PC12MHLCE

PC12MHLCE Open Pore Natural (more images)

The PC12MHLCE is a Performance series left handed acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez in mid-2021. It was produced in Indonesia

The PC12MHLCE features a grand concert body with a Venetian cutaway constructed of laminated okoume top, back, and sides with an open pore finish. The round soundhole has a tortoiseshell rosette and a red tortoise pickguard. The nyatoh neck meets the body at the 14^th fret and has a 20-fret laurel fingerboard with small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated plastic saddle in a laurel bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome Ibanez open gear tuning machines with butterbean buttons.

The PC12MHLCE's electronics consist of an Ibanez under saddle pickup connected to an AEQ2T preamp with on-board tuner powered by a 9V battery and a feeding a ¼" stereo output jack.

The PC12MHCE is a right handed version.

The PC12MHLCE was discontinued after 2024.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for PC12MHLCE

Name: PC12MHLCE

Year(s) offered: 2021–2024

Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / Europe

Made in: Indonesia

Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN)

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
Grand concert w/ Venetian cutaway

Dimensions:
  Body length: 492mm/ 19⅜"
  Width: 387mm/ 15¼"
  Depth: 108mm/ 4¼"

Top:
  Material: Okoume (laminated)
  Bracing: X
  Finish: Open pore

Back/sides:
Material: Okoume (laminated)
Finish: Open pore

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Tortoiseshell

Neck

Neck profile:
PC (Indonesia)

Neck material:
1-piece nyatoh

Scale length:
634mm/ 25"

Fingerboard:
Laurel

Inlays:
Small white dot

Frets:
20 / medium nickel silver

Nut:
Plastic (42mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez open gear w/ butterbean buttons

Electronics/ Components

Pickup:
Ibanez Under Saddle

Preamp:
Ibanez AEQ-2T w/ on-board tuner

Output jack(s):
¼" stereo box

Battery:
9V

Bridge:
Laurel (11mm string spacing)

Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage bridge pins (black w/ white dot)

Saddle:
Plastic compensated

Hardware color:
Chrome

Pickguard:
Red tortoise

Strings (factory):
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (Ibanez IACS6C coated)

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

Images[]

Additional details

AEQ2T preamp controls

Ibanez Advantage bridge pins

Sources[]

PC12MHLCE product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
PC12MHLCE product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2023
PC12MHLCE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2024