AW3050CE

AW3050CE Natural Low Gloss

The AW3050CE is an Artwood series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2011. It was produced in China.

The AW3050CE features a dreadnought body shape with a Venetian cutaway constructed of a solid cedar 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 and wooden 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.

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 body depth increased slightly.

The AW3050 is an acoustic-only version without the cutaway. The AW3010CE is a related model with a solid Engelmann or Sitka spruce top and black tuner knobs.

The AW3050CE was discontinued after 2013.

Specifications

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Specifications for AW3050CE

Name: AW3050CE Year(s) offered: 2011–2013 Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2013 / Europe Made in: China Price: SMAP: €649.00 (2011) Finishes: Natural Low Gloss (LG)
Body Body type: Acoustic Body shape: Dreadnought w/ Venetian cutaway Dimensions:   Body length: 508mm/ 20"   Width: 400mm/ 15¾"   Depth: 2011–2012: 121mm/ 4¾"                 2013: 127mm/ 5" Top:   Material: Solid cedar   Finish: High gloss   Binding: Rosewood Back/sides:   Material: Solid mahogany (two-piece)   Strip inlay: Rosewood   Finish: High gloss Soundhole shape: Round Soundhole rosette: Abalone & wooden	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 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.)	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 Bridge pins: Ibanez Advantage bridge pins (black w/ white dot) Saddle: Bone compensated (11mm string spacing) Hardware color: Gold

Images

Additional details

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

• 2011 Europe acoustics catalog (p. 11)
• 2012 Europe catalog (p. 11)
• Artwood line up, Ibanez Europe, archived May 2012
• AW3050CE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived May 2012
• 2013 Americas & Oceania catalog (p. 58)
• AW3050CE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived April 2013