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At A Glance
- Neck Type
- AZ Oval C / S-TECH WOOD Roasted Maple neck
- Top/Back/Body
- Alder body
- Fretboard
- S-TECH WOOD Roasted Maple fretboard / Black dot inlay
- Fret
- Jumbo Stainless Steel frets / Prestige fret edge treatment
- Number of Frets
- 22
- Bridge
- Gotoh T1802 tremolo bridge
- String Space
- 10.5mm
- Neck Pickup
- Seymour Duncan Hyperion (S) neck pickup (Passive/Alnico)
- Middle Pickup
- Seymour Duncan Hyperion (S) middle pickup (Passive/Alnico)
- Bridge Pickup
- Seymour Duncan Hyperion (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Alnico)
- Factory Tuning
- 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
- Strings
- D'Addario EXL110
- String Gauge
- .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
- Nut
- Bone nut
- Hardware Color
- Chrome
- Scale
- 648mm/25.5"
- A : Width
- 42mm at NUT
- B : Width
- 56.4mm at 22F
- C : Thickness
- 20.5mm at 1F
- D : Thickness
- 22.5mm at 12F
- Radius
- 305mmR
- Color
- Black
Ibanez built the AZ2204BBK as part of the AZ Prestige Series, positioning it at the upper tier of their electric guitar range where Japanese Prestige construction standards and premium component sourcing defined the specification.
The guitar was constructed with an alder body paired with a roasted maple neck in Ibanez's AZ Oval C profile, finished with S-TECH WOOD treatment on both the neck and roasted maple fretboard. Black dot inlays mark the 22-fret board, which carries a 305mm radius and runs from a 42mm bone nut to a 56.4mm width at the 22nd fret. Neck thickness measures 20.5mm at the first fret and 22.5mm at the twelfth. Jumbo stainless steel frets received Ibanez's Prestige fret edge treatment. The Gotoh T1802 tremolo bridge, with 10.5mm string spacing, handles a standard 648mm/25.5-inch scale. Hardware throughout is finished in chrome. Pickups are a full Seymour Duncan Hyperion set — passive, alnico-loaded single-coils at the neck and middle positions and a humbucker at the bridge — covering the HSS configuration. The guitar left the factory strung with D'Addario EXL110s (.010–.046) in standard tuning.
Owners requiring setup work, tremolo calibration, or fret maintenance should consult a qualified guitar technician familiar with floating tremolo systems and stainless steel fret finishing.
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