AWFS580CE

AWFS580CE Open Pore Semi Gloss (more images)

The AWFS580CE is an Artwood series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2019. It was made in China.

It is part of the newly created Fingerstyle collection which incorporate several features specifically for fingerstyle players. These include a slightly shallower body for increased crispness, a deep round neck heel for improved access to the upper frets and dual pickups with dual outputs.

The AWFS580CE features a cutaway dreadnought body shape with a selected solid alpine spruce top on solid pau ferro back and sides with an open pore semi-gloss finish. The top is bordered by a wooden multi-purfling strip which continues around the neck and headstock and a flamed maple binding. The round soundhole has a pau ferro and abalone rosette and a clear pickguard. The 25⅝" scale Comfort Grip (thin C shape) African mahogany and pau ferro neck has a satin finish and a 20-fret ebony fingerboard. Components include a compensated unbleached oil-impregnated bone saddle in an ebony bridge with ebony bridge pins with abalone dots, an oil-impregnated bone nut, and chrome Gotoh tuning machines. Electronics consist of both an Ibanez T-bar undersaddle pickup and a block contact pickup connected to an Ibanez DP1 preamp powered by a pair of AAA batteries, and dual ¼" output jacks.

For 2021 the body was made very slightly deeper and the factory strings were changed.

The ACFS580CE is a related model with a grand concert body.

The AWFS580CE was discontinued after 2021.

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Specifications for AWFS580CE

Name: AWFS580CE

Year(s) offered: 2019–2021

Sold in: Asia & Africa 2020–2021 / China / Japan / Europe / North & South America and Oceania 2020–2021 / USA 2019

Made in: China

Finishes: Open Pore Semi Gloss (OPS)

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
Dreadnought w/ Venetian cutaway

Dimensions:
  Body length: 508mm/ 20"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth:
    2019–2020: 117mm/ 4⅝"
    2021: 121mm/ 4¾"

Top:
  Material: Selected solid alpine spruce
  Bracing: Scalloped X
  Finish: Open pore semi-gloss
  Binding: Wooden multi-purfling & flamed maple binding

Back/sides:
Material: Solid pau ferro
Finish: Open pore semi-gloss

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Abalone & pau ferro

Neck

Neck profile:
AWFS

Neck material:
5-piece African mahogany/ pau ferro

Neck joint:
Dovetail

Scale length:
651mm/ 25⅝"

Fingerboard:
Ebony

Inlays:
None

Frets:
20 nickel silver

Nut:
Unbleached oil-impregnated bone (45mm)

Machine heads:
Gotoh SG301 (18:1 gear ratio)

Electronics/ Components

Pickup:
Dual pickup: Ibanez T-bar undersaddle & block contact

Preamp:
Ibanez DP1

Output jack(s):
Dual: ¼" endpin & ¼" mono (stereo/mono)

Battery:
3V (two AAA)

Bridge:
Ebony (11mm string spacing)

Bridge pins:
Ebony w/ abalone dot

Saddle:
Unbleached oil-impregnated bone compensated

Hardware color:
Chrome

Pickguard:
Clear

Strings (factory):
2019–2020: .010/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (Elixir Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb Light)
2021: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario XTAPB1253)

Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)