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1983 NW340-NT
NW340 Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The NW340 is an Natural Wood series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1983. It was produced in Japan.

The NW340 features a dreadnought body with spruce top on maple back and sides. The round soundhole is trimmed with black and white multi-line rosette and a tortoise shell pickguard. The maple neck has a 20-fret maple fingerboard with pearl dot position markers ivory binding and a blonde headstock. Components include a True-tune saddle on a rosewood bridge, a bone nut, and smooth tuner machine heads.

The NW310 is a similar model with ceder top, ivory and shell body binding, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard and black and white multi-line purfling with shell ring rosette. The NW40 is a very similar model.

The NW340 was offered only in 1983.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for NW340
Name: NW340
Year(s) offered: 1983
Sold in: Europe
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: DM 666 "1983"
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Body length: 19¾"
  Width: 16"
  Depth: 4½"
Top:
  Material: Spruce
  Finish: Natural gloss
  Binding: black and white
Back/sides:
  Material: Maple
  Strip inlay: black center w/ black and white stripes
  Finish: laminated
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
black and white multi-line purfling
Neck
Neck profile:
hand-shaped
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Neck joint:
dovetail
Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"
Fingerboard:
Maple w/ ivory 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[]

NW340 ¾ view
1983 Ibanez NW340-NT Front ¾ view Red copyright sprite
Additional details
1983 NW340-NT front
Body (front)
1983 NW340-NT rear
Body (rear)

Video[]

1983 Ibanez NW340 Acoustic Guitar Test by: "Zoa Boah"

Sources[]

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