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Ibanez AR520HME-NT Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar in Natural
Featuring a Macassar Ebony top, Gibraltar bridge, Super 58 pickups & versatile Tri-Sound switches.
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Our Click and Collect service is available at our Guildford store from 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, and 11am - 5pm on Sunday. You can either choose click and collect as your delivery option online or, during store opening hours, call our sales team at 01483 456777 to place a 10% deposit.
If you have placed your order online, you will receive a confirmation email of your order and a separate follow-up text or email to confirm when your item is ready for collection.
Please do not come to the store before you have received the follow-up message, as your order may not yet be ready at the store.
If the only available stock is in our off-site warehouse it can be brought to the store location for you to try - you just need to contact the store within opening hours. Please note any requests received after 3.30pm will not arrive at the store until the following morning.
Please be aware that, unless you have paid a deposit to reserve the item, it will continue to be free, both online and in-store, for another customer to buy. Therefore we would advise you to place a 10% deposit by either using the on-line click and collect service or calling us 01483 456777.
SKU: AR520HME-NT
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Product Description
The Ibanez AR520HME is a classy electric guitar that blends vintage-inspired looks with modern playability and tonal flexibility. With its elegant Natural finish, compact double cutaway body and versatile Super 58 humbuckers with Tri-sound switching, it’s equally at home covering smooth jazz, expressive blues, classic rock and more.
Built around Ibanez’s iconic AR shape, this model features a semi-hollow construction for a lively and articulate acoustic response. A comfortable 3-piece Maple neck with bound Jatoba fretboard and medium frets keeps things fast and precise under the fingers, while the Gibraltar Performer bridge and Quik Change Classic tailpiece provide rock-solid tuning and easy string changes. Add in the warm, articulate Super 58 pickups and you have a refined workhorse that looks and feels far more expensive than it is!
Semi-hollow AR design
The AR520HME takes the classic Ibanez AR silhouette and gives it a semi-hollow twist, delivering extra resonance and an airy, open character. The combination of Macassar Ebony top, Okoume back and Maple body yields a tight low and midrange with a clear, cutting high end — making chords bloom and single notes sing. It’s a great platform for expressive, dynamic playing and responds beautifully to changes in pick attack and volume.
Super 58 pickups with Tri-Sound switching
Ibanez Super 58 humbuckers are renowned for their moderate output and vintage-flavoured tone, delivering warm, musical cleans and smooth, articulate overdrive. Each pickup is paired with a dedicated Tri-sound switch, giving you three distinct voices per humbucker. This expanded palette lets you move from full, rounded humbucker sounds to brighter, more focused single-coil and parallel textures at the flick of a switch.
Features
- Semi-hollow body: Adds resonance and air to your sound, ideal for expressive clean tones and dynamic overdrive.
- 3-piece Maple neck: Delivers excellent strength and enhanced resonance, helping every note ring out clearly.
- Jatoba fingerboard: Offers a rich midrange and crisp highs, with medium frets that make it easy to play accurately — whether you’re comping chords or ripping intricate lead lines.
- Super 58 pickups: Vintage-voiced and warm, delivering moderate output with smooth, musical character.
- Dual Tri-Sound switches: Each humbucker has its own Tri-Sound switch, giving you three distinct tonal modes per pickup. This allows you to move from full humbucking power to single-coil style textures without changing guitars.
- Gibraltar Performer bridge: Rock-solid tuning stability with low-profile saddles for maximum playing comfort.
- Quik Change Classic tailpiece: String changes made simple — swap out your strings in record time and get back to playing!
Specifications
Body
- Top Material: Macassar Ebony
- Body Material: Maple with Okoume Back
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body Shape: AR
Neck
- Neck Material: 3-Piece Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Neck Profile: AR
- Neck Joint: Set-In (Smooth Heel)
- Fingerboard Material: Bound Jatoba
- Fingerboard Radius: 12” (305 mm)
- Position Inlays: Acrylic & Abalone Block
- Fret Type: Medium
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut Type: Plastic
- Nut Width: 1.7” (43 mm)
- Scale Length: 24.75” (628 mm)
Hardware
- Bridge: Gibraltar Performer
- Tailpiece: Quik Change Classic
- Tuning Machines: Ibanez
- Hardware Finish: Gold
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Super 58 Humbucker
- Neck Pickup: Super 58 Humbucker
- Pickup Configuration: HH
- Electronics Type: Passive
- Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-Way Toggle Switch
- Other Switches: 2 Tri-Sound Switches
Miscellaneous
- Strings: D'Addario EXL110
- String Gauges: .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
- Accessories: Hex Wrench
