Ibanez AZ Essential Purist Blue HSS

Welcoming yet another expansion to the highly successful AZ series, Ibanez is proud to introduce the new AZES or AZ Essentials line. The philosophy behind this series is to bring the tone, versatility and, playability of this celebrated lineup to a wider array of beginner and intermediate players. However, AZ Essentials are also equipped with series-specific features such as a Mono-unit output jack, a 250mm fingerboard radius, and Comfort round bridge saddles, all designed to make the beginner’s learning process a streamlined, enjoyable and fun experience.

• Color: Purist Blue

• Body: Solid

• Body Material: Poplar body (Poplar used as body wood delivers a well-balanced tone with incredible thickness)

• Neck: Maple neck (the Maple neck provides stability and bright tonal character)

• Construction: Bolt-on

• Fretboard: Jatoba fretboard (Jatoba has a reddish brown color and produces a rich mid range with a crisp high end)

• Fretboard Radius: 250mm (AZES)

• Nut: Plastic

• Scale: 25 inch scale

• Frets: Medium frets (medium sized frets enhance the accuracy of your notes)

• Configuration: S-S-H pickups Essentials and Accord pickups provide well-balanced tone and as well as versatility, so that guitar players can enjoy various styles of music with just one instrument

• Switching System: Dyna-MIX9 switching system with Alter Switch (the dyna-MIX 9 offers nine sound variations and can switch between humbucker and single coil modes with just a flick of the mini switch. One mode even simulates a humbucking sound from the combination of two single coil pickups)

• Machineheads: Ibanez w/ Split-shaft (they feature die-cast housings and split-shaft. The die-cast housing offers protection from dusts and ease of tuning and the split-shaft makes it easy to change the strings)

• Bridge: T106 tremolo w/ Comfort round Steel saddles

• Hardware: Chrome