The Height of Performance and Tone. The Ibanez AE series is a design based on that concept, the height of playability and tone.
Modern acoustic guitar playing includes many different styles of music and playing styles, which means that guitarists need instruments that span a wide spectrum.
The top model of the AE series was developed after many tours by professional artists who tried and got to like the design and features. Their feedback and evaluations meant that the series took 3 years to bring to perfection. All that knowledge and experience is now used in all AE instruments.
The body shape is created to achieve high playability combined with a well-balanced and good-sounding sound that "sits" equally well in the studio as on stage, whether playing solo guitar or in an ensemble. A specially designed XM bracing gives a wide sound and good projection (how the instrument throws the sound). A rich and long sustain that works well both for plectrum and finger playing.
The body is solid African Mahogany which gives a woody, warm, tone that has a smooth and dynamic response when played with the fingers and punchy, high-mid, with clear projection when played with a plectrum.
Getting electronics, preamps and microphones into acoustic instruments is always a compromise with the acoustic sound of the instrument. On the AE model, this compromise has been made as small as possible by using a very compact active preamp and a newly designed magnetic pickup. to affect the acoustic sound as little as possible. The guitar retains its acoustic tone while having a stable, well-sounding, natural and distortion-free plugged-in sound.
- Shape AE body.
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Solid Sitka Spruce top.
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Solid African Mahogany back & sides.
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XM bracing/Tone projection back bracing.
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Advanced Comfort African Mahogany/Pau Ferro 5 pcs neck (satin finish).
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Jumbo frets.
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Macassar Ebony fretboard and bridge.
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44mm width nut.
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Abalone and Wooden Soundhole rosette.
- Chrome Die-Cast machine heads.
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Bone Nut & Compensated saddle..
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Ebony with Abalone dot bridge pins.
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Ibanez AP11 Magnetic pickup.
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Ibanez T-bar Under Saddle & Contact pickup
- Ibanez Custom Electronics w/Magnetic Pickup Volume,
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Undersaddle Pickup Volume and Contact Pickup Volume.
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Dual outputs (Mono Out / Stereo Out)
- Hard case included (Road Tour).
Neck:
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Scale 648mm/25.5'' scale..
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Width at saddle: 44mm.
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Width at 14 bands: 55mm.
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Thickness at 1 band: 20mm.
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Thickness at 7 bands: 21mm.
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Radius 400mmR.
Body:
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Length: 508mm, 20".
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Width: 410mm, 16 1/8".
- Depth: 100/118mm, 4 1/2".