Advanced Auditorium. To this end, we strove to create something completely new, a series of instruments, imbued with old-fashioned, hand-built and rare qualities.
Using the highest quality woods and crafted with uncompromising attention to detail, these instruments represent the pinnacle of Ibanez acoustic guitar design and tone.
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 AAM380CE features our new AIR Port design. Acoustic - Information - Response. AIR Port is for better listening for the guitarist. Hole in the hem against you. It's a great feature. A clear trend among acoustic guitars, but no major brand offers it at an affordable price point. Plus, what the others have, is basically just a hole drilled into the body.
Ibanez felt there had to be some better way for better listening. After trying many different sizes and types of holes and designs, they settled on the perfect sound gate design, placing angled wooden blocks that throw the sound out of the gate. They also decided to apply it to a wide range of models.
The body has a solid Sitka Spruce top with Rosewood sides and back. Getting electronics, preamps and microphones into acoustic instruments is always a compromise with the acoustic sound of the instrument. On the AAM model, this compromise has been made as small as possible by using a very compact active preamp, 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.
- Advanced Audiotorium w/Advanced Access Cutaway Body.
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Solid Sitka Spruce top, Rosewood back & sides.
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XM bracing
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Thermo-Aged African Mahogany neck.
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Low Oval Grip with Rounded Fretboard Edge
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Macassar Ebony fretboard & bridge.
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43mm width nut.
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Abalone & Wooden rosette w/Soundhole binding.
- Rosewood body binding with rounded body edge.
- Bone nut & Compensated Bone saddle.
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Chrome Die-Cast machine-heads (18:1 gear ratio).
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Ibanez Advantage bridge pins.
- Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle & Contact pickup.
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Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Undersaddle Pickup Volume
and Contact Pickup Volume.
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Dual Outputs (Mono Out / Stereo Out).
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D'Addario XTAPB1253 strings.
- AIR port.
- Matching bag: IAB540-BK
Neck
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Scale 634mm / 25" scale
- Width at saddle: 43mm.
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Width at 14 bands: 55 mm.
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Thickness at 1 band: 21 mm.
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Thickness at 7 bands: 22 mm.
- Radius 400mmR.
Body:
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Length: 495 mm.
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Width: 390 mm.
- Depth: 86/106 mm.