The AR4000 is an Artist series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1985.
The AR4000 features an arched-top flame maple top with abalone purfling and cream binding on a double-cutaway mahogany body mated to a set-in mahogany and maple neck with a smooth heel and a 22-fret ebony fingerboard with special W- or V-shaped abalone and pearl position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Lo-Z active humbucking pickups with individual volume and EQ-II tone controls, a brass pickguard, a Gibraltar II fixed bridge, a Quik Change II tailpiece, solid brass Sure Grip II knobs, and Smooth Tuner II machine heads.
This is one of the hardest to find and most sought after Artist models produced and one of just a small number with a pickguard.
The AR4000 was produced into early 1988[1] when it was discontinued.