The Advanced Acoustic series represents a significant step forward in the long and storied tradition of the acoustic guitar. Designed from the ground up to deliver a richer and brighter, tone with an unprecedentedly wide dynamic range, these instruments offer a fully reimagined acoustic experience. The reinvented design achieves a superb, powerful sound, and thanks to the extensive consideration given to ergonomics, these instruments are extremely comfortable to play. The Advanced Acoustic series pushes the acoustic guitar to new heights, promising an exciting new experience for all players.

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.

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 Grip, Okoume 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

Ibanez AAM50CE-OPN Advanced Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Open Pore Natural