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2017 AVD9MH OPN 1X 01
AVD9MH Open Pore Natural Red copyright sprite

The AVD9MH is an Artwood Vintage series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2017. It was made in China.

The AVD9MH features a dreadnought body shape with a solid Thermo Aged Sitka spruce top with Thermo Aged spruce X bracing and mahogany back and sides with a high gloss finish. The soundhole is round with a black & white multi rosette and the top is bordered with tortoiseshell binding. It has a soft-V shaped mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with 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 Ibanez open gear tuning machines.

For 2018 the rosewood bridge and fretboard were replaced with ovangkol.

The AVD9 is a similar model with a Thermo Aged Sitka spruce top. The AVC9 is a similar model with a grand concert body shape and a shorter scale neck. The AVD11 is a related model with a Thermo Aged Caucasian spruce top.

The AVD9MH was discontinued after 2018.

Specifications[]

Specifications for AVD9MH
Name: AVD9MH
Year(s) offered: 2017–2018
Sold in: USA
Made in: China
Price: MSRP: US$599.99 (2018)[1]
Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 508mm/ 20"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: Solid Thermo Aged mahogany
  Bracing: Thermo Aged Spruce X & Thermo Aged maple bridge plate
  Finish: Open pore
  Binding: Tortoiseshell
Back/sides:
  Material: Mahogany
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Black & white multi
Neck
Neck profile:
AVD soft-V shape
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Scale length:
651mm/ 25⅝"
Fingerboard:
2017: Rosewood
2018: Ovangkol
Inlays:
White dot
Frets:
20 nickel silver
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
Ibanez open gear (18:1 ratio) w/ butterbean buttons
Components
Bridge:
2017: Rosewood
2018: Ovangkol (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (black)
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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Additional details
ArtcoreVintageThermo X-bracing
Thermo Aged solid top and spruce X bracing
Thermo-Aged comparison
Tone comparison versus non-Thermo Aged top & back
ArtcoreVintage Grover-tuners
Chrome open gear tuners with butterbean buttons

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