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The AC429E is an Artwood series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2021. It is made in China and is a spot model which is sold only in Japan.

The AC429E features a grand concert body shape with a solid Sitka spruce top on flamed maple back and sides with an open pore finish. The round soundhole has a black and white acrylic rosette and a black pickguard. The 25" scale maple neck has a 20-fret cultured maple fingerboard with small black dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a cultured maple bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, and chrome Ibanez tuning machines with black buttons. Electronics consist of a Ibanez T-bar undersaddle pickup connected to an Ibanez AHA-1 preamp powered by a pair of CR2032 button batteries, and a ¼" endpin output jack.

The AC419E is a related model with a standard maple fretboard and bridge and a different finish.

The AC429E was offered only in 2021.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AC429E
Name: AC429E
Year(s) offered: 2021
Sold in: Japan
Made in: China
Finishes: Open Pore Transparent Black Semi Gloss (OTB)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Grand concert
Dimensions:
  Body length: 495mm/ 19½"
  Width: 387mm/ 15¼"
  Depth: 108mm/ 4¼"
Top:
  Material: Solid Sitka spruce
  Bracing: X
  Finish: Open pore
  Binding: Black & white
Back/sides:
  Material: Flamed maple (laminated)
  Finish: Open pore
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Black & white acrylic
Neck
Neck profile:
AC419
Neck material:
1-piece maple
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
634mm/ 25"
Fingerboard:
Cultured maple
Inlays:
Small black acrylic pearl dot
Frets:
20 nickel silver
Nut:
Bone (45mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast w/ black buttons
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
Ibanez T-bar undersaddle
Preamp:
Ibanez Custom Electronics AHA-1
Output jack(s):
¼" endpin
Battery:
3V (two CR2032)
Bridge:
Cultured maple (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (ivory w/ black dot)
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Chrome
Pickguard:
Black
Strings (factory):
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario XTAPB1253)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Additional details
2021 AC429E OTB 1X 02 sub 2
Flamed maple back/ sides
2021 AC429E OTB 1X 02 sub 1
Headstock and Ibanez tuners
Ibanez AHA-1 preamp
AHA-1 preamp

Sources[]

  • AC429E product page, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2021
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