds amazing! Great review! I have the same model on brown sunburst! I am very happy with mine! Greetings from Constanța, România! 👍🎸😊

[@thenovicenoisemaker]

It’s here!!

[@Gaslight.Guitar]

Thats a nice looking axe. Congrats dude !

[@thegaindane]

Thanks, man... Unfortunately, the issue on the 7th fret, turned out to be a little more than just glue on the fret. The factory have tried to fix it by filing the imperfection away, so much that the fret is now scalloped 😲 I have have contacted Thomann about it.

[@notecrackervideos]

Looks good. All the little things are easily fixed. Even the fretboard can be made darker with black shoe polish applied slowly if you want. I feel all those thing just makes it more personal. 😎👍🏽

[@thegaindane]

Thank you, Peter 😁 Unfortunately, the issue on the 7th fret, turned out to be a little more than just glue on the fret. The factory have tried to fix it by filing the imperfection away, so much that the fret is now scalloped 😲 I have have contacted Thomann about it. 😔

[@thegaindane]

What is your experience on flatwound strings, Peter? Have you tried Harley Benton's flatwounds?

[@notecrackervideos]

I have only used D’Addarios XL in 10’s and 11’s. But the Harley Benton’s are probably fine. It’s a question of taste. Flatwounds makes your sound warmer and feels very nice to play, but I only have them on two real jazz hollowbody’s from Ibanez. Not on my Epiphone Casino or other 335 type guitars. But again, it’s a matter of personal choice. There are no rules. I hope you get the problem with the Epi solved. It really is a nice guitar for jazz and blues. Never had any problems with Epihone before. 👍🏽

[@notecrackervideos]

I meant the Ibanez 👍🏽

[@thegaindane]

Ok, I'll think about the whole trying out flatwounds again, after all they are pretty expensive strings. It will be interesting to see what Thomann replies to my mail. I know I can return it with no problems, but I kind of want to keep it too if they will give me some money back.

[@G.GP.]

Very beautiful!!!! Could you help please? I have the opportunity to buy a Ibanez made in China in 2001. Do you know if the chinese made in this year is good, please? Thanks in advance!!!

[@thegaindane]

Hi... I'm sorry, I have no knowledge about that.

[@G.GP.]

@@thegaindane Thanks! :-)

[@fwnfaa]

Deep R.E.S.P.E.C.T to your SIR, i am on my knees, im speechles🎸🎸🎸

[@thegaindane]

😁👍

[@Metal__life_]

Nice Videos man interesting Chanel Too. BTW are you German?

[@thegaindane]

Thank you.. Well, if you look at my avatar and channel name... Where do you think I come from then? 😉

[@stevenroth3693]

I just bought a like new Artcore cherry finish. Lots guitar for the money in my opinion.

[@thegaindane]

I love this guitar. Sadly it took 3 guitars to get a good one 😉

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

That’s a fantastic looking guitar, Carsten! My next guitar will be a jazz box. I used to have one, but sold it to buy something else I wanted more. These Ibanez semi-hollow bodies are so sweet. I know George Benson plays one, and his tone is outstanding. Have fun playing jazz on that beauty! Peace, dude! 🐰💙🎸🎶🤝✌️

[@thegaindane]

Thank you Jack the Rabbit 🐰😁 The guitar is really nice, apart from the issue on the 7th fret. It turned out to be a little more than just glue on the fret. The factory have tried to fix it by filing the imperfection away, so much that the fret is now scalloped 😲 So I have sent a mail to Thomann about it.😔

[@ralex3697]

Trust me, it won’t sound like George Benson’s guitar

[@premanandgiri4140]

Thanks for a nice thoughtful review I'd think flatwounds (at least 11s, maybe 12s for strong fingers) would sound great- for about 10 days! They go dull pretty quick. However if looked after not too bad you can play for hours and feel no pain at all. Great for jazz of course but don't expect much unplugged. I may acquire one of these soon so thanks for an intelligent review

[@thegaindane]

Thank you so much for the nice words 👍 I haven't tried flatwounds yet. This would definitely be the guitar to try them on 🙂

[@premanandgiri4140]

@@thegaindane I'm listening to Duane Allman at the moment and he seemed to manage ok, with p90s, but then he had a fat rig too!😜

[@premanandgiri4140]

Don't put show polish near it! I'd be interested to know how you've got on with it as I'm hovering over the "go" button!

[@thegaindane]

@@premanandgiri4140 of course it all comes down to taste. But I still think it’s a really nice feeling guitar, and much cheaper than an Epiphone ES 335

[@premanandgiri4140]

@@thegaindane just found a sound b-stock from Anderson's so looking forward to receiving..I'll let you know what I think then may be interesting to see how another player reacts

[@greatvanzini]

You got your Kenny B & Django backing you up for support there. Good choices. You'll be into Larry Carlton & Lee Ritenour in no time if you're not already! I've had a couple of Ibanez that needed a pinch of fret work for the ends. Usually a good set up person can make it top notch. Good choice though IMO. WOW! Yeah those are pretty hot PUPS. I don't rem them being that hot but the one most similar I had was a single cutaway. So maybe different PUPS. Interesting.

[@thegaindane]

I honestly haven't listened to a lot of jazz my whole life, so I'm a novice in that genre. I do remember that my brother and I used to listen to Lee Ritenour on his synthaxe back in our teenage years, but I can't remember the song titles now. Apart from the issue on the 7th. fret, the rest of the guitar is great, and I hate that I probably have to send it back.

[@dolphy1978]

Can you please tell me - is the neck finish satin or gloss? Smooth or a bit sticky?

[@thegaindane]

The neck is gloss with all that comes with that.

[@thenovicenoisemaker]

Gorgeous! Wish had bought the one I tried and liked just the same 🤦🏻

[@thegaindane]

It's so nice... apart from the issue on the 7th fret. It turned out to be a little more than just glue on the fret. The factory have tried to fix it by filing the imperfection away, so much that the fret is now scalloped 😲 So I have sent a mail to Thomann about it.

[@PooNinja]

You’re gonna need a bigger place pretty soon bro! 🤣 Congratulations Sir

[@PooNinja]

70 points of perfection

[@thegaindane]

Haha... not really. I just sold 4 guitars so I could get this one 😁So lots of room again.

[@thegaindane]

Unfortunately, the issue on the 7th fret, turned out to be a little more than just glue on the fret. The factory have tried to fix it by filing the imperfection away, so much that the fret is now scalloped 😲 I have have contacted Thomann about it.

[@PooNinja]

@@thegaindane 😱

[@PooNinja]

@@thegaindane 😖 ouch that’s no fun, at least Thomann is good about that stuff.

[@mrjape71]

Carsten goes jaZZ !!! 🤘😎 Is that Ibanez made in Japan? 10 strings are close to acoustic guitar strings. I would try 09 strings. It would make bending and finger vibrato easier. Rock'n'roll, 💪😎 Jarkko/MyVinylBar

[@notecrackervideos]

9’s would be horrible for jazz on this guitar. Just my opinion. ✌🏽

[@notecrackervideos]

What I mean is that there’s not much bending and finger vibrato in jazz. Most jazz guitars have 11’s for a reason. You want those thick warm dynamics on the neck pickup. ✌🏽

[@thegaindane]

Hey, Buddy 😁 This guitar is made in Indonesia, it's not one of the full blown Japanese Ibanez guitars 😬 I don't think 9s are heavy enough for flatwound strings. I think they have to be a little heavier. But I'm not sure. I know nothing about flatwound strings 🤔

[@scottraycraft5151]

thats a gorgeous guitar...can I have it?? ;)

[@thegaindane]

erh, NO! 😂