The 2857 is an Andorra series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1976. It was handmade in Japan.
The 2857 features a concert body shape with a laminated spruce top on straight grain rosewood back and sides. The soundhole is round and trimmed with a fancy intricate wood marquetry rosette. It has a mahogany neck with rosewood reinforcement stripes, a 19-fret rosewood fingerboard with a rosewood headstock. Components include a none compensated bone saddle in a rosewood bridge, a bone nut, and gold plated precise tuning machine with white buttons.
For 1977 the top was changed to a solid cedar.
The 2857S isa similar model with solid top. The 2851 is a related model with mahogany back and chrome plated machine heads. The 2855 is a related model with cross grain rosewood back and sides and chrome plated machine heads. The 2856 is a related model with straight grain rosewood back and sides and gold plated machine heads.
Back/sides: Material: Rosewood straight grain Strip inlay: double center stripe
Soundhole shape: Round
Soundhole rosette: fancy intricate wood marquetry
Neck
Neck material: 1-piece mahogany
Neck finish: Satin
Neck joint: Dovetail
Scale length: 634mm/ 25"
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 19
Nut: Bone
Machine heads: Precise w/ white buttons
Components
Bridge: Rosewood w/ tie block (11.6mm string spacing)
Saddle: bone
Hardware color: Gold plated
Strings (factory): nylon
Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)
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Ibanez Andorra 2857-NT ( Rear: Straight grain rosewood back joined to a mahogany neck with rosewood reinforcement stripes and gold plated machine heads )
