Changes: AW100Z

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AW100Z Natural High Gloss

The AW100Z is an Artwood series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2019. It is made in China and sold exclusively in China.

The AW100Z features a dreadnought body shape with a solid spruce top on sapele back and sides with a high gloss finish. The soundhole is round with a simple black and white acrylic rosette. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret laurel fingerboard with binding and small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a laurel bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, a black pickguard and chrome tuning machines. Electronics consist of a dual pickup system with a both a piezo pickup and a pad microphone, an IT4 preamp powered by a pair of CR2032 button batteries and a ¼" output jack.

For 2020 the solid spruce top was replaced with laminated spruce.

The AW120Z is a similar model with Macassar ebony back and sides. The AW100 is a similar traditional acoustic.

Specifications

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Specifications for AW100Z

Year(s) offered: 2019–2020

Sold in: China

Made in: China

Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
Dreadnought

Dimensions:
  Length: 514mm/ 20¼"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"

Top:
  Material: 2019: Solid spruce
2020: Spruce (laminated)
  Finish: High gloss
  Binding: Ivory multi

Back/sides:
Material: Sapele
Finish: High gloss

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Black & white acrylic

Neck

Neck profile:
AW100

Neck material:
1-piece nyatoh

Neck joint:
Dovetail

Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"

Fingerboard:
Laurel w/ Ivory binding

Inlays:
Small white dot

Frets:
20

Nut:
Bone

Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast

Electronics/ Components

Pickup:
Piezo pickup & pad microphone

Preamp:
Ibanez IT4

Output jack(s):
¼"

Battery:
3V (two CR2032)

Bridge:
Laurel (11mm string spacing)

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

Saddle:
Bone compensated

Hardware color:
Chrome

Pickguard:
Black

Strings (factory):
D'Addario EXP

Images

IT4 preamp diagram

Sources

AW100Z product page, Ibanez China, archived November 2019
AW100Z product page, Ibanez China, archived January 2020

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 The AW100Z features a dreadnought body shape with a solid spruce top on sapele back and sides with a high gloss finish. The soundhole is round with a simple black and white acrylic rosette. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret laurel fingerboard with binding and small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a laurel bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, a black pickguard and chrome tuning machines. Electronics consist of a dual pickup system with a both a piezo pickup and a pad microphone, an IT4 preamp powered by a pair of CR2032 button batteries and a ¼" output jack.
+For 2020 the solid spruce top was replaced with laminated spruce.
 The [[AW120Z]] is a similar model with Macassar ebony back and sides. The [[AW100]] is a similar traditional acoustic.
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 == Specifications ==
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  | subseries   =
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- | year        = 2019
+ | year        = 2019–2020
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  | made        = China
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  | bodywidth   = 400mm/ 15¾"
  | bodydepth   = 127mm/ 5"
- | mattop      = Solid spruce
+ | mattop      = ''2019'': Solid spruce<br/>''2020'': Spruce (laminated)
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  | sh_rosette  = Black & white acrylic
  | neck        = [[AW100 (neck type)|AW100]]
- | matneck     = Nyatoh
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  | finishneck  =
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  | battery     = 3V (two CR2032)
  | bridge      = Laurel
- | bridgepins  = Ibanez Advantage (black)
+ | bridgepins  = Ibanez Advantage (white w/ black dots)
- | saddle      = Bone (compensated)
+ | saddle      = Bone ''compensated''
  | nut         = Bone
  | hw          = Chrome
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 <references/>
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20191126184320/http://www.ibanez.com/cn/products/detail/aw100z_5b_05.html AW100Z product page], Ibanez China, archived November 2019
+* [http://archive.today/2020.01.21-214452/http://www.ibanez.com/cn/products/detail/aw100z_5b_05.html AW100Z product page], Ibanez China, archived January 2020
-[[Category:Guitar models]]
 [[Category:Artwood models]]
 [[Category:New in 2019]]
 [[Category:2019 models]]
+[[Category:Updated for 2020]]
+[[Category:2020 models]]