Ibanez AVC11 Artwood Vintage Grand Concert Acoustic Guitar Antique Natural

The “modern approach to acoustic guitar tradition” has long been Ibanez's catchphrase for the Artwood series. Their Artwood Vintage series steps even further back in history and borrows the best features of highly desired vintage instruments.

Adding to the Artwood Vintage series' throwback vibe, every guitar, like this AVC11 Artwood Vintage Grand Concert acoustic guitar, features Thermo Aged tonewood, wood that has gone through a special drying process at a high temperature, commonly known as "baking" or "torrefaction". Only specially selected and seasoned tonewood can be cured to Thermo Aged wood. The wood is heated in a vacuum with a specific recipe for each kind of the wood in order to release water and decompose resin contained within the wood. As a result, Thermo Aged tonewood becomes light, hard and stable like tonewood dried for decades, while providing amazing response and a louder sound. The tone character includes a full-bodied low end and a great smooth sustain in the treble strings, common features of vintage guitars.

In the case of the AVC11 Artwood Vintage Grand Concert acoustic guitar, it has a Thermo Aged solid Caucasian spruce top which delivers a vintage-feeling dry sound. Furthermore, a semi-gloss antique finish adds to its yesteryear aesthetics. Combine that with a mahogany back and Thermo Aged spruce X bracing, and the AVC11 Artwood Vintage Grand Concert provides you with a wide open resonant sound and vivid tone projection. The soft-V shaped mahogany neck in satin finish with its ovangkol fretboard provides greater playing comfort. An unbleached bone nut and saddle were chosen for their ability to transfer the string vibration naturally.

Specifications:

Body

• Body type: Grand Concert/OO
• Cutaway: Single
• Top wood: Solid Mahogany
• Back and sides: Thermo Aged Solid Caucasian spruce
• Bracing pattern: Forward shifted pattern 5/16" scalloped
• Body finish: Semi-gloss Polyurethane
• Orientation: Right handed

Neck

• Neck shape: Soft V
• Nut width: 1.77 in. (45 mm)
• Fingerboard: Ovangkol
• Neck wood: Mahogany
• Scale length: 25 in.
• Number of frets: 20
• Neck finish: Semi-gloss Polyurethane

Electronics

• Pickup/preamp: No
• Brand: Not applicable
• Configuration: Not applicable
• Preamp EQ: Not applicable
• Feedback filter: Not applicable
• Tuner: Not applicable

Other

• Headstock overlay: Not specified
• Tuning machines: Antique chrome tuners with oval knobs
• Bridge: Ovangkol
• Saddle and nut: Unbleached oil-impregnated bone
• Number of strings: 6
• Special features:
• Case: Sold separately  
• Accessories: Hex Wrench bridge pin
• Country of origin: China