The AE40 is an AE series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1994. It was produced in South Korea.
The AE40 features a AE shaped body with a soft venetian cutaway. The top is flamed maple with white and black binding on nato back and sides. The round soundhole has a black and white purfling rosette. It has a satin-finish mahogany neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl and abalone block inlays, white binding and black side dots. Components include a rosewood bridge with a compensated saddle, a plastic nut, and gold Die-cast tuning machines with pearloid buttons. Electronics consist of a W1000 piezo pickup with an on-board AEQ-IV (pat. pending) 4-band EQ preamp.
The AE60S is a related model with solid spruce top on ovankole body and natural matte finish.
Finishes: Dark Red Sunburst (DRS) 1994 Europe only / Honey Sunburst (HS) 1994–1995 USA only / Orange Sunburst (OS) 1994 Europe only / Red Sunburst (RS) 1994 USA only / Transparent Blue (TB) 1994–1995 USA or (TBL) 1994–1995 Europe / Transparent Black (TBK) 1995 Europe only
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