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1985 AX38 YE
AX38 Yellow (more images) Red copyright sprite

The AX38 is an Axstar series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1985. It was made in Japan.

The AX38 has a swoopy, pointy, X-style basswood body bolted to a maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot position markers. Components include Ibanez pickups with a pair of humbuckers flanking a single-coil, a Hard Rocker Pro synchronized tremolo bridge and Smooth Tuner II machine heads. The neck and headstock are painted black. Controls consist of a master volume, a 3-way pickup toggle which selects between the neck and bridge pickups (both in the middle position) and a separate volume to allow the center pickup to be blended in with any combination of the humbuckers.

The AX35 is a similar model with a humbucker/single/single pickup configuration. The AX30 is a version without the middle single coil pickup. The AX48 is a similar model with a different tremolo system employing a locking nut.

The AX38 was discontinued after 1985 in favor of a new line of headless Axstar models introduced for 1986.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AX38
Year(s) offered: 1985
Sold in: ??
Made in: Japan
Finish(es): White (WH) / Yellow (YE)
Body
Body type:
Solid body
Body material:
Basswood
Neck joint:
Bolt-on
Bridge:
Hard Rocker Pro tremolo
Hardware color:
Black
Neck
Neck type:
Axstar
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard material:
Rosewood
Fingerboard inlays:
Pearloid dot
Frets:
22 / big
Nut:
Graphite
Machine heads:
Smooth Tuner II
Electronics
Pickup configuration:
HSH
Bridge pickup:
Axstar humbucker (H)
Middle pickup:
Axstar single coil (S)
Neck pickup:
Axstar humbucker (H)
Controls:
Two volumes / master tone / 3-way toggle pickup selector (second volume controls center pickup)

Images[]

1985 AX38 WH
AX38 White (rear) Red copyright sprite

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