AEL40SE

AEL40SE Resonant Natural Low Gloss (more images)

The AEL40SE is an AEL series acoustic/electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2005. It was produced in China.

The AEL40SE features a jumbo-sized AEL body with a Venetian cutaway constructed of a solid spruce top on laminated flamed sycamore sides and back with a resonant low gloss finish mated to a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with wooden vine 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 SquealRepeal under saddle pickup mated to an Ibanez SRT preamp with shape control and on-board tuner powered by a 9V cell and feeding balanced XLR and ¼" outputs.

The body back and sides were listed as flamed maple and mahogany for the Japanese market in 2005 & 2006, elsewhere it was flamed sycamore. In mid-2006 the pickup was changed to the B-Band UST and the preamp was changed to the Ibanez SRTn preamp with notch filter. For 2010 the top was changed to flamed maple. For 2011 the preamp was again changed, this time to the SRTc with chorus. For 2012 the pickup was changed to a Fishman Sonicore and yet another preamp change was made to an Ibanez AEQ-SST Shape Shifter and the Ivorex II nut and saddle were replaced with white plastic. For 2013 the tuners were changed to Ibanez die-cast units.

The AEL50SE is a very similar model which was sold in other markets. The AEL30SE is a similar model with laminated mahogany back and sides and split block fretboard inlays. The AEL20E is a related model with a laminated flamed maple top and maple back and sides.

The AEL40SE was discontinued after 2014.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AEL40SE

Name: AEL40SE

Year(s) offered: 2005–2014

Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2013 / Asia 2006 / Europe / Japan 2005–2006, 2012

Made in: China

Price: MSRP: JP¥50,000 (2005)^[1] / JP¥63,000 (2012)^[2] / JP¥65,000 (2013)^[3] / JP¥70,000 (2014)^[4] • SMAP: €419.00 (2010 - Italy)<ref>2010 Italy price list (p. 4) / €469.00 (2011)<ref>2011 Mogar price list - April (p. 72)

Finishes: Brown Sunburst [BS] 2013–2014 / Resonant Natural Low Gloss (top) w/ Vintage Violin Low Gloss (back/sides) [RLV] / Resonant Transparent Black [RTK] 2005–2006 / Resonant Vintage Violin [RVV] 2009–2010

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
AEL body w/ Venetian cutaway

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

Top:
  Material: Solid spruce
  Finish: Resonant low gloss
  Binding: White

Back/sides:
  Material: 2005–2006 (Japan): Flamed maple & mahogany (laminated)
                2005–2006 (exc. Japan): Flamed sycamore (laminated)
                2007–2009: Flamed sycamore (laminated)
                2010–2014: Flamed maple (laminated)
  Finish: Resonant low 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:
2005–2011: Ivorex II (43mm)
2011–2014: White plastic (42mm)

Machine heads:
2005–2012: Ibanez Smooth Tuner AS
2013–2014: Ibanez die-cast

Electronics/ Components

Pickup:
2005–2006: B-Band SquealRepeal under-saddle
2006–2012: B-Band UST under-saddle
2012–2014: Fishman Sonicore

Preamp:
2005–2006: Ibanez SRT preamp w/ shape control & onboard tuner
2006–2010: Ibanez SRTn preamp w/ notch filter & onboard tuner
2011: Ibanez SRTc preamp w/ onboard tuner
2012–2014: Ibanez AEQ-SST Shape Shifter preamp w/ onboard tuner

EQ/controls:
2005–2006: Volume / 3-band EQ (individual treble, midrange, & bass boost/cut) / Shape control
2006–2010: Volume / 3-band EQ (individual treble, midrange, & bass boost/cut) / Notch frequency control
2011: Volume / 3-band EQ (individual treble, midrange, & bass boost/cut) / Anti-feedback control / Chorus toggle / phase toggle
2012–2014: 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:
2005–2011: 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.)

Images[]

Other finishes

Resonant Transparent Black

Resonant Vintage Violin

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