Ibanez / Premium Series AZ42P1-PBE (Prussian Blue Metallic) Ibanez [Limited Edition] [80]

AZ Premium, the standard model for the new generation of guitarists, in new colors

Popular bright metallic blue body color with white binding, chrome-covered pickups and chrome hardware for a sharp new look
Gotoh MG-T locking machine head
Roasted maple neck and rosewood fingerboard

The neck is made of heat-treated maple. The heat treatment is expected to provide shape stability, resistance to warping, water resistance, and resistance to temperature changes.
After several prototypes and verifications, we concluded that 20.5*22.5 (at1F*12F) was the best neck thickness.
The back of the neck is finished with a satin finish to ensure smooth playing comfort.
The fretboard is made of rosewood, which is known for its tenacious and mild mid-range sound.

Oval C" neck shape, exclusive to AZ
Super All Access neck joint and specially designed body contour
Stainless steel frets
Luminescent fingerboard side dot position inlays
Hyperion pickups co-developed with Seymour Duncan

We obtained more than dozens of pickups and measured their frequency response.
We then determined the specifications and sound image of the pickups that we thought would be most suitable for AZ, and developed these pickups in collaboration with Seymour Duncan, a pickup brand that has a long history and continues to make new efforts. This is a pickup for AZ.
This is a custom pickup that focuses on the followability and reproducibility of picking, with the output being kept low so that the cleanness of the original sound remains somewhere even when distorted.
The total balance from treble to bass and from the 1st to 6th strings is important, and we also pursued good effect effects. Alnico-5 magnets are used.

dyna-MIX 10 switching system
Ibanez T1502 tremolo bridge with steel saddle (Gotoh)
Graph Tech nuts
Accessories: Gig bag, tremolo arm, wrench for adjustment

* Image shown is a sample.
Main specifications:
Neck type | AZ Oval C Roasted Maple neck
Body | American Basswood body
Fretboard | Rosewood fretboard w/Mother of Pearl dot & Luminescent side dot inlay
Fret | Jumbo Stainless steel frets
Nut | Graph Tech nut
Machine head | Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads
Bridge | Gotoh T1502 tremolo bridge
Neck pickup | Seymour Duncan Hyperion (H) neck pickup
Bridge pickup | Seymour Duncan Hyperion (H) bridge pickup
Controls, Pickup selector | 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 5-way lever switch
Switch | dyna-MIX10 switching system w/Alter Switch
Hardware color | Chrome
String gauge | .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046 (D'Addario EXL110)
Scale | 648mm/25.5" (D'Addario EXL110)
a : Width at Nut | 42mm
b : Width at Last Fret | 57mm
c : Thickness at 1st | 20.5mm
d : Thickness at 12th | 22.5mm
Radius | 305mmR

specs

Neck type
AZ Oval C Roasted Maple neck

Neck type AZ Oval C Roasted Maple neck
American Basswood body

Fretboard
Rosewood fretboard w/Mother of Pearl dot & Luminescent side dot inlay

Fret
Jumbo Stainless steel frets

Nut
Graph Tech nut

Machine head
Gotoh MG-T locking machine heads

Bridge
Gotoh T1502 tremolo bridge

Neck pickup
Seymour Duncan Hyperion (H) neck pickup

Bridge pickup
Seymour Duncan Hyperion (H) bridge pickup

Controls, Pickup selector
1 Volume, 1 Tone, 5-way lever switch

5-way lever switch
dyna-MIX10 switching system w/Alter Switch

Hardware color
Chrome

String gauge
.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046 (D'Addario EXL110)

Scale
648mm/25.5"

a : Width at Nut
42mm

b : Width at Last Fret
57mm

c : Thickness at 1st
20.5mm

d : Thickness at 12th
22.5mm

Radius
305mmR