SPECS
body shape: Advanced Auditorium body
bracing: X-M Bracing
top: Solid Sitka Spruce top
back & sides: Flamed Maple back & Flamed Maple sides
neck: Low Oval Grip with Rounded Fretboard EdgeMaple neck
fretboard: Maple fretboard
bridge: Maple scalloped bridge
body binding: Rounded body edge binding
inlay: Black dot inlay
soundhole rosette: Mother of Pearl rosette with Soundhole binding
tuning machine: Chrome Die-cast tuners (18:1 gear ratio)
nut material: Bone
number of frets: 20
saddle material: Compensated Bone
bridge pins: Ibanez Advantage™
strings: D'Addario® XTAPB1253
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 Custom Electronics w/Undersaddle Pickup Volume and Tone Control
output jack: 1/4" Endpin Jack
battery: 9V x1

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.

Low Oval Grip Maple neck with Rounded Fretboard Edge
The Low Oval neck grip facilitates easy chord strumming and the Rounded Fretboard Edges deliver superior playability.

Maple fretboard
The Maple fretboard provide crisp, bright highs and strong upper mids.

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.

Flamed Maple back and sides
Flamed Maple back and sides create an attractive visual profile and offer bright and tight tones.

Maple Scalloped bridge
The lightweight, scalloped bridge improves vibration efficiency for better resonance and provides more flexibility in adjusting the action than does a typical bridge.

Functional Tapered Headstock
The newly designed headstock shape is the result of thorough research and investigation. Its tapered shape provides lighter weight, as well as a straight string alignment which enhances tuning stability and reduces any neck twisting effect.

Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Volume and Tone Control
The guitar also features on-board treble and bass controls for contouring the tone, making the AE suitable for variety of applications for modern players.

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.

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