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The AE205JR is a short-scale AE series acoustic/electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2018. It was produced in China.

The AE205JR features a downsized body with a Venetian cutaway shape with a solid Sitka spruce top with scalloped cross-bracing and mahogany back (with Tone Projection cross bracing) and sides with a gloss finish. The soundhole is round with an abalone and maple rosette. It has a satin-finished mahogany neck with a 607mm (23⅞") scale and a 20-fret ovangkol fingerboard with special mother of pearl position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in an ovangkol bridge with Ibanez Advantage pins, a bone nut, a tortoise pickguard and chrome open gear tuning machines. Electronics consist of a T-bar undersaddle pickup connected to an Ibanez Custom Electronics preamp mounted internally with a ¼" endpin output.

For 2019 the back and sides were changed from mahogany to okoume, the neck from mahogany to nyatoh and the fretboard and bridge from ovangkol to katalox. For 2021 the body length was very slightly increased.

The AE205JRB is a similar model with different electronics. The AE205 is a related model with a full sized body and a longer scale neck. The AE245JR is a similar model with a solid mahogany top.

The AE205JR was discontinued after 2022.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AE205JR
Name: AE205JR
Year(s) offered: 2018–2022
Sold in: Americas & Oceania / Asia & Africa / China 2018–2020 / Europe / USA 2019
Made in: China
Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
AE Junior body w/ Venetian cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length:
    2018–2020: 464mm/ 18¼"
    2021–2022: 467mm/ 18⅜"
  Width: 375mm/ 14¾"
  Depth: 111mm/ 4⅜"
Top:
  Material: Solid Sitka spruce
  Bracing: Scallop X
  Finish: Open Pore
  Binding: Ivory plastic
Back/sides:
  Material: 2018: Mahogany (laminated)
                2019–2022: Okuome (laminated)
  Bracing: Tone Projection
  Finish: Gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Abalone & maple
Neck
Neck profile:
AE Junior
Neck material:
2018: 1-piece mahogany
2019–2022: 1-piece nyatoh
Neck finish:
Satin
Scale length:
607mm/ 23.9"
Fingerboard:
2018: Ovangkol
2019–2022: Katalox
Inlays:
Wooden vine design
Frets:
20
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Open gear w/ butterbean knobs
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
T-bar undersaddle
Preamp:
Ibanez AHA-1
Output jack(s):
¼" endpin
Battery:
2032 3V lithium coin (2)
Bridge:
2018: Ovangkol
2019–2022: Katalox (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage bridge pins
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Chrome
Pickguard:
Tortoise
Strings (factory):
2018–2019: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario EXP16)
2020–2022: .011/.015/.022/.032/.042/.052 (D'Addario XTAPB1152)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Video[]

Ibanez AE205JR Acoustic AE Junior


Sources[]

  • 2018 Asia catalog (p. 90)
  • AE205JR product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived January 2019
  • AE205JR product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2020
  • AE205JR product page, Ibanez Asia & Africa, archived January 2021
  • AE205JR product page, Ibanez Americas & Oceania, archived June 2022
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