AEGB30E

AEGB30E Black High Gloss (more images)

The AEGB30E is an AEG series acoustic/ electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2022. It is produced in China.

The AEGB30E features a thin body with a soft Florentine cutaway constructed of a laminated spruce top with an elbow contour on laminated sapele sides and back. The round soundhole has an acrylic rosette and a wooden thumb rest. The nyatoh and maple neck joins the body at the 16^th fret and has a 32" scale, 21-fret walnut fingerboard with white dot position markers. Components include a compensated plastic saddle in a walnut bridge with black plastic bridge pins, a plastic nut, and black Ibanez die-cast tuning machines.

Electronics consist of an Ibanez under saddle pickup connected to an Ibanez AEQ-2T preamp with onboard tuner powered by a 9V battery and a feeding a ¼" stereo output.

The neck width and scale were increased slightly for 2024.

The AEGB24E is a related model with a sapele top without the elbow contour.

Specifications

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Specifications for AEGB30E

Name: AEGB30E Year(s) offered: 2022–2024 Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2023–2024 / Asia & Africa 2023–2024 / Europe 2023–2024 / Japan / USA 2023–2024 Made in: China Price: MSRP: JP¥ 72,000 (2024) Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NTG)
Body Body type: Acoustic Body shape: AEGB thin body w/ soft Florentine cutaway Dimensions:   Length: 492mm/ 19⅜"   Width: 381mm/ 15"   Depth: 95mm/ 3¾" Top:   Material: Spruce (laminated)   Bracing: X   Finish: High gloss   Binding: Black & white multi Back/sides:   Material: Sapele (laminated)   Strip inlay: Black strip   Finish: High gloss Soundhole shape: Round Soundhole rosette: Acrylic	Neck Neck profile: AEGB Neck material: 3-piece nyatoh/ maple Neck finish: Satin Scale length: 2022–2023: 815mm / 32.09" 2024: 815.5mm / 32.11" Fingerboard: Walnut Inlays: White dot Frets: 21 nickel silver Nut: Plastic (43mm) Machine heads: Ibanez black die-cast	Electronics/ Components Pickup: Ibanez Under Saddle Preamp: Ibanez AEQ-2T w/ onboard tuner Output jack(s): ¼" stereo box Battery: 9V Bridge: Walnut (19mm string spacing) Bridge pins: Plastic (black w/ white dot) Saddle: Plastic compensated Hardware color: Black Pickguard: Sapele maching color Strings (factory): .040/.060/.075/.095 (Ibanez IABS4XC32 Carbon X-Coated) Factory tuning: 1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

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Rear of body

AEQ-2T preamp

Sources

• AEGB30E product page, Ibanez Japan, archived June 2022
• AEGB30E product page, Ibanez Europe, archived January 2023