1981 Ibanez Artwood AW-30
Summary: This Ibanez Artwood series acoustic plays and sounds great. Ibanez handcrafted these guitars in Japan in small batches with only the finest quality woods. This guitar has a beautiful solid Spruce top with Rosewood back and sides. The back of the neck is clean and smooth, and the frets are in great shape. It has been well cared for over the years.
Body: Bound Solid Spruce top with Rosewood back and sides.
Neck: Mahogany with an Ebony fingerboard, 25.5” scale length, 1 9/16” nut width, 20 frets, pearl dot inlays.
Pickups/Hardware: Ibanez Smooth Tuner II tuning keys, Ebony bridge, white/black dot endpins.
Cosmetics: This guitar has light surface scratches throughout. The body has various nicks, dings, and scratches that are very light and small. The back of the body has an odd-looking wear in the finish that looks like it could be from sitting in the case. The back of the neck is clean and smooth, and the frets are in great shape. Overall, this guitar is in great condition but has wear that is consistent with an instrument that is 40 years old.
Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this guitar with a new set of 12s. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fretboard with no dead spots or choking out.
Weight: 4.75 lbs.
Case: This guitar ships in a hard-shell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.
Body: Bound Solid Spruce top with Rosewood back and sides.
Neck: Mahogany with an Ebony fingerboard, 25.5” scale length, 1 9/16” nut width, 20 frets, pearl dot inlays.
Pickups/Hardware: Ibanez Smooth Tuner II tuning keys, Ebony bridge, white/black dot endpins.
Cosmetics: This guitar has light surface scratches throughout. The body has various nicks, dings, and scratches that are very light and small. The back of the body has an odd-looking wear in the finish that looks like it could be from sitting in the case. The back of the neck is clean and smooth, and the frets are in great shape. Overall, this guitar is in great condition but has wear that is consistent with an instrument that is 40 years old.
Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this guitar with a new set of 12s. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fretboard with no dead spots or choking out.
Weight: 4.75 lbs.
Case: This guitar ships in a hard-shell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.
