Ibanez
AF75
Electric· Budget hollow
Full hollow-body Artcore — laminate maple, Classic Elite humbuckers, floating bridge. The budget path to full archtop jazz tone, favored by students and bedroom jazz players.
Best strings for Ibanez AF75
Character-matched pairings, ordered by fit
D'Addario
Chromes ECG25 Flatwound
12–52 · $16.99
The hollow-archtop default — Chromes on AF75 deliver the budget-jazz sound for students and practicers on a legitimate Artcore hollowbody.
Brightness3
Warmth8
Sustain7
Durability10
Playability5
Value7
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Thomastik-Infeld
JS113 Jazz Swing
12–53 · $38.99
Premium path — TI JS113 transforms the AF75 from budget Artcore to a gigging-tier jazz instrument indistinguishable from far more expensive archtops.
Brightness4
Warmth9
Sustain8
Durability10
Playability6
Value6
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D'Addario
NYXL 10-46
10–46 · $12.99
Modern jazz roundwound path — NYXL for articulate bebop lines on a hollowbody, following the Julian Lage/Peter Bernstein school of rejecting flatwound dogma.
Brightness7
Warmth5
Sustain6
Durability7
Playability7
Value6
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More strings in this sonic family
Similar character, different brand or gauge
D'Addario
NYXL 11-49
11–49 · $12.99
Brightness7
Warmth6
Sustain6
Durability7
Playability6
Value6
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Pyramid
Gold Flatwound
12–52 · $44.99
Brightness3
Warmth10
Sustain8
Durability9
Playability5
Value4
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Thomastik-Infeld
BB113 BeBop
11–50 · $41.99
Brightness3
Warmth9
Sustain8
Durability10
Playability5
Value6
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Pyramid
Gold Flatwound
11–47 · $32.99
Brightness3
Warmth10
Sustain8
Durability9
Playability6
Value5
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Thomastik-Infeld
Jazz Swing JS113
12–53 · $29.99
Brightness4
Warmth9
Sustain8
Durability9
Playability6
Value5
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La Bella
20P Jazz Flats
12–52 · $19.99
Brightness2
Warmth9
Sustain7
Durability10
Playability4
Value8
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