Description
If you are looking for New Guitars from Ibanez, the Ibanez AR520HME-NT Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar in Natural is a great option. In stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Electric Guitars, additional Semi-Hollow Electric Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.
The Ibanez AR520HME is a classy electric guitar that blends vintage-inspired looks with modern playability and tonal flexibility. With its elegant Natural finish, compact double cutaway body and versatile Super 58 humbuckers with Tri-sound switching, it’s equally at home covering smooth jazz, expressive blues, classic rock and more.
Built around Ibanez’s iconic AR shape, this model features a semi-hollow construction for a lively and articulate acoustic response. A comfortable 3-piece Maple neck with bound Jatoba fretboard and medium frets keeps things fast and precise under the fingers, while the Gibraltar Performer bridge and Quik Change Classic tailpiece provide rock-solid tuning and easy string changes. Add in the warm, articulate Super 58 pickups and you have a refined workhorse that looks and feels far more expensive than it is!
Semi-hollow AR design
The AR520HME takes the classic Ibanez AR silhouette and gives it a semi-hollow twist, delivering extra resonance and an airy, open character. The combination of Macassar Ebony top, Okoume back and Maple body yields a tight low and midrange with a clear, cutting high end — making chords bloom and single notes sing. It’s a great platform for expressive, dynamic playing and responds beautifully to changes in pick attack and volume.
Super 58 pickups with Tri-Sound switching
Ibanez Super 58 humbuckers are renowned for their moderate output and vintage-flavoured tone, delivering warm, musical cleans and smooth, articulate overdrive. Each pickup is paired with a dedicated Tri-sound switch, giving you three distinct voices per humbucker. This expanded palette lets you move from full, rounded humbucker sounds to brighter, more focused single-coil and parallel textures at the flick of a switch.
Key Features
- Semi-hollow body: Adds resonance and air to your sound, ideal for expressive clean tones and dynamic overdrive.
- 3-piece Maple neck: Delivers excellent strength and enhanced resonance, helping every note ring out clearly.
- Jatoba fingerboard: Offers a rich midrange and crisp highs, with medium frets that make it easy to play accurately — whether you’re comping chords or ripping intricate lead lines.
- Super 58 pickups: Vintage-voiced and warm, delivering moderate output with smooth, musical character.
- Dual Tri-Sound switches: Each humbucker has its own Tri-Sound switch, giving you three distinct tonal modes per pickup. This allows you to move from full humbucking power to single-coil style textures without changing guitars.
- Gibraltar Performer bridge: Rock-solid tuning stability with low-profile saddles for maximum playing comfort.
- Quik Change Classic tailpiece: String changes made simple — swap out your strings in record time and get back to playing!
Specifications
Body
- Top Material: Macassar Ebony
- Body Material: Maple with Okoume Back
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Body Shape: AR
Neck
- Neck Material: 3-Piece Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Neck Profile: AR
- Neck Joint: Set-In (Smooth Heel)
- Fingerboard Material: Bound Jatoba
- Fingerboard Radius: 12” (305 mm)
- Position Inlays: Acrylic & Abalone Block
- Fret Type: Medium
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut Type: Plastic
- Nut Width: 1.7” (43 mm)
- Scale Length: 24.75” (628 mm)
Hardware
- Bridge: Gibraltar Performer
- Tailpiece: Quik Change Classic
- Tuning Machines: Ibanez
- Hardware Finish: Gold
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Super 58 Humbucker
- Neck Pickup: Super 58 Humbucker
- Pickup Configuration: HH
- Electronics Type: Passive
- Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-Way Toggle Switch
- Other Switches: 2 Tri-Sound Switches
Miscellaneous
- Strings: D’Addario EXL110
- String Gauges: .010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046
- Accessories: Hex Wrench














