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AR2000 VV
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The AR2000 is an Artist series solid body electric guitar model. When Ibanez reintroduced the Artist series for 1998 the AR2000 was the flagship model.

The AR2000 features a short-horned double-cutaway mahogany body with a AAA maple top and ivory binding mated to a set-in maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with binding and abalone dot position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 58 humbucking pickups with gold covers mounted in rosewood pickup rings and with individual volume and tone controls, a Tune-o-matic style Gibraltar II fixed bridge and Quik Change II tailpiece, a bone nut, Sure Grip II knobs, Gotoh strap locks and Gotoh tuning machines.

The AR2000 was replaced for 2004 by the AR3000.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AR2000
Model name: AR2000
Year(s) offered: 1998–2003
Sold in: Worldwide
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: $1,999.99[1]
Finish(es): Vintage Violin (VV)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Mahogany w/ AAA maple top w/ ivory binding
Neck joint:
Set-in
Bridge:
Gibraltar II fixed
Tailpiece:
Quik Change II
Strap buttons:
Gotoh Free Lock II
Knob style:
Sure Grip II (gold)
Hardware color:
Gold
Neck
Neck type:
AR Prestige (U-shape)
Neck material:
3-piece maple
Scale length:
628mm/ 24¾"
Fingerboard material:
Selected rosewood w/ binding
Fingerboard inlays:
Abalone dot (6.5mm diameter)
Frets:
22 / medium (SBB213-175)
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Gotoh SG38
Electronics/ Strings
Pickup configuration:
HH
Bridge pickup:
Ibanez Super 58 (H)
Neck pickup:
Ibanez Super 58 (H)
Controls:
Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector
Output jack:
¼" mono (side mounted)
String gauge (factory):
.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046 (round wound)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional details
HH 3-way toggle
Pickup switching diagram
Controls 2V2T3 Artist
Control layout
Wiring-diagram 1999 AF200
Wiring diagram[2]

Sources[]

  1. 1998 USA price list (p. 3)
  2. AR2000 wiring diagram, Ibanez USA, archived April 2003
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