PN12MHE

PN12MHE Open Pore Natural

The PN12MHE is a Performance series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 2020. It is produced in China.

The PN12MHE features a parlor body contructed of laminated okoume top, back, and sides with an open pore finish. The round soundhole has a black and white acrylic rosette and a red tortoise pickguard. The nyatoh neck joins the body at the 12^th fret and has an 18-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 tuning machines with butterbean buttons.

The PN12MHE's electronics consist of an Ibanez under saddle pickup connected to an AEQ2T preamp with on-board tuner powered by a 9V battery and feeding a ¼" stereo output jack.

The body length was very slightly increased for 2024.

The PN12E is a similar model with a mahogany or sapele body with a high gloss finish.

The PN12MHE was discontinued after 2024 in all markets except Japan.

Specifications

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Specifications for PN12MHE

Name: PN12MHE Year(s) offered: 2020–2025 Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2023–2024 / Asia & Africa 2023–2024 / Europe 2023–2024 / Japan Made in: China Price: MSRP: € 259 (2024) • SMAP: ¥ 25,000 (2025) Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN)
Body Body type: Acoustic Body shape: Parlor Dimensions:   Body length: 2020–2023: 489mm/ 19¼" 2024–2025: 492mm/ 19⅜"   Width: 356mm/ 14"   Depth: 108mm/ 4¼" Top:   Material: Okoume (laminated)   Finish: Open pore   Binding: Ivory Back/sides:   Material: Okoume (laminated)   Finish: Open pore Soundhole shape: Round Soundhole rosette: Black & white multi	Neck Neck profile: PN12 Neck material: 1-piece nyatoh Scale length: 628.7mm/ 24.8" Fingerboard: Laurel Inlays: Small white dot Frets: 18 / medium nickel silver Nut: Plastic (43mm) Machine heads: Ibanez open gear (18:1 gear ratio)	Electronics/ Components Pickup: Ibanez Undersaddle 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.)

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Additional details

AEQ2T preamp controls

Sources

• 2020 Japan catalog (p. 66)
• PN12MHE product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2021
• PN12MHE product page, Ibanez Japan, archived June 2022
• PN12MHE product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2023
• PN12MHE product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived November 2023
• PN12MHE product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2024
• PN12MHE product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2025