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At A Glance

Body Shape
Cutaway Tenor Style EW body
Top
Macassar Ebony
Back & Sides
Macassar Ebony back & Macassar Ebony sides
Neck
EWP / Okoume neck
Fretboard
Purpleheart fretboard
Bridge
Purpleheart
Inlay
Maple dot inlay
Soundhole Rosette
Abalone
Tuning Machine
Chrome Die-cast Tuner
Nut Material
Plastic
Number of Frets
19
Saddle Material
Plastic
Bridge Pins
Ibanez Advantage
String Gauge
.010/.014/.023/.030/.039/.047
String Space
9.6mm
Factory Tuning
1A,2E,3C,4G,5D,6A
Scale
432mm
A : Width
42mm at NUT
B : Width
50mm at 14F
C : Thickness
20mm at 1F
D : Thickness
21mm at 7F
Radius
400mmR
A : Length
19 1/4"
B : Width
14 1/2"
C : Max Depth
2 3/4"
Finish
Dark Brown Open Pore
Description

Ibanez built the EWP13DBO as part of its EWP Series, positioning it as a cutaway tenor-style acoustic in the EW body format. The instrument carried a Dark Brown Open Pore finish and was configured to tenor tuning at the factory, making it a purpose-built tenor guitar rather than a standard six-string.

The body, top, back, and sides are all constructed from Macassar Ebony, while the neck is an EWP profile in Okoume. The fretboard and bridge are both Purpleheart, with Maple dot inlays and an Abalone soundhole rosette. Hardware consists of Chrome Die-cast tuners, plastic nut and saddle, and Ibanez Advantage bridge pins. The instrument runs 19 frets over a 432mm scale, with a 42mm nut width, 400mmR fretboard radius, and neck thickness of 20mm at the first fret and 21mm at the seventh. Factory tuning is 1A / 2E / 3C / 4G / 5D / 6A, and the instrument ships strung with a .010–.047 set at 9.6mm string spacing.

Owners sourcing replacement parts — particularly Purpleheart bridge components, Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, or a correctly sized plastic nut blank for the 42mm width — should consult a qualified luthier or guitar technician who can verify fit against the instrument's current dimensions.

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