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At A Glance
- Neck Type
- AZ Oval C / Roasted Maple neck
- Top/Back/Body
- Bocote top / American Basswood body
- Fretboard
- Roasted Maple fretboard / Black dot inlay
- Fret
- Jumbo Stainless Steel frets
- Number of Frets
- 22
- Bridge
- Gotoh T1502 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
- Graph Tech nut
- Hardware Color
- Gold
- 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
- Finish
- Deep Espresso Burst
- Series
- AZ Premium
Ibanez built the AZ224BCGDET as part of the AZ Premium Series, positioning it as a specification-forward instrument within the Premium tier of the AZ line. It carried a Bocote top over an American Basswood body, finished in Deep Espresso Burst, with a roasted maple neck in the AZ Oval C profile and a matching roasted maple fretboard with black dot inlays.
The guitar was fitted with 22 jumbo stainless steel frets on a 305mm radius board, with a 648mm (25.5") scale length and a 42mm nut width courtesy of a Graph Tech nut. Seymour Duncan Hyperion pickups occupy all three positions — passive Alnico single-coils at the neck and middle, and a passive Alnico humbucker at the bridge — and the pickup selector routes through gold hardware throughout. The Gotoh T1502 tremolo bridge, with 10.5mm string spacing, handled vibrato duties. The guitar shipped strung with D'Addario EXL110s (.010–.046) in standard tuning.
Owners sourcing replacement parts should note that the Gotoh T1502 and Graph Tech nut have established specification ranges; a qualified luthier or guitar technician will be able to cross-reference compatible replacements and assist with setup work on this instrument.
STRAIGHT TALK
What Stands Out
Keep In Mind
From the people who own them
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The catalog shot showed one finish, under one light, a long time ago. Yours has been played. Photos from owners are what the next person finds when they are trying to identify a part, match a finish, or work out whether the one they just bought is really what the seller said it was.
What do you know about this one?
Specs only go so far. What actually fits, what breaks first, what the factory got right and what everyone ends up changing — that lives with the people who own them, not in a datasheet. Post what you know and it stays on this page for whoever comes looking next.
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