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For the other models with the same name, see AW500 (disambiguation).
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The AW500 is an Artwood series acoustic model introduced by Ibanez for 1995. It was produced in South Korea.

The AW500 features a dreadnought body with solid spruce top with herringbone binding on rosewood back and sides. The round soundhole is trimmed with a herringbone rosette and has a shell color pickguard. The mahogany neck has a 20-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with abalone snowflake position markers and a matching headstock. Components include a compensated plastic saddle on a rosewood bridge with fancy inlays, a synthetic nut and gold grover rotomatics machine heads.

For 1997 the top was changed to solid engelmann spruce.

The AW300 is a similar model with mahogany body and abalone dot fingerboard inlays. The AW100 is a related model with pearl dot fingerboard inlays and die-cast tuners.

The AW500 was discontinued after 1999.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AW500 (1995–1999)
Name: AW500 (1995–1999)
Year(s) offered: 1995–1999
Sold in: Europe 1996–1998 / USA
Made in: South Korea
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 19¾"
  Width: 16"
  Depth: 4½"
Top:
  Material: "1995–1996": solid spruce
                 "1997–1999": solid engelmann spruce
  Bracing: scalloped
  Finish: high-gloss
  Binding: herringbone
Back/sides:
  Material: rosewood
  Strip inlay: herringbone stripe
  Finish: laminated
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
herringbone
Neck
Neck profile:
hand-shaped
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
"1996": 1-piece nato (European market)
Neck joint:
dovetail
Scale length:
645mm
Fingerboard:
Rosewood (bound)
Inlays:
abalone snow-flakes
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
synthetic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Gold Grover Rotomatics
Components
Bridge:
rosewood w/ fancy inlays (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
white w/ black dots
Saddle:
plastic (compensated)
Hardware color:
Gold
Pickguard:
Shell color
Strings (factory):
steel
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional details
AW500-NT front
Body (front)
AW500-NT rear
Body (rear)
AW500-NT bridge
Bridge
AW500-NT fretboard
Fretboard inlays
AW500-NT tuners
Grover Rotomatics tuners
AW500-NT headstock
Headstock

Sources[]

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