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The AF85TDG is an Artcore series hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2012. It was made in China.

The AF85TDG features a full-hollow body design with a laminated flamed maple top with ƒ holes and ivory multi-binding on flamed maple back and sides with a single Venetian cutaway mated to a set-in mahogany and maple neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with ivory binding and acrylic block position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Artcore humbucking pickups with gold covers and individual volume and tone controls, an ART-2 roller bridge on a wooden base, a vintage-style vibrato tailpiece, a plastic nut, a flamed maple pickguard, Sure Grip III knobs, and Ibanez diecast tuning machines with white half moon buttons.

The AF95 is a similar model without the vibrato bridge. The AF75TDG is a related model with a maple body and 1-piece neck.

The AF85TDG was discontinued after 2012. The similar AF95TDG was introduced for 2013.

Specifications

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Specifications for AF85TDG
Year(s) offered: 2012
Sold in: USA
Made in: China
Finish(es): Violin Sunburst
Body
Body type:
Hollow body
Dimensions:
  Length: 495mm / 19½"
  Width: 400mm / 15¾"
  Depth: 92mm / 3⅝" (70mm/ 2¾" at tail)
Top:
  Material: Flamed maple (laminated)
  Binding: Ivory multi-ply
Back/sides:
  Material: Flamed maple (laminated)
Neck joint:
Set-in
Bridge:
ART-2 roller on a wooden base
Tailpiece:
VBF70 vintage vibrato
Pickguard:
Flamed maple
Knob style:
Sure Grip III
Hardware color:
Gold
Neck
Neck type:
AF Artcore
Neck material:
3-piece mahogany/ maple
Scale length:
628mm/ 24¾"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood w/ ivory binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Acrylic block
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
Ivory plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast w/ white acrylic half-moon buttons
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez Artcore Humbucker 2 bridge (H)
Neck pickup:
Ibanez Artcore Humbucker 1 neck (H)
Controls:
Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" mono (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.010/.013/.017/.030/.042/.052
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images

Additional details
HH 3-way toggle
Pickup switching
Controls 2V2T3 hollow
Control layout

Sources

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