Artist AS1 ST Style HSS Electric Guitar
Includes Gig Bag, Clip-On Tuner, Strap and Lead
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The Artist AS1 in gloss Black is a full-size ST style electric guitar with Wilkinson HSS pickups, a contoured poplar body and vintage-style tremolo, packed with a gig bag, clip-on tuner, strap, lead, picks and spare strings. Just add an amp.
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Artist AS1 ST Style Electric Guitar Pack - Black
The Artist AS1 in gloss Black is a full-size ST style electric guitar with a premium Wilkinson HSS pickup set, packed with the essentials a new player needs: a gig bag, clip-on tuner, strap, lead, picks and a spare set of strings. Its contoured solid poplar body, maple neck and vintage-style tremolo make it a comfortable, versatile first guitar for rock, funk, blues, indie and metal - just add an amplifier.
Versatile Wilkinson HSS Pickups
At the heart of the AS1 is a set of premium Wilkinson pickups: two single coils and a humbucker in the bridge position, selected through a 5-way switch with a master volume and two tone controls. They deliver pristine, glassy clean tones and handle heavy distortion with ease, so you can push your amp or pedals to the limit and get all the grit you want, free of unwanted noise and squeals - from jangly indie chords and funk to classic rock overdrive and heavy metal riffs.
Comfortable for New Players
The contoured solid body rests naturally against you for effortless playing comfort as you begin your electric guitar journey. A 22mm C profile maple neck with a satin finish, an eco-rosewood fretboard with a 12 inch radius and 22 medium jumbo frets make chords and single notes easy to reach. The vintage-style tremolo is designed for smooth, subtle vibrato rather than extreme dive bombs, so it adds expressive flair while keeping your tuning reliable, helped by die-cast machine heads. Artist recommends the AS1 for players aged 10+ and over 150cm tall - smaller players are better suited to a 3/4 size guitar.
Everything You Need to Start
The AS1 arrives with the essentials for a first guitar: a gig bag, a clip-on tuner, a strap, an instrument lead, picks and a spare set of strings, plus the tremolo arm and the truss rod and tremolo adjustment keys. It comes strung with Artist 10-46s. An amplifier is not included.
Specifications:
- Body
- Material: Poplar with Basswood Veneer
- Finish: Black
- Paint: Polyurethane
- Construction: Solid
- Neck
- Material: Maple
- Construction: One-Piece
- Joint: Bolt-On
- Finish: Satin
- Shape: 22mm C Profile
- Scale Length: 648mm / 25.5"
- Fretboard Material: Eco-Rosewood
- Fretboard Radius: 305mm / 12"
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Material: 20% Nickel
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: ABS
- Nut Width: 42mm / 1.65"
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Fret Dots
- Binding: N/A
- Side Dots: White
- Truss Rod: Dual Action 2-Way
- Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Wilkinson Humbucker
- Middle Pickup: Wilkinson Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: Wilkinson Single-Coil
- Switching: 5-Way Switch
- Controls: Master Volume, 2 x Tone
- Configuration: HSS
- Special Electronics: N/A
- Hardware
- Bridge: Classic Tremolo
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Machine Heads: Die-Cast
- Pickguard: 3-Ply White
- Miscellaneous/Special Features
- Strings: Artist 10-46
- Weight: 3-3.5kg / 6.5-8lbs
- Accessories
- Included Accessories: Gig Bag, Clip-On Tuner, Strap, Instrument Cable, Picks, Spare Set of Strings, Tremolo Arm, Truss Rod Adjustment Key, Tremolo Adjustment Key
Best buy EVER!!!
By: Stevie on 13 May 2022I bought a guitar with accessories pack and omg it is just beyond amazing i am in love and will only buy from swamp in future xx 5 stars just isnt enough
5 (5)
Artist STRAT Style Electric Guitar - Review
By: Rick Ayres on 8 May 2021Nice finish - fretwork / Paint / Neck pocket fit are all nice ! Pickups sound good - Volume and tone knobs are smooth - Pickup selector switch feels solid - no crackling sounds from any of them. Now the Bridge and Tremolo, I would describe the fit of the tremolo arm into its' threaded socket as akin to driving a car with a wheel that has one loose wheel nut left on it (something is going to break). In a word 'Terrible'. I have been trying to source a new bridge and arm since buying the guitar, but with a 52.5mm string spacing I am unable to find something suitable and affordable (I am happy to spend $50 - 80). To spend anymore would make buying the guitar in the first place a mistake. I have chosen to keep the guitar and just use it as an unplugged practice guitar (with no tremolo).. If you are happy to use the guitar without the trem it would be fine, or you could just buy a hardtail instead I guess?
4 (4)
No flaws... seriously, this would be crazy good at
By: Graham Wood on 2 March 2020I'll start with the bad - the string action was a little high & the pickups were set a little low. The good - it just plays like you've already owned it for a couple of months already. Super straight neck. No dead (or dud) frets. Not one sharp fret end (even on the low frets near the pickups). Nice weight balance. Switch and pots don't feel cheap. Quality control on entire guitar was flawless. Intonation was perfect. Pickups are spot on (once height set up right). Tuning pegs are all smooth and precise. Jack is secure. Even the plastic on the pickguard was easy to get off (pet peeve). I'd hate to be trying to sell a MIM Strat in a store that also has one of these hanging up to compare it with. You just can't go past this as the Goldy Locks of guitars. The price is just... confusingly low. I'm stunned.
5 (5)
