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1958 Ibanez Model 10
10 Brown Sunburst [1] (more images) Red copyright sprite

The 10 is a classical guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1958. It was made in Japan. It is a copy model of the luthier Raffaele Calace.

The model 10 features a thin hollow-body body shape with archtop, ƒ holes and black and white multi-binding with fancy pearl inlays on rosewood back and sides. It has a mahogany neck, a 19-fret bright green "mother of toilet seat" fretboard with pearl dot position markers and white binding with a matching headstock. Components include a tortoise pickguard with fabcy carabela inlay, a bone saddle in a ebonized rosewood bridge with a fancy chrome plated tailpiece, a bone nut, and chrome plated machine heads with pearloid buttons.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for 10
Name: 10
Year(s) offered: 1958–19??
Sold in: Europe
Made in: Japan
Finishes: Brown Sunburst
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
thin hollow-body
Dimensions:
  Body length: 19"
  Width: 14½"
  Depth: 3"
Top:
  Material: Spruce w/ black and white multi-binding with fancy pearl inlays
  Finish: Natural gloss
Back/sides:
  Material: rosewood
  Finish: natural gloss
Neck
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck finish:
gloss
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
634mm/ 25"
Fingerboard:
Ebonized rosewood w/ white binding
Inlays:
Pearl dots
Frets:
19
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
Chrome plated w/ pearloid buttons
Components
Bridge:
Ebonized rosewood w/ fancy chrome plated tailpiece (11.6mm string spacing)
Saddle:
bone
Hardware color:
Chrome
Pickguard:
Tortoise shell w/ fancy carabela inlay
Strings (factory):
steel
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

1958 Ibanez Model 10 rear
1958 Ibanez model 10 ( Rear: Rosewood body joined to a mahogany neck with chrome plated machine heads and pearloid buttons ) Red copyright sprite
Additional details
1958 Ibanez Model 10 front
Body (front)
1958 Ibanez Model 10 headstock
Headstock
1958 Ibanez Model 10 fretborad
Fretborad
1958 Ibanez Model 10 tuners
Machine heads
1958 Ibanez Model 10 pickguard inlay
Pickguard inlay
1958 Ibanez Model 10 label
Brand and label

Sources[]

  1. all photographs are owned by Grouse Guitars and are used for research purposes.
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