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The FLATV1 is a solid body electric guitar introduced by Ibanez for 2021. It is a Signature guitar of American blues rock virtuoso, Josh Smith. It is produced in Japan by FujiGen.
The FLATV1 is based on the Fender Telecaster-inspired AZS series with which it debuted.
The FLATV1 features an ash body bolted to an S-Tech roasted maple neck with a 21-fret S-Tech roasted maple fingerboard with black dot position markers and Luminlay side dots. Components include a Gotoh F1803 fixed bridge with In-Tune saddles, a pair of Seymour Duncan custom single coil pickups, a white pickguard, a bone nut, and vintage-style Gotoh tuning machines.
The FLATV1 leans into the "traditional" design with a slab body devoid of any comfort cuts and a flat neck joint with a metal plate.
For 2022 the pickups were renamed to FLAT5, although its believed these are the same as the previous FLATV1 Custom pickups.
The FLATV2 is a similar model with HS pickup configuration.
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- Josh Smith artist signature page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
- FLATV1 product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2021
- FLATV1 product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
- FLATV1 product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2023
- FLATV1 product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2024
- FLATV1 product page, Ibanez China, archived January 2025
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FLATV1 product listing, Sweetwater (US retailer), archived August 2021
- ↑ FLATV1 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived October 2022
- ↑ FLATV1 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived September 2022
- ↑ FLATV1 product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2024
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 FLATV1 product listing, American Musical Supply (US retailer), archived January 2025
- ↑ FLATV1 product listing, Sweetwater (US retailer), archived February 2024