Ibanez AZ2204 Pearl White

Ibanez AZ2204 Prestige Pearl White. Made in Japan.

AZ neck

A 1-piece Prestige neck in S-TECH treated maple. S-TECH is “nitrogen-heating-treatment” of wood and is a further development of what is usually called roasted/baked wood. Which in Swedish in short means that the wood undergoes heat treatment in a nitrogen-filled heating process to remove water and resin from the wood. This makes the wood light, stable, durable and completely unaffected by changes in humidity. The wood is also waterproof and therefore does not need to be varnished. These properties make the neck extremely resonant, low physical weight and with lots of singing sustain (the same properties that really good, old, wood can sometimes have). A clear sound with unmatched note separation.

AZ Oval C-neck profile

C with a little more shoulders would also fit well. It is noticeably thicker than how Ibanez usually has its necks, but for that reason not fat or bulky. 20.5mm at the first fret and 22.5 at the 12th fret. It feels modern and accessible while feeling traditional and familiar. The fingerboard radius is a perfect compromise to be perfect for both chords and solo playing. The transition between the fingerboard and neck is softly rounded called "rolled fretboard edges" which gives a very smooth and recorded feel.

Body

The body is designed to be comfortable and without sharp edges so that you can both stand or sit and play for hours on end. The rounding of the edges is softer on the back than on the front. The neck meets the body with Ibanez's new Super All Access Neck Joint, which is a further development of their well-proven All Access Neck Joint.

Seymour Duncan Hyperion Pickups

Hyperion is a pickup developed in collaboration with Marciela "MJ" Juarez at Seymour Duncan. A pickup with moderate output and Alnico5 magnets. A clear, dynamic pickup with good separation and a clear pick attack. Very good balance between the strings so low tones are clear and high warm and full. Pickups are connected to a dyna-MIX 10 switch with an extra wAlter switch. It gives a lot of useful, credible sounds from humbucker to singlecoil.

Ibanez T1802 Tremolo

The bridge is a further development of the GOTOH 510. The T1802 is based on the 510 and built by GOTOH, so modern 2 pivot style with lockable studs. The updates are bridge saddles in solid titanium, a solid steel block and a better and completely play-free arm mount (snap in with adjustable pressure. The arm can be replaced with an Ibanez Ultra Lite swingarm).
The T1802 has the same string spacing as the 510 narrow, 10.5mm isf 10.8mm.

GOTOH H.A.P-M machine heads

The tuning machines are GOTOH MAGNUM LOCK which is top of the line locking tuning machines with height adjustable string posts (so you can get perfect string pressure over the saddle for optimal sustain and tone).

Specs:

• AZ Oval CS-TECH Wood roasted Maple 1 pc neck.
• 22 frets.
• S-TECH wood roasted Maple fretboard w/black dot inlay.
• Luminescent side dot inlay.
• Jumbo Stainless steel frets w/Prestige Fret Edge Treatment.
• Alder body
• Ibanez T1802 tremolo bridge (Gotoh)
• Seymour Duncan Hyperion (S) neck pickup.
• Seymour Duncan Hyperion (S) mid. pickup.
• Seymour Duncan Hyperion (H) bridge pickup.
• dyna-MIX 9 switching system w/Alter switch.
• Chrome hardware.
• Hardcase

Neck:

• 648mm/25.5” scale length.
• Width at nut: 42mm.
• Width at 24 frets: 56.4mm.
• Thickness at first fret: 20.5mm.
• Thickness at 12 frets: 22.5mm.
• Radius: 305mmR.