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The AC240 is an Artwood series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2011. It was made in China.

The AC240 features a grand concert body shape with a solid mahogany top on mahogany back and sides with an open pore finish. The soundhole is round with an abalone rosette. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a rosewood bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, a red tortoise pickguard and chrome Grover die-cast tuning machines with half moon buttons.

For 2018 the rosewood fretboard and bridge were replaced with ovangkol. For 2019 the mahogany top, back and sides were replaced with okoume and the mahogany neck was replaced with nyatoh.

The AC240L is a left-handed version. The AC240E is an acoustic/electric version. The AC340 is a related model with a Thermo Aged bridge, Ibanez tuners are different rosette. The AC2040 is a visually similar model with solid mahogany back and sides among other differences.

The AC240 was discontinued after 2019.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AC240
Name: AC240
Year(s) offered: 2011–2019
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / Japan / USA
Made in: China
Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Grand concert
Dimensions:
  Length: 489mm/ 19¼"
  Width: 387mm/ 15¼"
  Depth: 108mm/ 4¼"
Top:
  Material: 2011–2018: Solid mahogany
                2019: Solid okoume
  Finish: Open pore
  Binding: Black multi
Back/sides:
  Material: 2011–2018: Mahogany (laminated)
                2019: Okoume (laminated)
  Finish: Open pore
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Abalone
Neck
Neck profile:
AC
Neck material:
2011–2018: Mahogany
2019: Nyatoh
Neck finish:
Satin
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
634mm/ 25"
Fingerboard:
2011–2017: Rosewood
2018–2019: Ovangkol
Inlays:
Small white dot
Frets:
20 nickel silver
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
Grover die-cast w/ half-moon buttons
Components
Bridge:
2011–2017: Rosewood
2018–2019: Ovangkol (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (black w/ white dots)
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Chrome
Pickguard:
Red tortoise
Strings (factory):
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario EXP16)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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