Ibanez AZES40-PRB AZ Essentials Series Electric Guitar, Purist Blue

The Ibanez AZES40 is part of the AZ Essentials line, created to bring the celebrated tone, versatility, and playability of the AZ series to a wider range of beginner and intermediate players. Designed with player-friendly features like a Mono-unit output jack, 250mm fretboard radius, and comfort round bridge saddles, this guitar ensures a smooth and enjoyable learning experience. Whether you’re just starting out or looking for a reliable instrument to grow with, the AZES40 is a versatile and inspiring choice.

Main Features

• Maple neck – Provides stability and bright tonal character.
• Jatoba fretboard – Offers a rich mid-range with crisp highs.
• Medium frets – Enhance accuracy and comfort while playing.
• Poplar body – Produces a well-balanced tone with impressive depth.
• Essentials / Accord S-S-H pickups – Delivers versatility and well-balanced tone across a wide range of styles.
• T106 tremolo with Comfort Round Steel saddles – Newly designed saddles offer easier setup, a wider range of height adjustment, and improved playing comfort with fewer obtruding screws.
• dyna-MIX9 switching system with Alter Switch – Provides nine tonal variations, with quick switching between humbucker and single-coil sounds, plus a mode that simulates humbuckers from single-coil combinations.

Special Features

• 25" scale length – Ideal for younger players or those with smaller hands, while still offering room to grow as skills develop.
• 250mm fretboard radius – Strikes the perfect balance between flat and round for comfortable note playing and chord work.
• Mono-unit output jack – Durable one-piece design ensures long-term reliability with minimal maintenance.
• All Access Neck Joint – Offers effortless playability and easy access to the upper frets.

Why Choose the Ibanez AZES40?

The AZES40 makes learning guitar more accessible, while still packing enough tonal flexibility to handle multiple genres. From clean rhythms and blues to heavier rock tones, this guitar grows with the player, ensuring it remains a reliable and inspiring instrument for years to come.

Perfect for beginners seeking quality and intermediate players needing versatility, the Ibanez AZES40 sets a new standard for entry-level electric guitars.

Ibanez AZES40 Specifications

• Neck type: AZES Maple neck
• Top/back/body: Poplar body
• Fretboard: Jatoba fretboard White dot inlay
• Fret: Medium frets
• Number of frets: 22
• Bridge: T106 bridge with Comfort round Steel saddles
• String space: 10.5mm
• Neck pickup: Essentials (S) neck pickup Passive/Ceramic
• Middle pickup: Essentials (S) middle pickup Passive/Ceramic
• Bridge pickup: Accord (H) bridge pickup Passive/Ceramic
• Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
• Strings: D'Addario® EXL110
• String gauge: .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
• Hardware colour: Chrome

Neck Dimensions

• Scale: 635mm/25"
• Width: 42mm at NUT
• Width: 56.4mm at 22F
• Thickness: 20.5mm at 1F
• Thickness: 22.5mm at 12F
• Radius: 250mm