From Ibanez's Advanced acoustic series, the AAM50CE features an A.I.R.port upper bout soundhole on an Advanced Auditorium body with X-M bracing, along with a unique tonewood combination including a Purpleheart fretboard.

A.I.R.port

Through intensive research and development, Ibanez 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 "Reimagining Acoustic Experience" in mind, Ibanez carefully designed the body shape of the Advanced Auditorium, drawing on 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 their 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… read more 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.

Features:

- Low Oval Grip Okoume neck facilitates easy chord strumming.
- The Purpleheart fretboard emphasizes the beauty and the rich tonal character of this guitar.
- 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 offer a full-bodied and warm mid-range and a bright tone.
- The Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle pickup accurately translates that full sound to whatever amplification system you plug it into.
- The Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp provides the extra punch of on-board EQ
- Convenient and easy-to-read digital tuner and 2-band EQ, located on the instrument's upper bout.
- The Purpleheart bridge transfers string vibration directly to the body, delivering a natural and warm tone.
- Ibanez Advantage bridge 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
- A.I.R.port
- Advanced Auditorium Body
- X-M Bracing
- Functional Tapered Headstock provides lighter weight, as well as a straight string alignment which enhances tuning stability and reduces any neck twisting effect.
- Advanced Access Cutaway and shaved side enable amazing high fret access.

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