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The AW3050 is an Artwood series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2011. It was produced in China.

The AW3050 features a dreadnought body shape with a solid cedar top with rosewood binding on solid mahogany sides and two-piece back with a rosewood backstrip inlay and a natural low gloss finish. The soundhole is round with an abalone rosette and no 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 black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, and gold Grover tuning machines with brown pearl buttons.

The AW3050CE is an acoustic-electric version with a cutaway body. The AW3010 is a similar model with an Engelmann spruce top. The AW3000 is a related model with an Engelmann spruce top with a high gloss finish and a black pickguard.

The AW3050 was discontinued after 2014.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AW3050
Name: AW3050
Year(s) offered: 2011–2014
Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2013 / Europe
Made in: China
Price: SMAP: €469.00 (2011)[1]
Finishes: Natural Low Gloss (LG)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 508mm/ 20"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: Solid cedar
  Finish: Low gloss
  Binding: Rosewood
Back/sides:
  Material: Solid mahogany (two-piece)
  Strip inlay: Rosewood
  Finish: Low 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 (black w/ white dot)
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Gold
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
2013 AW3050 LG dovetail joint
Dovetail joint and rosewood binding and back strip

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