AEL30SE

AEL30SE Black High Gloss (more images)

The AEL30SE is an AEL series acoustic/electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2009. It was produced in China.

The AEL30SE features a jumbo-sized body with a Venetian cutaway constructed of a solid spruce top on laminated mahogany sides and back with a high gloss finish mated to a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid and abalone split block position markers. The soundhole is round with an abalone rosette. Components include a compensated Ivorex II saddle in a rosewood bridge with Ibanez Advantage pins, an Ivorex II nut, and gold Ibanez Smooth Tuner AS tuning machines.

Electronics consist of a B-Band UST under saddle pickup mated to an Ibanez SRTn preamp with notch filter and on-board tuner powered by a 9V cell and feeding balanced XLR and ¼" outputs.

For 2010 the top was changed to Engelmann spruce, the pickup was changed to a Fishman Sonicore and the preamp to an Ibanez AEQ-SST Shape Shifter. For 2012 the Ivorex II nut and saddle were replaced with white plastic. For 2013 the tuners were changed to Ibanez die-cast units.

The AEL40SE is a related model with flamed maple back and sides and wooden vine fretboard inlays. The AEL20E is a related model with a laminated flamed maple top on maple sides and back and white dot fretboard inlays.

The AEL30SE was discontinued after 2014.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AEL30SE

Name: AEL30SE

Year(s) offered: 2009–2014

Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2013 / Europe / Japan 2013–2014 / North America 2009 / USA 2010–2013

Made in: China

Price: MSRP: US$571.42 (2010)^[1] / US$599.99 (2011)^[2] / US$674.99 (2012^[3]–2013^[4]) / JP¥60,000 (2013)^[5] / JP¥65,000 (2014)^[6] • SMAP: €439.00 (2011)^[7] / US$449.99 (2013)^[4]

Finishes: Black High Gloss (BK) / Dark Violin Sunburst High Gloss (DVS) 2010–2012 / Vintage Violin Sunburst High Gloss (VV) 2010–2012

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
AEL body w/ Venetian cutaway

Dimensions:
  Body length: 508mm/ 20"^[8]
  Width: 406mm/ 16"^[8]
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"^[8]

Top:
  Material: 2009: Solid spruce
                2010–2014: Solid Engelmann spruce
  Finish: High gloss
  Binding: White

Back/sides:
Material: Mahogany (laminated)
Finish: High gloss

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Abalone

Neck

Neck profile:
AEL

Neck material:
1-piece mahogany

Scale length:
650mm/ 25.6"

Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ white binding

Inlays:
Pearloid/ abalone split block

Frets:
20 / medium nickel silver

Nut:
2009–2011: Ivorex II (43mm)
2011–2014: White plastic (42mm)

Machine heads:
2009–2012: Ibanez Smooth Tuner AS
2013–2014: Ibanez die-cast

Electronics/ Components

Pickup:
2009: B-Band UST under-saddle
2010–2014: Fishman Sonicore

Preamp:
2009: Ibanez SRTn preamp w/ notch filter & onboard tuner
2010–2014: Ibanez AEQ-SST Shape Shifter preamp w/ onboard tuner

EQ/controls:
2009: Volume / 3-band EQ (individual treble, midrange, & bass boost/cut) / Notch frequency control
2010–2014: Volume / 3-band EQ (individual treble, midrange, & bass boost/cut) / Shape control / Phase toggle

Output jack(s):
XLR & ¼" stereo (balanced)

Battery:
9V

Bridge:
Rosewood

Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage bridge pins (white w/ black dot)

Saddle:
2009–2011: Ivorex II compensated
2011–2014: White plastic compensated

Hardware color:
Gold

Strings (factory):
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario EXP11) coated 80/20 bronze

Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)