Ibanez AZ2204 Prestige Gold Electric Guitar

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Ibanez AZ2204 Prestige Gold Electric Guitar
Product no: 9000-0052-2695 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Part of the Ibanez Prestige Series, the AZ2204 is built to provide today's guitarists with an electric guitar that can help them take their skills and sound to the highest level. For the starting point of the design of the body, Ibanez took a standard ST model and went from there. As such, the contours of the upper arm and the bellycut sit snug against your body while the deeper middle section and soft curvature eases both seated and upright playing. Backed up by 22 durable stainless steel jumbo frets, the maple Oval C-neck of this AZ solid-body has also been blessed with a few upgrades and allows for effortless solos on the higher frets and stable chords and riffs in the first positions.

The AZ2204: A Stable Neck, Tuning Stability and String Tension

Having been given Ibanez' special S-Tech wood roasted treatment, the maple neck is almost as robust as the steel frets and is protected against possible warping due to changes in temperature and humidity. While other, lacquer-finished necks tend to get a little sticky, the oil finish on the AZ2204 actually makes sure that your fret hand is always gets where it's supposed to go. Ibanez teamed up with legendary brand, Gotoh, to get their hands on high-quality hardware, including H.A.P.M locking machine heads for ultimate tuning stability and adjustable string height and tension.

Vibrato Tricks

Gotoh is also responsible for the two-point tremolo bridge found on the AZ2204, which offers fast response and ensures definition across the high and low registers. Meanwhile, you're free to perform all the little vibrato tricks that you know! To maintain pure note definition and clear strumming sound, Ibanez called in the help of Seymour Duncan. Their Hyperion pickups in a flexible HSS configuration paired with a 5-way switch, volume knob and tone pot build a broad tonal foundation that's reinforced by the alter switch of the dyna-MIX 9 system for a total of nine different foundation sounds.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets 22
Number of strings 6
Bridge type vintage-style tremolo
Pickup configuration HSS
Pickup type humbucker (passive), single-coil (passive)
Neck connection bolt on
Fretboard wood maple
Includes cover no
Includes case yes
Colour gold / bronze / brass / copper
Country of origin Japan
Left-handed no
Body material alder
Scale length 25.5 inches (648mm)
Body type ST

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 10,2 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 113,0 x 43,0 x 15,5 cm

Product specifications

  • body finish: high-gloss
  • neck: S-Tech Wood Roasted Maple
  • neck finish: oiled
  • neck profile: AZ Oval C
  • fretboard: S-Tech Wood Roasted Maple
  • fretboard radius: 12 inch (305 mm)
  • fret type: jumbo, stainless-steel
  • string nut material: bone
  • string nut width: 1.65 in / 42 mm
  • bridge: Gotoh T1802 tremolo
  • hardware finish: chrome
  • machine heads: GOTOH H.A.P-M locking
  • pickguard: pearloid
  • pickups: 2x Seymour Duncan Hyperion single-coil, 1x Seymour Duncan Hyperion humbucker
  • controls: volume, tone, 5-way pickup switch, alter switch
  • included: case
  • special features: luminescent side dot inlays

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Ibanez AZ2204 Prestige Gold Electric Guitar
Wrote the following about Ibanez AZ2204 Prestige Gold Electric Guitar
Une vraiment très très bonne guitare !!!

Après 1 mois d'utilisation, voici mes impressions concernant la Ibanez az 2204 GD, j'ai déjà une Ibanez AZ mais version premium en Humbucker(la AZ 242F TSG) dont je suis ravi également. Etant déjà conquis par le manche de la premium et ses frettes, j'ai décidé de la prendre aussi donc en version single-coil (mais en prestige ce coup là, profitant de cette édition limitée en "gold").

La lutherie ,l'ergonomie et le manche sont irréprochables...du très très bon travail. C'est un manche un peu plus épais que les "conventionnelles" Ibanez mais je trouve qu'il ne fatigue pas du tout la main et le poignet (assez similaire à du Suhr) ! au contraire !! le frettage y est aussi pour quelque chose je pense (frets jumbo stainless) !. Elle tient parfaitement l'accord et le vibrato est excellent, rien à redire !



Concernant le son: c'est 1 config S/S/HB avec un split qui permet 9 sons différents, c'est très versatile, vraiment ! les micros sont de "sorties moyennes" mais c'est ce que je voulais. Le son des singles est bien là et toutes les positions exploitables et efficaces. Ces micros sont extremements précis, et bien dynamiques mais forcément la moindre petite erreur s'entend très bien du coup !!! Le seul petit reproche, ils ne sont pas super "typés", assez neutres quand même.

Pour ma part, comme pour la premuim en 24 cases, je suis vraiment très satisfait de cette guitare.



La différence entre la premium et la prestige (mais ce sont 2 configs de micros différents me concernant), la finition au toucher est encore meilleur que sur la prestige, je suppose que c'est du au traitement S-Tech wood, mais c'est d'une douceur INCROYABLE sous la main, le meilleur manche que je n'ai jamais testé je pense !!!.

La version prestige me semble aussi gagner (niveau son par rapport à la premium) un peu en précision et en sustain.

L'écart entre les 2 n'est pas vraiment gigantesque quand même mais appréciable.

Au niveau du frettages, je ne sens pas vraiment de différence entre les 2, excellent sur la premuim et la prestige.

Fourni avec un bel étui Ibanez en dur (pour la prestige) .



Ce que j'aurais aimé en plus: peut être que la couleur "gold" (bien que très belle) soit un petit plus pétante :)mais ça lui donne un look vintage/classique vraiment sympa + peut être un petit peu plus de caractère sur les micros (mais bon les goûts, les couleurs...)& pourquoi pas un manche 24 cases sur les versions single-coil aussi ?

Peut être aussi des points nacrés sur la touche pour une prestige ,ça aurait été sympa mais c'est pas bien grave quand même :)



ps: j'ai pu bénéficier d'une promo chez bax shop qui fait que je l'ai payée neuve entre le prix d'une prestige et d'une premuim, bref une très bonne affaire en plus. Baxshop a été super, félicitations à toute la Team Baxshop,livraison nickel et rapide ;) Merci !!!
Ibanez AZ2204 Prestige Gold Electric Guitar
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Alles wat je bij Ibanez over deze gitaar leest is waar... wat een gitaar! Ongelofelijk. Hij ziet er prachtig uit en de afwerking is perfect. Met deze gitaar kun je wat mij betreft elke stijl spelen, zo goed is hij. Z'n geld dan ook zeker waard. Wil je een allround top gitaar? Dan moet je deze Ibanez zeker uit gaan proberen!

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