ATZ100-SBT (Sunburst Flat). Andy Timmons AZ Signature model. Made in Japan.
The ATZ100 is phantom guitarist Andy Timmons' new signature model based on the successful AZ series. Although it is based on the AZ model, it is still quite different from the usual AZs with a different neck profile, a different bridge and a different mic set.
The AZT has a slightly narrower string spacing than the regular AZ, but otherwise a similar neck profile. A 1-piece Prestige neck in S-TECH treated maple. S-TECH is "nitrogen-heating-treatment" of wood and is a further development of what is usually called roasted/baked wood. Which in Swedish means in short that the wood undergoes a heat treatment in a nitrogen-filled heating process to remove water and resin from the wood. It makes the wood light, stable, durable and completely unaffected by changes in humidity. The wood also becomes waterproof and therefore does not need to be varnished. These properties make the neck extremely resonant, light in physical weight and with loads of singing sustain (the same properties that really good old wood can sometimes have). A clear timbre with unmatched note separation. The guitar sings in a completely different way than the corresponding untreated wood and is several hundred times more stable. The neck is finally treated with oil, which gives the guitar a well-recorded wooden feel, forget about sticky varnish to get stuck in.
- ATZ Oval C S-TECH WOOD roasted maple 1 pcs.
- Super All Access Neck Joint
- S-TECH WOOD roasted maple fretboard w/black dot inlay. and Luminescent side dot inlay.
- Jumbo Stainless Steel frets w/Prestige fret edge treatment.
- Alder (Al) body.
- Gotoh ® Magnum Lock machine heads w/HAP
- Wilkinson/Gotoh VSVG stable.
- DiMarzio Crusier (H) neck pickup.
- DiMarzio Crusier (H) mid pickup.
- DiMarzio Cruiser (H) bridge pickup.
- Chrome hardware.
- Scale: 648mm/25.5".
- Width at the saddle: 40.5mm.
- Width at last strap: 56.5mm.
- Thickness at 1 strap: 20.8mm.
- Thickness at 12 bands: 23mm.
- Radius: 305mmR.