Changes: PN15

Revision as of 16:13, 25 January 2020

PN15 Brown Sunburst High Gloss (more images)

The PN15 is a Performance series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2013. It is made in China.

The PN15 features a parlor body with a laminated spruce top on mahogany back and sides. The round soundhole has a black and white acrylic rosette. The mahogany neck has an 18-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated plastic saddle in a rosewood bridge with ivory Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome Ibanez tuning machines.

For 2018 the 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 and the back and sides and neck were changed to nyatoh.

The PN15MH is a similar model with a mahogany top. The PN15E is a similar acoustic/ electric model. The PF15 and PC15 are related models with, respectively, dreadnought and grand concert bodies. The PN19 is a related model with different wood species for the back, sides, neck, fretboard and bridge.

Specifications

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Specifications for PN15

Year(s) offered: 2013–2020

Sold in: Asia & Africa 2013–2019 / Europe 2013–2019 / North & South America and Oceania 2013–2019 / USA

Made in: China

Finishes: Antique Natural High Gloss (ATN) 2013–2017 / Brown Sunburst High Gloss (BS)

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
Parlor

Dimensions:
  Length: 495mm/ 19½"
  Width: 362mm/ 14¼"
  Depth: 102mm/ 4"

Top:
  Material: Spruce (laminated)
  Bracing: X
  Finish: High gloss
  Binding: Ivory

Back/sides:
  Material: 2013–2017: Mahogany
                2018: Sapele
                2019–2020: Nyatoh
  Finish: High gloss

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Black & white multi

Neck

Neck profile:
PN

Neck material:
2013–2018: 1-piece mahogany
2019–2020: 1-piece nyatoh

Scale length:
620mm/ 24.4"

Fingerboard:
2013–2017: Rosewood w/ binding
2018–2020: Nandu wood w/ binding

Inlays:
Small white dot

Frets:
18 / medium

Nut:
Plastic (43mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast

Components

Bridge:
2013–2017: Rosewood
2018–2020: Nandu wood (11mm string spacing)

Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (ivory w/ black dot)

Saddle:
Plastic compensated

Hardware color:
Chrome

Strings (factory):
2013–2016: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario EXP11) coated 80/20 bronze
2017–2018: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053

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

Images

Additional finishes

Antique Natural High Gloss

Sources

2013 North America catalog (page 68)
PN15 product page, Ibanez USA, archived June 2015
2015 Europe catalog (page 71)
2017 USA catalog (page 119)
2018 USA catalog (page 114)
PN15 product page, Ibanez USA, archived December 2019
PN15 product page, Ibanez USA, archived January 2020

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  | name        =
  | series      = Performance series
  | subseries   =
  | subseries2  =
- | year        = 2013–2019
+ | year        = 2013–2020
- | area        = Asia & Africa / Europe / North & South America and Oceania / USA
+ | area        = Asia & Africa ''2013–2019'' / Europe ''2013–2019'' / North & South America and Oceania ''2013–2019'' / USA
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  | colors      = Antique Natural High Gloss (ATN) ''2013–2017'' / Brown Sunburst High Gloss (BS)
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  | bracingtop  = X
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- | matback     = ''2013–2018'': Mahogany<br/>{{16 spaces}}''2018'': Sapele<br/>{{16 spaces}}''2019'': Nyatoh
+ | matback     = ''2013–2017'': Mahogany<br/>{{16 spaces}}''2018'': Sapele<br/>{{16 spaces}}''2019–2020'': Nyatoh
  | finishback  = High gloss
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  | sh_rosette  = Black & white multi
  | neck        = [[PN (neck type)|PN]]
- | matneck     = ''2013–2018'': Mahogany<br/>''2019'': Nyatoh
+ | matneck     = ''2013–2018'': {{1pmah}}<br/>''2019–2020'': {{1pn}}
  | finishneck  =
  | neck_joint  =
  | scale       = {{620mm}}
- | matfb       = ''2013–2017'': Rosewood w/ binding<br/>''2018–2019'': Nandu wood w/ binding
+ | matfb       = ''2013–2017'': Rosewood w/ binding<br/>''2018–2020'': Nandu wood w/ binding
  | bindingfb   =
  | fbinlay     = Small white dot
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  | output      =
  | battery     =
- | bridge      = ''2013–2017'': Rosewood<br/>''2018–2019'': Nandu wood
+ | bridge      = ''2013–2017'': Rosewood<br/>''2018–2020'': Nandu wood
  | bridgepins  = Ibanez Advantage (ivory w/ black dot)
- | saddle      = Plastic (compensated)
+ | saddle      = Plastic ''compensated''
  | nut         = Plastic
  | nutwidth    = 43mm
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  | pg          =
  | tuners      = Ibanez die-cast
- | strings     = ''2013–2016''.012–.053 (D'Addario EXP)<br/>''2017–2018'': .012–.053 (Ibanez IACS6C coated)
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 * [[2018 USA catalog]] ([[:File:2018 Ibanez USA Fullline Catalog Consumer p114-115.png|page 114]])
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20191206154625/https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/pn15_3u_06.html PN15 product page], Ibanez USA, archived December 2019
+* [http://archive.today/2020.01.25-160931/https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/pn15_3u_07.html PN15 product page], Ibanez USA, archived January 2020
-[[Category:Guitar models]]
 [[Category:Performance models]]
 [[Category:New in 2013]]
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 [[Category:Updated in 2019]]
 [[Category:2019 models]]
+[[Category:2020 models]]