Ibanez AZ447P1QM Premium Cosmic Blue

Essential Information About the Ibanez AZ447P1QM Guitar

• Versatile 7-string: designed to navigate from modern blues to the tightest metal riffs, with very comprehensive electronics.


• "Premium" Comfort: AZ7 Oval C roasted maple neck and Super All Access Neck Joint for smooth playability up to the high frets.


• High-end Gotoh Hardware: T1572S vibrato and MG-T locking tuners for tuning stability and quick string changes.


• Seymour Duncan Hyperion S-S-H pickups + dyna-MIX9: 9 sound variations, splits and combinations to cover rhythm, lead, and heavy crunch tones.

AZ Premium: The "Designed to Inspire" DNA in a Modern 7-String

With the AZ series, Ibanez developed a modern platform focused on ergonomics, balance, and precision, capable of handling both the nuances of expressive playing and the attack of more aggressive styles. This AZ447P1QM belongs to the Premium range: selected woods, top-level electronics and hardware, refined finishes, and attention to detail, for an inspiring guitar that is reliable both in rehearsal and on stage.

For Which Guitarists and Styles?

The Ibanez AZ447P1QM targets intermediate to expert guitarists looking for a comfortable, precise, and highly versatile 7-string. Its "Oval C" neck profile and 24 jumbo stainless steel frets favor fast runs, clean bends, and articulation in complex chords. It excels in modern rock, fusion, prog, and metal (riffing, palm-muting, leads), while maintaining the clarity needed for cleaner sounds and more dynamic textures with effects.

Precise and Balanced Tone, Tailored for Effects

The combination of a quilted maple top and American basswood body provides a responsive and balanced foundation: basswood delivers a rather "flat" and even output, ideal for letting the amp and pedals speak, while the quilted maple adds definition and pick attack response. Regarding pickups, the Seymour Duncan Hyperion (S-S-H) with Alnico 5 magnets offer moderate output that preserves fundamentals, useful in distortion to keep tight lows and clear highs. The dyna-MIX9 system with Alter Switch multiplies combinations: full humbucker, split sounds, intermediate position blends, and even a mode simulating a humbucker character via two single coils, allowing you to switch from thick leads to punchy rhythms without changing guitars.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

This guitar comes with a gig bag, a tremolo arm, and a multi-tool. The original strings specified are D'Addario EXL110-7 (.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046/.059): if you want to maintain the feel and tension balance, sticking to this gauge (or equivalent) is the safest choice.

Technical specifications

Electronics: microphone configuration	SSH	Scalloped	Double
Category	ST	Body	Linden
Left handed	No	Bridge / tailpiece	Tremolo
Strings	Steel	Electronics	Passive
Nbr of strings	6	Color	Blue
Top	Maple burl	Finishing	Glossy
Fingerboard	Rosewood	Hardware	Chromed
Nbrs of frets	24

Number of strings	7	Scale length	25.5" / 648 mm
Finish	glossy polyurethane	Nut width	1.85" / 47 mm
Total length	1010 mm	Width at fretboard end	66 mm
Body thickness	44 mm	Radius	12" / 305 mm
Body length	452 mm	Frets	24
Body width	309 mm	Fret type	jumbo stainless steel
Contours	Ergonomic rear body contour (rear and forearm contour)	Inlays	mother of pearl dots
Neck type	AZ7 Oval C	Side dots	luminescent
Neck/body joint	bolt-on	Bridge / tremolo	Gotoh T1572S
Construction	Super All Access Neck Joint	String spacing	10.5 mm
Neck wood	roasted maple	Nut	Graph Tech
Neck finish	satin polyurethane	Tuners	Gotoh MG-T locking
Neck thickness (1st fret)	20.5 mm	Hardware color	chrome
Neck thickness (12th fret)	22.5 mm