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The PF40 is a Performance series acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1986. It was made in Korea.

The PF40 features a dreadnought body with a spruce top on bird's eye maple back and sides with a low gloss finish. The round soundhole has a maple and rosewood rosette and a tortoise pickguard. The mahogany neck has a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers and a blonde headstock. Components include a plastic saddle in a rosewood bridge with white bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome Ibanez die-cast tuning machines.

For 1989 the neck material was changed to nato wood and the materials of the back and sides were changed to flamed maple.

The PF40FM is a related model with flamed maple body. The PF10 is a similar model with mahogany on back and sides. The PF20 is a similar model with maple on back and sides. The PF30 is similar model with cedar top and mahogany on back and sides.

The PF40 was discontinued after 1993.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for PF40
Name: PF40
Year(s) offered: 1986–1993
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: South Korea
Finishes: Natural (NT) / Traditional Violin (TV) 1990 Europe only
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought
Dimensions:
  Length: 502mm/ 19¾"
  Width: 394mm/ 15½"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: Spruce
  Bracing: X
  Finish: Low gloss
  Binding: Rosewood and maple
Back/sides:
  Material: "1986–1988": Mahogany
                 "1989–1993": Flamed maple
  Strip inlay: center back and white strips
  Finish: Low gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Black and white
Neck
Neck profile:
PF
Neck material:
"1986–1988": 1-piece mahogany
"1989–1993": 1-piece nato
Neck finish:
Satin
Scale length:
650mm
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ binding
Inlays:
Small white dot
Frets:
20 / medium
Nut:
Plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast (chrome plated)
Components
Bridge:
Rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
white w/ black dots
Saddle:
Plastic
Hardware color:
Chrome
Pickguard:
Tortoise
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional details
PF40-NT rear
Body rear
1993 PF40-NT
Natural (1993)

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