The bodies of these Artcore United guitars were produced in China and then shipped to FujiGen in Japan where the necks were produced and the instruments were finished and assembled.[1][2]
The AG195 features a mid-sized, 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 with a semi-pointed horn mated to a set-in mahogany and maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with ivory binding and pearl and abalone split block position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 58 humbucking pickups with chrome covers and individual volume and tone controls, rosewood pickup rings, an ART-W bridge with a rosewood saddle and base, a VT100 tailpiece with wooden cover, a bone nut, a maple pickguard finished to match the body, Sure Grip II knobs, and Gotoh tuning machines with white buttons.
The AF195 is a similar model with a large, full-sized body. The AS193 is a related semi-hollow, double-cutaway model. These were the only three models in the short-lived, Japanese-made Artcore United line.
The AG195 was discontinued after 2004. It is believed that 75 AG195s were produced.[3]
