Rare 1983 Ibanez Artist AR550 3 band EQ Super-58 Pickups Made in Japan

Maker: Ibanez

Model: Artist AR550

Condition: Very Good

Description: 

Here we have a super cool and rare Ibanez Artist AR550 with 3 band EQ and Super-58 pickups in very good condition. This guitar is in great shape for its age. The body shows some surface marks and various minor dings and dents. The binding is beginning to become fragile and has begun to chip in a small area on the bottom of the body. The neck is in excellent condition as well as the headstock. Fretboard is in great shape. Frets have some minor wear but no issues with buzzing/fretting out etc. Hardware shows some patina and aging but all works perfectly. All electronics work perfectly and the 3 band EQ is super cool and very useful. Super-058 Pickups sound amazing. A rarely seen beast that plays as good as it looks. Ships with gig bag. Set up by our team and ready for a new home.  

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From the web:

The AR550 is an Artist series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1983. It was made in Japan by the famed Fujigen factory.

The AR550 features an arched flame maple top on a double-cutaway mahogany body mated to a set-in three-piece maple neck with a 22-fret ebony fingerboard with binding and pearl and abalone split block position markers. Components include a pair of Ibanez Super 58 pcikups, a Gibraltar II Tune-O-Matic style fixed bridge, a Quik Change II tailpiece with decorative "cloud" ornament, VelveTune II machine heads, and boomerang-shaped Dead End strap buttons.

Controls consist of independent volumes for each pickup, a ±6 dB boost knob, a mini-toggle Duo-sound switch to spilt the coils of both pickups, a 3-band ±15 dB active EQ — 230Hz bass, 2KHz middle, 6KHz treble — and an EQ bypass toggle with an LED indicator.

The AR550 was sold only in Japan and was discontinued after 1984. It's believed that very few examples of this model were produced

Includes Gig bag. Has been fully inspected and setup here by our team at Coast Sonic and is ready for a new home.