The AE300FBJR is a short-scale AE series acoustic/electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2023. It is produced in China.
The AE300FBJR features a downsized AE Junior body with a Venetian cutaway shape constructed of a solid Sitka spruce top with scalloped cross-bracing on laminated flamed blackheart sides and back with Tone Projection cross bracing and a gloss finish. The soundhole is round with an abalone and maple rosette. It has a satin-finished nyatoh neck with a 607mm (23⅞") scale and a 20-fret ebony fingerboard with white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in an ebony bridge with Ibanez Advantage pins, a bone nut, and chrome open gear tuning machines. Electronics consist of a T-bar undersaddle pickup connected to an Ibanez Custom Electronics preamp mounted internally, powered by a pair of button cells, and feeding a ¼" endpin output.
The AE300ZRJR is a related model with ziricote back and sides and a Macassar ebony fretboard and bridge. The AE300MWJR is a related model with a torrefied solid myrtlewood top and myrtlewood on back & sides.
The AE300FBJR was a spot model which didn't appear in any catalog. It was discontinued in 2024.
