Ibanez Standard AZ22S1F Electric Guitar - Transparent Turquoise Burst

$599.99

Ibanez Standard AZ22S1F Electric Guitar - Transparent Turquoise Burst | dyna-MIX9 Switching

  • Instrument Type: Double-cutaway solidbody electric guitar

  • Neck Specifications: One-piece roasted maple neck with oval C profile, 12-inch (305mm) radius, satin finish, and Super All Access bolt-on neck joint

  • Body Material: Solid alder body finished in gloss polyurethane with a two-piece flamed maple top veneer and multi-ply pearloid pickguard

  • Pickup Configuration: HSS layout with an Ibanez Classic Custom ceramic bridge humbucker and dual Classic Custom alnico single-coil middle/neck pickups

  • Hardware & Bridge: Ibanez T106 tremolo bridge with 6 independent steel saddles, 10.5mm string spacing, and Ibanez proprietary locking machine heads

  • Scale & Nut Width: 25.5-inch (648mm) scale length, 42mm plastic nut, and 22 jumbo stainless steel frets on a jatoba fretboard

High-Performance Ergonomics and Resonant Tonewood Architecture

Asymmetrical Body Contours and Super All Access Neck Joint

The physical foundation of this model bridges vintage tracking comfort with elite performance tolerances. Built from highly resonant alder, the asymmetrical body provides a balanced, mid-forward acoustic core characterized by crisp articulation and an even low-end distribution. The flamed maple top adds visual distinction and structural rigidity, maintaining string-to-body vibration transfer across diverse playing environments. Upper register fret access is optimized through the carved heel design of the Super All Access neck joint, which drops the neck seating deeper into the pocket to clear the palm when working up to the 22nd fret. The back body contours adapt organically to sitting or standing performance positions, minimizing muscle fatigue over extended tracking sessions.

Heat-Treated Roasted Maple and Hardened Stainless Steel Frets

The neck architecture utilizes a premium heat-treatment process that bakes out residual moisture and organic impurities, stabilizing the wood fibers against climate shifts, humidity fluctuations, and rigorous mechanical tension. This roasted maple construction hosts a 12-inch radius jatoba fretboard, bringing a fast feel and dense mid-range snap to complex chord voicings and rapid lead passes. Crowned with 22 jumbo stainless steel frets, the neck assembly eliminates the friction felt during extreme wide-interval string bends. The ultra-hard fret material ensures exceptionally long-term wear resistance, protecting the crown profile from premature pitting or grooving while keeping intonation precise.

Advanced Mixed Magnetics and Expanded Matrix Electronics

Classic Custom Mixed-Magnet Passive Voice Matrix

Sonically anchored by a ceramic-magnet bridge humbucker and two alnico-magnet single-coils, the onboard electronics deliver a powerful voice optimized for overdriven tube preamps and high-gain digital profiling rigs. The bridge humbucker is wound for focused note separation, punching through complex dense mixes with structural midrange authority and tight, percussive bass transients. Conversely, the neck and middle single-coils yield a rich, liquid-smooth response with rounded top-end overtones, perfect for clean jazz syncopations, blues phrasing, or soaring high-register fusion leads. Both pickup designs maintain minimal handling noise and reject external interference, ensuring clean tracking even when driving high-gain saturation stages.

Onboard dyna-MIX9 Switchable Routing Network

The real power of this tonal design lies in the integration of the dyna-MIX9 switching matrix, controlled via a 5-way blade selector and a secondary Alter Switch toggle. This setup unleashes nine distinct pickup configurations, transcending standard HSS boundaries. Moving the Alter Switch activates specific routing paths that shift the coils between parallel runs and pristine series-connected humbucking operations, effectively simulating a neck humbucker voice by combining the neck and middle positions. Furthermore, the specialized wiring matrix introduces an authentic single-coil character that preserves low-end presence and output level, preventing the typical volume drops associated with simple coil-splitting. This allows you to jump from aggressive metal rhythms to glass-clear funk strums instantly without touching your amp's volume trim or pedalboard gain staging.

Ibanez Standard AZ22S1F Electric Guitar - Transparent Turquoise Burst | dyna-MIX9 Switching

  • Instrument Type: Double-cutaway solidbody electric guitar

  • Neck Specifications: One-piece roasted maple neck with oval C profile, 12-inch (305mm) radius, satin finish, and Super All Access bolt-on neck joint

  • Body Material: Solid alder body finished in gloss polyurethane with a two-piece flamed maple top veneer and multi-ply pearloid pickguard

  • Pickup Configuration: HSS layout with an Ibanez Classic Custom ceramic bridge humbucker and dual Classic Custom alnico single-coil middle/neck pickups

  • Hardware & Bridge: Ibanez T106 tremolo bridge with 6 independent steel saddles, 10.5mm string spacing, and Ibanez proprietary locking machine heads

  • Scale & Nut Width: 25.5-inch (648mm) scale length, 42mm plastic nut, and 22 jumbo stainless steel frets on a jatoba fretboard

High-Performance Ergonomics and Resonant Tonewood Architecture

Asymmetrical Body Contours and Super All Access Neck Joint

The physical foundation of this model bridges vintage tracking comfort with elite performance tolerances. Built from highly resonant alder, the asymmetrical body provides a balanced, mid-forward acoustic core characterized by crisp articulation and an even low-end distribution. The flamed maple top adds visual distinction and structural rigidity, maintaining string-to-body vibration transfer across diverse playing environments. Upper register fret access is optimized through the carved heel design of the Super All Access neck joint, which drops the neck seating deeper into the pocket to clear the palm when working up to the 22nd fret. The back body contours adapt organically to sitting or standing performance positions, minimizing muscle fatigue over extended tracking sessions.

Heat-Treated Roasted Maple and Hardened Stainless Steel Frets

The neck architecture utilizes a premium heat-treatment process that bakes out residual moisture and organic impurities, stabilizing the wood fibers against climate shifts, humidity fluctuations, and rigorous mechanical tension. This roasted maple construction hosts a 12-inch radius jatoba fretboard, bringing a fast feel and dense mid-range snap to complex chord voicings and rapid lead passes. Crowned with 22 jumbo stainless steel frets, the neck assembly eliminates the friction felt during extreme wide-interval string bends. The ultra-hard fret material ensures exceptionally long-term wear resistance, protecting the crown profile from premature pitting or grooving while keeping intonation precise.

Advanced Mixed Magnetics and Expanded Matrix Electronics

Classic Custom Mixed-Magnet Passive Voice Matrix

Sonically anchored by a ceramic-magnet bridge humbucker and two alnico-magnet single-coils, the onboard electronics deliver a powerful voice optimized for overdriven tube preamps and high-gain digital profiling rigs. The bridge humbucker is wound for focused note separation, punching through complex dense mixes with structural midrange authority and tight, percussive bass transients. Conversely, the neck and middle single-coils yield a rich, liquid-smooth response with rounded top-end overtones, perfect for clean jazz syncopations, blues phrasing, or soaring high-register fusion leads. Both pickup designs maintain minimal handling noise and reject external interference, ensuring clean tracking even when driving high-gain saturation stages.

Onboard dyna-MIX9 Switchable Routing Network

The real power of this tonal design lies in the integration of the dyna-MIX9 switching matrix, controlled via a 5-way blade selector and a secondary Alter Switch toggle. This setup unleashes nine distinct pickup configurations, transcending standard HSS boundaries. Moving the Alter Switch activates specific routing paths that shift the coils between parallel runs and pristine series-connected humbucking operations, effectively simulating a neck humbucker voice by combining the neck and middle positions. Furthermore, the specialized wiring matrix introduces an authentic single-coil character that preserves low-end presence and output level, preventing the typical volume drops associated with simple coil-splitting. This allows you to jump from aggressive metal rhythms to glass-clear funk strums instantly without touching your amp's volume trim or pedalboard gain staging.