ACFS300CE

ACFS300CE Open Pore Semi Gloss (more images)

The ACFS300CE is an Artwood series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2020. It was made in China.

It is part of the Fingerstyle collection which incorporate several features specifically for fingerstyle players. These include a deeper body for richer acoustic sound, a deep round neck heel for improved access to the upper frets and dual pickups with dual outputs.

The ACFS300CE features a cutaway grand concert body shape with a selected solid Engelmann spruce top with black and white multi-binding on laminated okoume sides and back with an open pore semi-gloss finish. The round soundhole has a pau ferro rosette, binding and a clear pickguard. The 25⅝" scale thin C shaped African mahogany and pau ferro neck has a satin finish and a 20-fret Macassar ebony fingerboard with a rounded edge and no inlays. Components include a compensated unbleached oil-impregnated bone saddle in a Macassar ebony bridge with Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, an oil-impregnated bone nut, and chrome Ibanez die-cast tuning machines. Electronics consist of both an Ibanez T-bar undersaddle pickup and a block contact pickup connected to an Ibanez DP1 preamp powered by a pair of AAA batteries and feeding dual ¼" output jacks.

For 2021 the body was very slightly enlarged and the factory strings were changed.

The AWFS300CE is a related model with a dreadnought body. The ACFS380BT is a similar baritone model.

The ACFS300CE was discontinued after 2023.

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Specifications for ACFS300CE

Name: ACFS300CE

Year(s) offered: 2020–2023

Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China / Europe / USA 2020 / USA & Canada 2021–2023

Made in: China

Price: MSRP: US$1,049.99 (2020–2023)^[1]^[2] • SMAP: US$699.99 (2020–2023)^[1]^[2]

Finishes: Open Pore Semi Gloss (OPS)

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
Deeper grand concert w/ Venetian cutaway

Dimensions:
  Body length:
    2020: 489mm/ 19¼"
    2021–2023: 492mm/ 19⅜"
  Width: 387mm/ 15¼"
  Depth:
    2019–2020: 114mm/ 4½"
    2021–2023: 117mm/ 4⅝"

Top:
  Material: Selected solid Engelmann spruce
  Bracing: Scalloped X
  Finish: Open pore semi-gloss
  Binding: Black & white multi

Back/sides:
Material: Okoume

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Pau ferro w/ soundhole binding

Neck

Neck profile:
ACFS thin C shape w/ rounded edge

Neck material:
5-piece African mahogany/ pau ferro

Neck joint:
Dovetail

Scale length:
651mm/ 25⅝"

Fingerboard:
Macassar ebony w/ rounded edge

Inlays:
None

Frets:
20 nickel silver

Nut:
Unbleached oil-impregnated bone (45mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast

Strings (factory):
2020: .010/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (Elixir Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb Light)
2021-2023:.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario XTAPB1253)

Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Electronics/ components/ case

Pickup:
Dual pickup: Ibanez T-bar undersaddle & block contact

Preamp:
Ibanez DP1

Output jack(s):
Dual: ¼" endpin & ¼" mono (stereo/mono)

Battery:
3V (two AAA)

Bridge:
Macassar ebony

Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (black w/ white dot)

Saddle:
Unbleached oil-impregnated bone compensated (11mm string spacing)

Hardware color:
Chrome

Pickguard:
Clear

Strap buttons:
16mm metal button w/ white felt washer