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For the other models with the same name, see AW100 (disambiguation).
AW100-NT
AW100 Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The AW100 is an Artwood series acoustic model introduced by Ibanez for 1995. It was produced in South Korea.

The AW100 features a dreadnought body with solid spruce top with black and white binding on mahogany back and sides. The round soundhole is trimmed with a multi ply rosette and has a shell color pickguard. The mahogany neck has a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with peral dot position markers and a matching headstock. Components include a compensated plastic saddle on a rosewood bridge, a synthetic nut and chrome die-cast machine heads.

For 1997 the top was changed to solid sikta spruce and low gloss finish. For 2000 the top was upgraded to engelmann spruce.

The AW112 is 12-string version. The AW300 is a related model with abalone dot position markers and gold grover rotomatics machine heads. The AW500 is a related model with rosewood body ad abalone snowflake fingerboard inlays and gold hardware.

The AW100 was discontinued after 2006.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AW100 (1995–2006)
Name: AW100 (1995–2006)
Year(s) offered: 1995–2006
Sold in: Europe 1996–2003 / USA
Made in: South Korea
Finishes: Natural (NT) / Orange Sunburst (OS) 1998 Europe only
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 19¾"
  Width: 16"
  Depth: 4½"
Top:
  Material: "1995–1996": solid spruce
                "1997–1999": solid sikta spruce
                "2000–2003": solid engelmann spruce
  Bracing: scalloped
  Finish: gloss
  Binding: black and white
Back/sides:
  Material: mahogany
  Strip inlay: intricate stripe
  Finish: laminated
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
"1995–2000" : Multi ply
"2001–2006" : Abalone
Neck
Neck profile:
hand-shaped
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
"1996": 1-piece nato (European market)
Neck joint:
dovetail
Scale length:
645mm
Fingerboard:
Rosewood
Inlays:
pearl dots
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
synthetic (43mm)
Machine heads:
"1995–1998": Die-cast
"1999–2006" Grover
Components
Bridge:
rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
white w/ black dots
Saddle:
plastic (compensated)
Hardware color:
"1995–1999": Chrome
"2000–2006" Gold
Pickguard:
Shell color
Strings (factory):
steel
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

AW100 (abalone rosette, gold hardware and grover machine heads)
AW100-NT Gold hardware front
Front
AW100-NT Gold hardware rear
Rear
AW100-NT back
Ibanez AW100-NT ( Rear: Mahogany body joined to a 1-piece mahogany and chrome die-cast machine heads ) Red copyright sprite

Images[]

Additional details
AW100-NT FRONT
Body (front)
AW100-NT rear
Body (rear)
AW100-NT TUNERS
Die-cast (chrome)
AW100-NT headstock
Headstock
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