Ibanez AS93FM-VLS

As I mentioned above I can honestly recommend this guitar. The difference between AS73TBC and AS93FM is significant. Arrived fully set up, surprisingly exactly the way I like it. Frets polished, perfectly finished, no buzz, nice action. I could take it out from the box and jump straight on stage with it!
Pickups sound amazing, both on clean, crunch and distorted channel. Pickups actually surprised me very much. Before purchase I had in plan to buy a set of Gibson 57 pickups for it, but the original ones sound excellent. You can get creamy sound but also throaty sound ouf of them. I especially love the neck pickup that is nice and dynamic not muddy at all. Finish is perfect. Lovely colour, flame top, and back. Flamed sides are looking fantastic. High quality instrument. I was a bit skeptical about this instrument after trying AS73 but AS93 is another level guitar.
Neck, 3 piece maple/nyatoh is very stable and comfortable, just perfect for me.
Hardware - quality of the the gold colour is 9/10. Looks a bit too light for me. Tuners are "no brand" but working properly without complaints (by tuning I guess it could be 18:1)
Guitar is equipped with mini pots (linear) that work perfect, switch works perfect, jack works perfect.
The instrument requires no work at all and is great as it is. Great value for the money as well.
I am not planning to upgrade anything. It is great as it is.
Sustain - AS93 has a great sustain, I am really impressed.
I have another 20 guitars but I can't stop playing this one.
AS93 stole my heart.....

An increadibly beautiful instrument.
A bit weighty. Not a deal breaker, though.
The mast is on the thick side. A tiny bit too much for my taste.
The pickups work very well, but I'm a bit underwhelmed by then, as I expected somenthing else, something special from these well regarded pickups.
The hardware will loose the golden layer pretty soon, I guess.
Tuners OK.
I would try this side to side with other semihollows, the likes of Sire and Epiphone, before purchasing it, to really decide this is the one for you.

After decades of owning all kinds of solid-bodied guitars, this model caught my eye about 5 years ago. After finally purchasing this instrument, my only regret is not buying a semi-hollow sooner.

The build quality is superb, the guitar was playable from the off and it's also wonderful because it has me playing every single day.
I haven't really opened it up with an amp so can't offer any tonal opinions.

All in all, it would be pretty surprising if there were a guitar of this quality, at this price point available - but who knows? I liked the guitar from the start because of how it looked and haven't been disappointed now by playing it.