Essential Information About the Ibanez AAM50CE Guitar
- ?Advanced Auditorium? body with cutaway for smooth access to the upper frets and enhanced low-mid balance.
- Solid Sitka spruce top, sapelli back and sides for a clear, warm, and projected tone.
- Exclusive X-M bracing and Port A.I.R. for dynamic response, better projection, and precise player feedback.
- Ibanez AEQ-TP2 electro system + T-bar Undersaddle pickup, XLR and 6.35 mm jack outputs for stage and studio use.
The ?Advanced Acoustic? Line Redesigned for the Stage
Part of Ibanez?s ?Advanced Acoustic? series, the AAM50CE takes the Auditorium spirit and optimizes it for modernity: a slightly wider body volume shifted toward the neck, a lightweight tapered headstock, and an internal Port A.I.R. The result: an electro-acoustic guitar designed from the ground up to offer comfort, tuning stability, and even projection, both on stage and in recording.
Who Is It For and What Styles?
Thanks to its ?Low Oval Grip? neck and versatile Auditorium body, the AAM50CE suits both dedicated beginners and intermediate guitarists. It excels in fingerstyle, pop/folk, country, chanson, vocal accompaniment, and cult styles, while handling vigorous strumming effortlessly thanks to its solid top.
The Sound
The solid Sitka spruce top delivers sparkling highs, defined mids, and full lows. The sapelli back and sides provide warm mids and controlled brightness. The scalloped X-M bracing maximizes vibration transmission between the bridge and top for a wide dynamic range and natural sustain. The advanced Auditorium body enhances low-mids and balances projection. Plugged in, the combination of the T-bar undersaddle pickup + AEQ-TP2 preamp (2-band EQ and built-in tuner) produces a precise and musical attack, ready to mix via XLR or jack.
Recommended Compatible Accessories
Phosphor bronze acoustic string set in ?Light? gauge .012?.053 (compatible with the original setup), 9V battery for the preamp, capo for 6-string acoustic guitar, and soundhole humidifier to stabilize the body?s humidity.
Technical Specifications
Body
- Shape: Advanced Auditorium with ?Advanced Access Cutaway?
- Bracing: X-M Bracing
- Side port: Port A.I.R. (acoustic feedback to the player)
- Top: solid Sitka spruce
- Back & sides: sapelli
- Bridge: purpleheart
- Rosette: black & white
- String spacing at bridge: 11 mm / 0.43"
- Bridge pins: Ibanez Advantage
Neck
- Neck: okoumé ?Low Oval Grip?
- Fingerboard: purpleheart, white dot inlays
- Number of frets: 20
- Scale length: 25" / 634 mm
- Nut width: 1.69" / 43 mm
- Width at 14th fret: 2.17" / 55 mm
- Thickness at 1st fret: 0.83" / 21 mm
- Thickness at 7th fret: 0.87" / 22 mm
- Fingerboard radius: 15.75" / 400 mm
- Headstock: tapered ?Functional Tapered Headstock? for tuning stability
- Machine heads: chrome die-cast, 18:1 ratio
Electronics
- Pickup: Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle
- Preamp: Ibanez AEQ-TP2 with 2-band EQ and built-in tuner
- Outputs: balanced XLR + 1/4" / 6.35 mm jack
- Power supply: 1 × 9V battery
Miscellaneous
- Original strings: D?Addario EXP16
- String gauges: .012 / .016 / .024 / .032 / .042 / .053
- Factory tuning: ?E standard? (1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E)