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This page is about the version made in Indonesia and sold ouside the US. For the Chinese-made version sold in the US, see PF12MHCE (China).
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The PF12MHCE is a Performance series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2018. The version documented here is produced in Indonesia for sale outside the US market; another version was made in China and sold in the US. The two models are quite similar, but have some small differences in specifications.

The PF12MHCE features a dreadnought body with a Venetian cutaway constructed of laminated African mahogany top, back, and sides with an open pore finish. The round soundhole has a tortoiseshell rosette and a red tortoise pickguard. The mahogany neck meets the body at the 14th 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 PF12MHCE'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 ΒΌ" stereo output jack.

For 2019 the neck was changed from mahogany to nyatoh and the top back and sides were changed to okoume. For 2021 the body dimensions were increased very slightly. The scale length was shortened very slightly for 2025.

The PF12MH is a similar standard acoustic model without the cutaway. The PC12MHCE is a related model with a grand concert cutaway body. The PN12E is a related model with a parlor body.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for PF12MHCE (Indonesia)
Name: PF12MHCE (Indonesia)
Year(s) offered: 2018–2025
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / Europe / Japan 2020–2025
Made in: Indonesia
Price: MSRP: €259 (2024[1])
Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought w/ Venetian cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length:
    2018–2020: 508mm/ 20"
    2021–2025: 511mm/ 20β…›"
  Width: 400mm/ 15ΒΎ"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material:
    2018: African mahogany (laminated)
    2019–2025: Okoume (laminated)
  Bracing: X
  Finish: Open pore
Back/sides:
  Material:
    2018: African mahogany (laminated)
    2019–2025: Okoume (laminated)
  Finish: Open pore
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Tortoiseshell
Neck
Neck profile:
PF (Indonesia)
Neck material:
2018: 1-piece mahogany
2019–2025: 1-piece nyatoh
Neck joint:
Dovetail at 14th fret
Scale length:
2018–2024: 648mm/ 25Β½"
2025: 647.7mm/ 25Β½"
Fingerboard:
Laurel
Inlays:
Small white dot
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
Plastic (43mm)
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):
ΒΌ" 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
Ibanez AEQ-2T diagram
AEQ2T preamp controls

Sources[]

  • 2018 Europe catalog (p. 105)
  • 2019 Europe catalog (p. 91)
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived December 2019
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2020
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2021
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Japan, archived June 2022
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2023
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2024
  • PF12MHCE product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived January 2025
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