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The AW3000 is an Artwood series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2010. It was produced in China. It was also sold in a package with a lightweight acoustic case as the AW3000WC.

The AW3000 features a dreadnought body shape with a solid Engelmann spruce top with rosewood binding on solid mahogany sides and two-piece back with a rosewood backstrip inlay and a natural high gloss finish. The soundhole is round with an abalone rosette and a black pickguard. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with rosewood binding and abalone dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a rosewood bridge with white Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, and gold Grover tuning machines with brown pearl buttons.

For 2013 the top was changed to Sitka spruce and the body depth increased slightly.

The AW3000CE is an acoustic-electric version with a cutaway body. The AW3010 is a similar model with a low gloss finish and no pickguard. The AW3050 is a similar model with a cedar top with a low gloss finish and no pickguard. The AC3000 is a similar model with a grand concert body.

The AW3000 was discontinued after 2014.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AW3000 / AW3000WC
Name: AW3000 / AW3000WC
Year(s) offered: 2010–2014
Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2013 / Europe 2010–2013 / Japan 2011–2014 / USA
Made in: China
Price: MSRP: US$749.99 w/ case (2010[1]–2011[2]) / US$899.99 w/ case (2012[3]–2013[4]) / JP¥63,000 (2011[5]–2013[6][7]) / JP¥73,000 (2014[8]
 • SMAP: €409.00 (2010 - Italy)[9] / €469.00 (2011)[10] / US$599.99 w/ case (2013)[4]
Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 508mm/ 20"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 2010–2012: 121mm/ 4¾"
                2013–2014: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: 2010–2012: Solid Engelmann spruce
                2013–2015: Solid Sitka spruce
  Finish: High gloss
  Binding: Rosewood
Back/sides:
  Material: Solid mahogany (two-piece)
  Strip inlay: Rosewood
  Finish: High gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Abalone
Neck
Neck profile:
AW
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
635mm / 25"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ Rosewood binding
Inlays:
Abalone dot
Frets:
20
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
Grover w/ brown pearl buttons
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage bridge pins (white w/ black dot)
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Gold
Pickguard:
Black
Strings (factory):
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario EXP11) coated 80/20 bronze
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional details
2010 AW3000WC NT
AW3000WC with lightweight gig bag
2010 AW3000NT back sides
Mahogany back and sides with rosewood binding
2013 AW3050 LG dovetail joint
Dovetail joint and rosewood binding and back strip

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