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ALT20 Weathered Black Open Pore (more images)

The ALT20 is an Altstar series acoustic/electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2019. It is made in Indonesia and is the initial model in the Altstar line.

The ALT20 features a small dreadnought body shape with a Venetian cutaway. It has a sapele top with a tri-oval soundhole on sapele back and sides. The maple neck has a 22-fret walnut fingerboard with binding and special Altstar position markers. Components include a compensated plastic saddle in a walnut bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome Ibanez tuning machines.

The ALT20's electronics consist of an Ibanez undersaddle pickup connected to an Ibanez AEQ2UT preamp with onboard tuner powered by two CR2032 coin batteries and ¼" stereo output jack.

For 2025 the fretboard and bridge were changed to rosewood and the preamp was changed to the Ibanez AEQ-2T.

The ALT30 is a related model with a spruce top and special Altstar fretboard inlays.

Specifications[]

Related content: Altstar series |
Specifications for ALT20
Name: ALT20
Year(s) offered: 2021–2025
Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2024–2025 / Asia & Africa 2024–2025 / Europe 2024–2025 / USA
Made in: Indonesia
Price: MSRP: 369 (2024[1]) / US$494.99 (2025[2]) • SMAP: US$329.99 (2025[2])
Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN) 2021–2024 / Weathered Black Open Pore (WK)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Altstar w/ Venetian cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length: 460mm/ 18⅛"
  Width: 371mm/ 14⅝"
  Depth: 110mm/ 4⅜" (90mm at neck)
Top:
  Material: Sapele (laminated)
  Finish: High Gloss
  Binding: White
Back/sides:
  Material: Sapele (laminated)
Soundhole shape:
Tri-oval
Neck
Neck profile:
2021: Altstar
2022–2025: Altstar Comfort Grip
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Neck finish:
Satin
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard:
2021–2024: Walnut w/ dark binding
2025: Rosewood w/ dark binding
Inlays:
Small offset white dot
Frets:
22 / large nickel silver
Nut:
Plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast (18:1 gear ratio)
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
Ibanez Undersaddle
Preamp:
2021–2024: Ibanez AEQ2UT w/ onboard tuner
2025: Ibanez AEQ-2T w/ onboard tuner
Output jack(s):
¼" stereo box
Battery:
2021–2024: Two CR2032 (3V)
2025: 9V
Bridge:
2021–2024: Walnut
2025: Rosewood (10.5mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage bridge pins (black w/ white dot)
Saddle:
Plastic compensated
Hardware color:
Chrome
Strings (factory):
.010/.014/.023/.030/.039/.047 (Ibanez IACS61 80/20 bronze/ extra light)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Other available finishes
Open Pore Natural
Additional details
Rear (WK finish)
Front ¾ view (WK finish)
Back & top side (OPN finish)
Headstock & tuners (WK finish)
AEQ2UT preamp w/ onboard tuner (2021–2024)
AEQ2UT preamp controls (2021–2024)
AEQ-2T preamp (2025)
AEQ-2T preamp controls (2025)

Sources[]

  1. 2024 Europe catalog (p. 142)
  2. 2.0 2.1 ALT20-WK product listing, Adorama (US retailer), archived January 2025
  • ALT20 product page 2021, Ibanez USA, archived January 2021
  • ALT20 product page 2021, Ibanez USA, archived June 2022
  • ALT20 product page 2023, Ibanez USA, archived January 2023
  • ALT20 product page 2024, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2024
  • ALT20 product page 2025, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2025
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