The AR500 features a double-cutaway mahogany body with a bound arched flame maple top mated to a set-in three-piece maple neck with a 22-fret bound ebony fingerboard with block position markers. Components include dual DiMarzio PAF Pro humbucking pickups with individual volume and tone controls and a fixed bridge and tailpiece. Each tone control has a push/pull switch to activate a coil-tap of its pickup. The AR200 is a similar model with an arched plain maple top. The AR500 was discontinued after 1992.