AW3000CE

AW3000CE Natural High Gloss 2010

The AW3000CE is an Artwood series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in mid-2010. It was produced in China. It was also sold in a package with a lightweight acoustic case as the AW3000CEWC.

The AW3000CE features a dreadnought body shape with a Venetian cutaway constructed of 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.

Electronics consist of an L.R. Baggs Element under saddle pickup feeding an L.R. Baggs EAS-VTC preamp powered by a 9V battery and feeding a ¼" endpin output.

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

The AW3000 is an acoustic-only version without the cutaway. The AW3010CE is a similar model with a low gloss finish, black tuner knobs and no pickguard. The AW3050CE is a related model with a cedar top with a low gloss finish and no pickguard.

The AW3000CE was discontinued after 2014.

Specifications

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Specifications for AW3000CE / AW3000CEWC

Name: AW3000CE / AW3000CEWC Year(s) offered: 2010–2014 Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2013 / Europe 2011–2013 / USA Made in: China Price: MSRP: US$974.99 w/ case (2010–2011) / US$1,124.99 w/ case (2012) / US$1,199.99 w/ case (2013) • SMAP: €649.00 (2011) / US$799.99 w/ case (2013) Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)
Body Body type: Acoustic Body shape: Dreadnought w/ Venetian cutaway Dimensions:   Body length: 508mm/ 20"   Width: 400mm/ 15¾"   Depth: 2010–2012: 121mm/ 4¾"                 2013–2015: 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	Electronics/ Components Pickup: L.R. Baggs Element under saddle Preamp: L.R. Baggs EAS-VTC endpin preamp w/ soundhole mounted tone and volume control Output jack(s): ¼" endpin Battery: 9V 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.)

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Additional details

AW3000CE Natural High Gloss 2013

AW3000CEWC with lightweight gig bag

Mahogany back and sides with rosewood binding

Dovetail joint and rosewood binding and back strip

Details of L.R. Baggs pickup and EAS-VTC preamp

Sources

• AW3000CEWC-NT product page, Ibanez USA, archived June 2010
• 2011 Europe acoustics catalog (p. 11)
• AW3000CEWC-NT product page, Ibanez Europe, archived November 2011
• 2012 USA acoustics catalog (p. 6)
• AW3000CEWC-NT product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2012
• Artwood line up, Ibanez Europe, archived May 2012
• AW3000CE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived May 2012
• 2013 Americas & Oceania catalog (p. 58)
• AW3000CE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived April 2013
• AW3000CE product page, Ibanez USA, archived April 2013
• 2014 USA catalog (p. 84)