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1982 NW20-NT
NW20 Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The NW20 is an Natural Wood series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1982. It was produced in Japan.

The NW20 features a dreadnought body with hawaiian koa top on hawaiian koa back and sides. The round soundhole is trimmed with black and white multi-line rosette and a tortoise pickguard. The mahogany neck with adjustable truss rod has a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position markers and a matching headstock. Components include a True-tune saddle on a rosewood bridge, a bone nut, and smooth tuner machine heads.

The NW30 is a similar model with ceder body and rosewood fingerboard. The NW40 is a similar model with spruce top, maple body and maple neck and fingerboard. The NW50 is a similar model with jacaranda body and rosewood fingerboard.

The NW20 was offered only in 1982.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for NW20
Name: NW20
Year(s) offered: 1982
Sold in: USA
Made in: Japan
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 19¾"
  Width: 16"
  Depth: 4½"
Top:
  Material: Hawaiian Koa
  Finish: Natural gloss
  Binding: black and white
Back/sides:
  Material: Hawaiian Koa
  Strip inlay: three center stripes
  Finish: laminated
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
black and white multi-line purfling
Neck
Neck profile:
hand-shaped
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck joint:
dovetail
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ white binding
Inlays:
Pearl dots w/ black side dots
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Smooth Tuner II
Components
Bridge:
rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ivory w/ black dots
Saddle:
True-tune
Hardware color:
chrome
Pickguard:
tortoise
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

1982 NW20-NT rear
1982 Ibanez NW20-NT ( Rear: Hawaiian Koa back joined to a 1-piece mahogany neck and Smooth Tuner II machine heads ) Red copyright sprite

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