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The AE700 is an AE series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1991. It was produced in Japan.

The AE700 features a dreadnought shaped body with a soft venetian cutaway. The top is spruce with white and black binding on ovankole back and sides. The round soundhole has an intricate purfling rosette. It has a satin-finish nato neck with a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid snowflake position markers black binding and white side dots. Components include a rosewood bridge, plastic nut, and gold covered Die-cast tuning machines. Electronics consist of an active 3-band EQ system with one volume control.

For 1993 the neck material was changed to mahogany. For 1994 the neck material was changed to maple, the body wood to flamed maple, the soundhole rosette to a black and white purfling, the fingerboard inlays was changed to pearloid dots, the bridge pins to black with white dots and the hardware to chrome, electronics include an NB100 piezo pickup.

The AE600 is a related model.

The AE700 was discontinued after 1995.


Specifications[]

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Specifications for AE700
Name: AE700
Year(s) offered: 1990—1995
Sold in: Europe 1991—1993 / Japan 1994—1995
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: JP¥:70,000 (1994—1995)
Finishes: Gray Sunburst (GS) 1994—1995 / Marine Sunburst (MS) 1994 / Natural (NT) 1991—1993
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
AE shape w/ soft Veneian cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length: 492mm/ 19⅜"
  Width: 381mm/ 15"
  Depth: 95mm/ 3¾"
Top:
  Material: "1991—1993": Spruce (laminated)
                 "1994—1995": Flamed maple
  Finish: Natural gloss
  Binding: "1991—1993": black and white
Back/sides:
  Material: "1991—1993": Ovankole
                 "1994—1995": Flamed maple
  Strip inlay: "1991—1993": black and white center stripe
  Finish: Natural gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
"1991—1993": Intricate inlay
"1994—1995": Black & white purfling
Neck
Neck profile:
AE
Neck material:
"1990—1992": 1-piece nato
"1993: 1-piece mahogany
"1994—1995": 1-piece maple
Scale length:
650mm/ 25.6"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ black binding
Inlays:
"1990—1993": Snowflake
"1994—1995": pearloid dot w/ white side dots
Frets:
21
Nut:
Plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Die-cast
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
NB100 piezo
Preamp:
3-Band EQ
Output jack(s):
1/4" endpin
Bridge:
rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
"1991—1993": Ivory w/ black dot
"1994—1995": Black w/ White dots
Saddle:
Plastic
Hardware color:
"1991—1991": Gold
"1994—1995": Chrome
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

Images[]

Other available finishes
1994 AE700-GS
Gray Sunburst
1994 AE700-MS
Marine Sunburst

Sources[]

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