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At A Glance

Body Shape
Grand Concert body
Top
Okoume top
Back & Sides
Okoume back & Okoume sides
Neck
PC / Nyatoh neck
Fretboard
Laurel fretboard
Bridge
Laurel bridge
Inlay
White dot
Soundhole Rosette
Black & White multi
Tuning Machine
Chrome Open Gear machine heads
Nut Material
Plastic
Number of Frets
20
Saddle Material
Plastic
Bridge Pins
Ibanez Advantage
Strings
Ibanez IACS6C
String Gauge
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053
String Space
11mm
Factory Tuning
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
Scale
634mm
A : Width
42mm at NUT
B : Width
54mm at 14F
C : Thickness
21mm at 1F
D : Thickness
22.5mm at 7F
Radius
240mmR
A : Length
19 1/4"
B : Width
15 1/4"
C : Max Depth
4 1/4"
Finish
Mahogany Sunburst Open Pore
Description

Ibanez built the PC18MHMHS as part of the PF Series, a line positioned as an accessible entry point into acoustic guitar ownership. The model carried a Grand Concert body format and was finished in an open pore Mahogany Sunburst.

The top, back, and sides were constructed from Okoume, with a Nyatoh neck and a Laurel fretboard and bridge. White dot inlays marked the positions along the Laurel board, which had a 240mm radius, 20 frets, and a 42mm nut width. The scale length measured 634mm. Neck dimensions were 21mm at the first fret and 22.5mm at the seventh. Chrome open-gear machine heads handled tuning, with a plastic nut and plastic saddle at either end of the string path. Ibanez Advantage bridge pins secured the strings — Ibanez IACS6C, gauged .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 — at a string spacing of 11mm at the bridge. The soundhole rosette was a black and white multi-layer binding. The guitar shipped in standard E-A-D-G-B-E tuning.

Owners seeking setup adjustments, nut or saddle replacement, or compatible Laurel-board-compatible parts should consult a qualified luthier or guitar technician.

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