The 473S features a mahogany body with a 24¾" scale Viper neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot position markers. Components include dual Ibanez Vintage humbucking pickups flanking a single-coil, a non-locking synchronized tremolo bridge and Gotoh locking tuning machines. The 473S is among a small number of S series models with a non-locking tremolo. It also sports the new, sculpted All-access neck joint rather than a traditional bolt-on joint with a metal plate. Although it doesn't have an SV model name, it is considered part of the SV series due to its Viper neck.