Ibanez Prestige AS200 and AF200

**joerg petersen** · 03-24-2014, 09:27 PM

Nice to make your akquaintance! You are the first one I know who owns a LGB300 too.

I love the 300, the neck is a bit wide but still fast and smooth as you say. Have it now for a year and really love the decent and balanced sound. Big sound.

Together with a pair of GB10's, an AS153 and a SF301. Got away from all Gibsons etc.. Still own a 65 Melody maker and some other but thats another story :-)

The LGB300 is definitely my guitar for sundays to start the day with!

cheers!
joerg

**TonyB56** · 03-25-2014, 04:39 AM

I got rid of a couple of Gibsons recently I'm not a Gibson fan, I still have two an ES175 and an ES339 the 175 will go shortly but I might keep the 339 for my grandson he likes it. I picked up a Korean custom shop Epiphone ES175 recently fitted with classic 57's, I think it actually has better tone and playability than the Gibson and I really like the neck. I thought about getting an L5 but I don't like 25 1/2 scale on a jazz box, I did consider an L4 CES but finally decided on the Ibanez AF200 which will make four Ibanez jazz boxes and the Epiphone 175. I also have a Custom shop Strat a Tele and a custom built Groves looks like a PRS Hollow body.

**jalapeno** · 03-25-2014, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by GoergeBenson

Damn it Ibanez, if only you would stop using that horrible Logo script, I'de be in there like swimwear. Why can't they do a series of archtops with the old 70's logo script?

Just be grateful they've dropped the lightning logo .... !!!!!!

**pingu** · 03-25-2014, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by TonyB56

It's a very nice guitar lovely fast smooth neck, pickups sound very similar to classic 57's through my matamp, the ebony on mine is quite dark but that could be because I oiled it. I'm not over keen on the 22 frets 20 is my reach. I picked up an LGB30 this week I actually prefer it to the 300, I was in two minds at the time between the 30 and 300 but I liked the bigger body on the 300. I now have three Ibanez boxes LGB300, LGB30 and an AFJ95 that I fitted classic 57's in and changed the tailpiece it's still the one I play the most. Still three months until the AF200 arrives I'm gettting impatient already, if it lives up to expectations it will probably be the only one I'll play.

interesting that you play the AFJ the most ....
I might get an AFJ91 or an AF155 at some point
they seem to be amazing bang for the buck esp the AFJs