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The AF120 is an Artstar series hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1995. It was made in South Korea.

The AF120 features a full-sized, full-hollow, single Venetian cutaway body design with a maple top with ƒ holes and ivory multi-binding on maple back and sides mated to a set-in maple neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with ivory binding and pearl and abalone split block position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 50 humbucking pickups with gold covers and individual volume and tone controls, black pickup rings, a rosewood bridge with rosewood saddle, a metal trapeze tailpiece, a plastic nut, a black pickguard, gold plastic top hat knobs, and Ibanez die-cast tuning machines with white buttons.

Several changes were introduced for 1997 including Super 58 pickups, a new tailpiece and speed knobs were introduced.

The AF80 is a related model with dot fretboard inlays and a different tailpiece. The AS120 is a related model with a smaller, semi-hollow, double cutaway body.

The AF120 was discontinued after 2003.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AF120
Model name: AF120
Year(s) offered: 1995–2003
Sold in: Europe (1995–2000) / USA
Made in: South Korea
Price: MSRP: US$949.95 (1995)[1] / US$999.99 (2001)[2]
Finish(es): Black (BK) 1995 / Brown Sunburst (BS) 1997–2003 / Natural (NT) 1996 / Vintage Sunburst (VS) 1995–1996
Body
Body type:
Hollow body
Dimensions:
  Length: 464mm / 18¼"
  Width: 406mm / 16"
  Depth: 65mm / 2.56"
Top:
  Material: Maple (laminated)
  Binding: Ivory multi-ply
Back/sides:
  Material: Maple
Neck joint:
Set-in
Bridge:
Rosewood bridge & saddle
Tailpiece:
1995–1996: Metal trapeze
1997–2003: AF120 trapeze
Pickguard:
3-ply: Black/ white/ black
Knob style:
1995–1996: Top hat (gold)
1997–2003: Speed (gold)
Hardware color:
Gold
Neck
Neck type:
Artstar AF
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Scale length:
628mm/ 24¾"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood w/ ivory binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Pearl/ abalone split block
Frets:
22 / medium (SBB213-150)
Nut:
Plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast w/ white buttons
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
1995–1996: Ibanez Super 50 bridge (H)
1997–2003: Ibanez Super 58 bridge (H)
Neck pickup:
1995–1996: Ibanez Super 50 neck (H)
1997–2003: Ibanez Super 58 neck (H)
Controls:
Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" mono (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.013–.054 (flat wound)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional finishes/ details
1995 AF120 Black
Black
1996 AF120 NT
Natural
1996 AF120 VS
Vintage Sunburst
HH 3-way toggle
Pickup switching
Controls 2V2T3
Control layout
Wiring-diagram 1994 AS80
Wiring diagram 1995–1996[3]

Sources[]

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