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The AW450 is an Artwood series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2014. It was made in China and was sold only in the USA.

The AW450 features a dreadnought body shape with a solid cedar top with tortoise shell binding and gloss finish on mahogany sides and back with a satin finish. The soundhole is round with a black and white acrylic rosette and a red tortoise pickguard. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a rosewood bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, and chrome Grover open gear tuning machines with ivory buttons.

The AW450CE is an acoustic-electric version with a cutaway body. The AW400 is a similar model with a solid Sitka spruce top.

The AW450 was discontinued after 2015.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AW450
Name: AW450
Year(s) offered: 2014–2015
Sold in: USA
Made in: China
Price: MSRP: US$449.99 (2014)[1]
Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Length: 508mm/ 20"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: Solid cedar
  Finish: Gloss
  Binding: Tortoise shell
Back/sides:
  Material: Mahogany
  Finish: Satin
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Black & white multi
Neck
Neck profile:
AW
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck finish:
Satin
Neck joint:
Dovetail at 14th fret
Scale length:
651mm/ 25⅝"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood
Inlays:
Small white dot
Frets:
20 nickel silver
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Grover open gear
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (black w/ white dots)
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Chrome
Pickguard:
4-ply: Red tortoise/ white/ black/ white
Strings (factory):
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario EXP11) coated 80/20 bronze
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional finishes
2014 AW400 LVS 1X 01
Light Violin Sunburst High Gloss
2014 AW400 NT 1X 01
Natural High Gloss

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