The ART2EX1 features a single cutaway mahogany body with binding bolted to a mahogany neck with a 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl block position markers. Components include dual Ibanez Artcore humbucking pickups and a Gibraltar III fixed bridge with a Quik Change III tailpiece. The ART100 is a similar model without the block fretboard inlays. The ART2EX1 was discontinued after 2011.