The AS2000, part of Ibanez's Artstar series, made its debut in 2021 as a Japanese-made model by FujiGen within the Prestige line, succeeding the AS200. Its standout feature is the new roasted maple laminated neck. The AS2000 boasts a semi-hollow, double cutaway body with a stunning anigre top adorned with ƒ holes and ivory multi-binding, complemented by a figured anigre back and sides, all paired with a set-in African mahogany and S-Tech roasted maple neck. The instrument also showcases a 22-fret ebony fingerboard with ivory binding and acrylic and abalone split block position markers, and it comes equipped with Ibanez Super 58 humbucking pickups with gold covers, individual volume and tone controls, and a Tri-sound switch for the neck. Additionally, it features a Tune-o-matic style Gotoh bridge, a Gotoh tailpiece, a bone nut, a tortoise pickguard, Sure Grip III knobs, and Gotoh tuning machines.