The PC12MHE is a Performance series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2016. It was made in China.
The PC12MHE features a grand concert body with a laminated mahogany top on mahogany back and sides with an open pore finish. The round soundhole has a tortoiseshell rosette and a red tortoise pickguard. The mahogany neck has a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated plastic saddle in a rosewood bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome Ibanez open gear tuning machines. Electronics consist of an Ibanez under saddle pickup connected to an AEQ2T preamp with on-board tuner powered by a 9V battery and a 1/4" stereo end pin output jack.
For 2018 the mahogany back and sides were replaced with sapele and the rosewood fretboard and bridge were replaced with nandu wood. For 2019 the neck was changed from mahogany to nyatoh. For 2021 the body dimensions were very slightly increased.
The PC12MHCE is a similar model with a cutaway. The PC12MH is a similar standard acoustic model. The PF12MHCE is a related model with a dreadnought cutaway body.
