Ibanez AAM50CE-OPN Advanced Acoustic-Electric Guitar

Whether you're a curious beginner, an advancing intermediate, or a down-sizing professional, the Advanced Acoustic Auditorium series from Ibanez provides the smooth playability and stellar tone that all guitarists covet. This acoustic-electric model comes outfitted with a bright and articulate solid Sitka spruce top paired with a Sapele back and sides, backed by an Okoume neck and a well-sustaining purpleheart fingerboard. An Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp with an accompanying T-bar under-saddle pickup amplifies this 6-string with phenomenally transparent clarity when you're ready to plug in. Its Advanced Acoustic Auditorium series affiliation also promises players a smattering of deluxe features, including an Acoustic Information Response (A.I.R.) sound port, a comfortable low-oval neck profile, and chrome-plated 18:1 die-cast tuning machines for absolutely superb intonation. From burgeoning songwriters to true spotlight stealers, the Ibanez Advanced Acoustic Auditorium series makes for a fantastic fit.

Features:
A.I.R.port
Through intensive research and development, we have designed the A.I.R.port with a unique internal structure that reflects sound waves and guides them to exit from a precisely positioned sound hole. As a result, players can monitor what they are playing more clearly, which enhances the overall playing experience.

Advanced Auditorium Body
With the concept of Advanced Acoustics - "Reimagining Acoustic Experience" in mind, we carefully designed the new body shape of the Advanced Auditorium, drawing on our research into the general Auditorium body shape. After many rounds of prototyping, the Advanced Auditorium body has a slightly wider waist, which has been moved slightly towards the neck. Thanks to these changes, this shape delivers a richer low mids and better body to weight balance, which conventional Auditorium bodies tend to lack.

X-M bracing for AAM series
After more than two years of trial and error, research, and prototyping, Ibanez developed its proprietary X-M bracing specifically for Advanced Auditorium guitar bodies to produce the ultimate sound for the stage and studio. The carefully designed scalloped X-M bracing, tone braces, and finger braces efficiently transmit string vibration from the bridge to the body. This bracing provides a wide dynamic range and excellent response. The mids are slightly scooped for better tonal balance, and the treble has the clarity of steel strings while retaining the warmth of nylon strings.

Solid Sitka Spruce top
Solid Sitka Spruce top provides an enormous frequency range that offers wave after wave of shimmering highs along with tight mids and a full-bodied low end.

Sapele back and sides
Sapele back and sides offer a full-bodied and warm mid-range and a bright tone.

Low Oval Grip Okoume neck
The Low Oval neck grip facilitates easy chord strumming.

Purpleheart fretboard
The Purpleheart fretboard emphasizes the beauty and the rich tonal character of this bass.

Purpleheart bridge
The Purpleheart bridge transfers string vibration directly to the body, delivering a natural and warm tone.

Advanced Access Cutaway
Its deep straight cutaway (from 18th fret) and shaved side enable amazing high fret access.

Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp w/Onboard tuner
The Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp provides the extra punch of on-board EQ along with a convenient and easy-to-read digital tuner and 2-band EQ, located on the instrument's upper bout.

Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle pickup
The Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle pickup accurately translates that full sound to whatever amplification system you plug it into.

Ibanez Advantage bridge pins
These pins really are an advantage over old-fashioned pins. Advantage pins are easier to take out and easier to put in than standard pins. A special bulb-shaped end makes the pin easy to grip and also prevents the pin from being pushed in too far. Best of all, with Advantage the pin and string stay put.

Specifications:
body shape Advanced Auditorium with Advanced Access Cutway body
bracing X-M Bracing
top Solid Sitka Spruce top
back & sides Sapele back & Sapele sides
neck Low Oval GripOkoume neck
fretboard Purpleheart fretboard
bridge Purpleheart bridge
body binding Rounded body edge binding
inlay White dot inlay
soundhole rosette Black & White multi
tuning machine Chrome Die-cast tuners (18:1 gear ratio)
number of frets 20
bridge pins Ibanez Advantage
strings D'Addario EXP16
string gauge .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053
string space 11mm
factory tuning 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
pickup Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle
preamp Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp w/Onboard tuner
output jack Balanced XLR & 1/4" outputs
battery 9Vx1

NECK DIMENSIONS
Scale : 634mm/25"
a : Width 43mm at NUT
b : Width 55mm at 14F
c : Thickness 21mm at 1F
d : Thickness 22mm at 7F
Radius : 400mmR

BODY DIMENSIONS
a : Length 19 1/2"
b : Width 15 3/8"
c : Max Depth 4 3/16"

What's in the box
1x AAM50CE-OPN