The AE800 is an AE series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1991. It was produced in South Korea.
The AE800 features a AE shaped body with a soft venetian cutaway. The top is flamed maple with white and black binding on flamed maple back and sides. The round soundhole has a black and white purfling with a mother of pearl ring rosette. It has a satin-finish nato neck with a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl and abalone block inlays, white binding and black side dots. Components include a rosewood bridge, plastic nut, and chrome 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 and two new finishes were added.
The AE900S is a related model with solid spruce top on rosewood body, gold hardware and mother of pearl soundhole inlays.
Neck material: 1991—1992: 1-piece nato 1993: 1-piece mahogany
Scale length: 650mm/ 25.6"
Fingerboard: Rosewood w/ white binding
Inlays: Pearl and abalone block w/ black side dots
Frets: 21
Nut: Plastic (41mm)
Machine heads: Die-cast
Electronics/ Components
Preamp: 3-band EQ
Output jack(s): ¼" endpin
Bridge: rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins: Ivory w/ black dot
Saddle: Plastic
Hardware color: Chrome
Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)
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Other available finishes
Transparent Blue
Additional details
Fingerboard inlays
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