AFC151

AFC151 Dark Amber (more images)

The AFC151 is a hollow body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2017. It was part of the Contemporary Archtop series, but was folded into the Artstar series when the Contemporary Archtop designation was discontinued after 2019. It was initially made in China, but production moved to Indonesia for 2019.

The AFC151 features a thick, single cutaway, full-hollow body design with a laminated spruce top with ƒ holes and flamed maple binding and flamed maple back and sides mated to a set-in mahogany and maple neck with a 20-fret ebony fingerboard with binding and mother of pearl offset block position markers. Components include a single, floating Ibanez Magic Touch-Mini humbucking pickup with gold cover mounted at the neck, a floating ebony bridge with compensated ebony saddle and a trapeze tailpiece with a wooden cover, a plastic nut, a black pickguard and Ibanez tuning machines with black buttons.

For 2019 the mahogany and maple neck was changed to nyatoh and maple. For 2021 the fretboard material was changed to Macassar ebony.

The AFC155 is a similar model with a second pickup.

A new finish "Tobacco Brown" was offered in late 2021 exclusively for Shimamura Music in Japan.

The AFC151 was discontinued after 2019 in all markets except the USA and Japan; it was discontinued in the USA after 2020.

Specifications

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Specifications for AFC151

Model name: AFC151 Year(s) offered: 2017–2025 Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2017–2019 / Asia & Africa 2017–2019 / China 2017–2019 / Europe 2017–2019 / Japan / USA 2017–2020 Made in: China (2017–2018) / Indonesia (2019–2025) Price: MSRP: US$1,350.21 (2017) / JP¥ 140,000 (2021) / JP¥ 155,000 (2022–2023) / JP¥ 185,000 (2024–2025) Finish(es): Dark Amber (DA) 2019–2025 / Sunrise Red (SRR) 2017–2019 / Tobacco Brown (TBC) 2021–2022
Body Body type: Hollow body Dimensions:   Length: 495mm / 19½"   Width: 400mm / 15¾"   Depth: 92mm / 3⅝" Top:   Material: Spruce (laminated)   Binding: Flamed maple Back/sides:   Material: Flamed maple (laminated) Neck joint: Set-in Bridge: Ebony w/ compensated ebony saddle (10.4mm string spacing) Tailpiece: VT14 w/ wood cover Pickguard: Gloss black Knob style: Bell shape (rosewood) Hardware color: Gold	Neck Neck type: AFC Neck material: 2017–2018: 3-piece mahogany/ maple 2019–2025: 3-piece nyatoh/ maple Scale length: 628mm/ 24¾" Fingerboard material: 2017–2020: Ebony w/ binding 2021–2025: Macassar ebony w/ binding Fingerboard inlays: Mother of pearl offset block Frets: 20 / medium nickel silver (Artstar edge treatment) Nut: Black plastic (43mm) Machine heads: Ibanez die-cast w/ black buttons String gauge (factory): 2017–2024: .011/.015/.022w/.030/.040/.050 flatwound 2025: .011/.015/.022w/.030/.040/.050 (D'Addario ECG24 Chromes flatwound) Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)	Electronics Pickup configuration: H Neck pickup: Ibanez Magic Touch-Mini neck (H) passive/alnico Controls: Master volume / master tone Output jack: ¼" mono (side mounted)

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Images

Other available finishes

Sunrise Red

Tobacco Brown (2021)

Additional details

Controls layout

Video

Ibanez Hollow Body Artstar AFC151 Guitar ( Demo by "Kazuki Isogai" )

Sources

• AFC151 product page, Ibanez USA, archived April 2017
• 2018 Asia catalog (p. 43)
• 2019 Europe catalog (p. 48)
• AFC151 product page, Ibanez USA, archived July 2019
• AFC151 product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2020