Ibanez Gets Exotic with New Acoustic Guitars

The EW20WQMBBD features quilted maple top, back and sides and has a list price of $471.12. The EW20ASNT features figured ash top, back and sides and has a list price of $357.12. Perhaps the most interesting of the trio is the EW20ZWNT which features top, back and sides of zebra wood and has a list price of $399.99...

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January 23, 2005

Ibanez unveiled a new Exotic Wood Series acoustic guitars at the NAMM Show featuring three strikingly different models.

The EW20WQMBBD features quilted maple top, back and sides and has a list price of $471.12. The EW20ASNT features figured ash top, back and sides and has a list price of $357.12. Perhaps the most interesting of the trio is the EW20ZWNT which features top, back and sides of zebra wood and has a list price of $399.99.

The EW20QMBBD's quilted maple back and sides provides the brightest tones of the three Exotic Wood models. The EW20ASNT features ash with a good balance of snappy highs and good lows. Eye-arresting zebra wood model on the EWZW20NT provides rich, warm tones similar to (but not exactly like) that of a mahogany-bodied guitar.

EW20ASNT Features:

• Body Style - AEL Non-Cutaway
• Available Finish - Natural High Gloss
• Top - Quilted Ash
• Back and Sides - Quilted Ash
• Fretboard/Bridge Material - Rosewood
• Neck Material - Mahogany
• Inlay - 12th Fret EW
• Tuners - Chrome Die-Cast
• Other Special Features - D'Addario EXP Strings, Ivorex II Nut and Saddle, Advantage Bridge Pins
• Case AEL50C (Case List - $129.99)
• List - $357.13

EW20QMBBD Featuers:

• Body Style - AEL Non-Cutaway
• Available Finish - Natural High Gloss
• Top - Quilted Maple
• Back and Sides - Quilted Maple
• Fretboard/Bridge Material - Rosewood
• Neck Material - Mahogany
• Inlay - 12th Fret EW
• Tuners - Chrome Die-Cast
• Other Special Features - D'Addario EXP Strings, Ivorex II Nut and Saddle, Advantage Bridge Pins
• Case - AEL50C (Case List $129.99)
• List - $471.12

EW20ZWNT Features:

• Body Style - AEL Non-Cutaway
• Available Finish - Natural High Gloss
• Top - Zebra Wood
• Back and Sides - Zebra Wood
• Fretboard/Bridge Material - Rosewood
• Neck Material - Mahogany
• Inlay - 12th Fret EW
• Tuners - Chrome Die-Cast
• Other Special Features - D'Addario EXP Strings, Ivorex II Nut and Saddle, Advantage Bridge Pins
• Case - AEL50C (Case List - $129.99)
• List - $399.99

For more information, visit their web site at www.ibanez.com

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