Ibanez AW70
Overview
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Product:
- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1979
Ibanez first introduced the AW70 in the late 1970s as part of their Artwood acoustic series. These 1970s AW70 dreadnoughts were made in Japan and had German spruce tops, mahogany back & sides, rosewood pickguard and ebony fingerboard. A 12 string version was also available as the AW75.
The current Ibanez AW70 has a solid Sitka spruce top and is made in China. Available in natural high gloss finish (with a black pickguard) or black high gloss finish (with a tortoiseshell pickguard).
Specifications (22)
Body
| Body back material | mahogany body back |
| Body sides material | mahogany body sides |
| Body style | dreadnought-size body |
| Body top material | German spruce body top, sitka spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard, tortoiseshell pickguard, wooden pickguard |
| Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck width | 1.69 inches wide at nut |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Bridge pins | white with black dot pins |
| Bridge | rosewood bridge |
| Hardware color | chrome hardware |
| Tuners | die-cast tuners |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
| Finish colors | natural finish |
| Finish effects | gloss finish |
| Made in | China, Japan |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.625 inches scale-length |
Prices (4)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0 DEM | good | Lucas de Fries | its an AW 70 LT product NO. 70 from 120 pcs. it was a present from my dad... that year is wrong... the guitar is very old |
| 1975 | $250 | new | ||
| 1981 | €1500 | worn | ||
| 1980 | $190 | good |
