love for the Ibie Artcores?

[baritone]

Re: love for the Ibie Artcores?

Mine was the AF75. The unplugged tone was great. I wasn't so worried about the electric tone, since I was planning to put a pair of 59s in it, but I sold it before I got around to upgrading. The new AF55 looks awesome.

 

[ginormous]

Re: love for the Ibie Artcores?

Mine is actually a pre-Artcore '81 MIJ AS-50; the Artist Series was the basis for the Lee Ritenour sig (with sealed F-holes).

The only thing that's not stock are the tuning pegs; I swapped them for Grovers when the originals gave up.

 

[blueman335]

Re: love for the Ibie Artcores?

Yeah the bridge pickup was ceramic with a 16k reading...The neck was also ceramic and had a lower reading...I'm really liking a 59 A2 in the bridge and a Jazz N in mine.The stock pickups were nothing to write home about and I agree.

True, my beautiful AF105 hollowbody came with ceramic PU's. I don't understand the logic behind that. But the '59's I put in sound great (UOA5 in the bridge '59). But then, I always upgrade the PU's in Asian imports.

 

[guitfiddle]

Re: love for the Ibie Artcores?

True, my beautiful AF105 hollowbody came with ceramic PU's. I don't understand the logic behind that. But the '59's I put in sound great (UOA5 in the bridge '59). But then, I always upgrade the PU's in Asian imports.

I think it's so they'll scream more than a alnico might, but still be able to lay back well. They're very warm and full, and can even be creamy sounding, until you crank the gain up and hit it hard, then they get a searing edge.

I changed mine out, too, though. Put a set of Seths in the AS-120 that I had, and that was that.

 

[blueman335]

Re: love for the Ibie Artcores?

I changed mine out, too, though. Put a set of Seths in the AS-120 that I had, and that was that.

Absolutely. A pair of Seth's are unbeatable in a hollowbody, and head and shoulders above any ceramic.