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1980 AW25-NT
AW25 Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The AW25 is a 12-string Artwood series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1979. It was crafted in Japan.

The AW25 features a dreadnought body with a solid sikta spruce top on selected mahogany back and sides. The round soundhole is trimmed with a fancy rosette and tortoise shell color pickguard. The selected mahogany neck has a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position markers and a matching headstock. Components include a tru-tune saddle in a rosewood bridge, a plastic nut, and chrome plated individual machine heads.

For 1981 the machine heads was changed to Smooth tuner.

The AW20 is a similar six-string model. The AW75 is a similar model with german spruce top. The AW35 is a similar model with rosewood back.

The AW25 was discontinued after 1982.

Specifications[]

Related content: Artwood series | Models-icon
Specifications for AW25
Name: AW25
Year(s) offered: 1979-1982
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: DM 830 (1981) / US$:320 (1979-1980)
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 20"
  Width: 15 ⅝"
  Depth: 4 ⅞"
Top:
  Material: Solid sikta spruce
  Finish: Natural gloss
  Binding: black and white
Back/sides:
  Material: Mahogany
  Strip inlay: black strip
  Finish: Hand polished
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Fancy purfling
Neck
Neck profile:
C profil
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
651mm/ 25⅝"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ white binding
Inlays:
Pearl dots
Frets:
20
Nut:
plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
"1979-1980": Die-cast (chrome)
"1981-1982": Smooth Tuner
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood w/ tru-tune saddle (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
White w/ black dots
Saddle:
True tune
Hardware color:
Chrome plated
Pickguard:
tortoise shell color
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

1980 AW25-NT rear
Ibanez AW25-NT ( Rear: Mahogany body with a center black strip joined to a 1-piece mahogany neck with chrome plated machine heads ) Red copyright sprite

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