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Author Message Jcrowell (Jcrowell) Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 5:02 pm:    What is this AS193 guitar? I've been told that it replaces the as120, but what is different about it? thanks Justin Johns (Johns) Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 7:54 pm:    Justin: Except for the newer bridge and the lack of a pickguard, there doesn't seem to be mush, if any. Craigjc (Craigjc) Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 7:45 am:    The AS193 is a Japanese made 2004 Ibanez. At this price, do not buy one...buy TWO. Heck, buy THREE and sell me one. Funkle (Funkle) Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:59 am:    The AS193 is part of the new Artcore lineup. I think I read somewhere that the body is made in China, then shipped to Japan, where the neck is attached and finish applied. Haven't tried one, but they look nice in the pictures. The lower down Artcores I've tried are a little chunky in construction, not light and resonant like the Japanese Artstars - nonetheless, they sound, and play decently. My guess is that the AS200 is in a higher league because it is entirely made in Japan, body and all. Sven Jcrowell (Jcrowell) Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 4:15 pm:    I've heard these have a "scarfed neck joint." Can anybody clue me into what that is and if they have them? Funkle (Funkle) Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 6:38 pm:    When you have an angled peghead like on the AS193, there are two ways to accomplish this. You can cut and shape the entire neck assembly from one piece of wood (or a lamination of several strips). Or you can use a scarfed joint, where you cut the neck blank at an angle at the headstock, flip it over and glue it in between the fretboard and neck, like in this picture: While a neck cut from a single hunk of wood may have some tone advantages, it is much weaker than a scarfed joint, because the grain is running at an angle to the face of the headstock, and can split. This type of neck is often made from a lamination of 3 plys of wood to strengthen it. Scarfed joints are very common in newer guitars, and are by no means considered inferior to a "carved" one. -Sven

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