AEW2212CD

AEW2212CD Natural High Gloss

The AEW2212CD is a twelve string AEW series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2015. It was produced in China.

The AEW2212CD features a grand concert shaped body with a soft Florentine cutaway. The top is laminated spruce with multi wooden purfling with rosewood binding on cordia sides and a two-piece back with wooden multi strip inlay. The finish is a natural high gloss. The round soundhole has a walnut, spalted maple, and rosewood rosette. It has a mahogany neck with a dovetail neck joint and a 25½" scale, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with maple dot position markers. Components include a plastic saddle in a rosewood bridge, black plastic bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome Ibanez die-cast tuning machines with black buttons.

Electronics consist of a Fishman Sonicore pickup, an Ibanez AEQ-SP2 preamp with onboard tuner powered by a 9V battery and balanced XLR and ¼" outputs.

For 2016 the back and sides were changed to walnut.

The AEW22CD is a six string version.

The AEW2212CD was discontinued after 2017.

Specifications

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Specifications for AEW2212CD

Name: AEW2212CD Year(s) offered: 2015–2017 Sold in: Japan / USA Made in: China Price: MSRP: US$749.99 (2015) / ¥75,000 (2017) Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)
Body Body type: Acoustic Body shape: AEW grand concert body w/ soft Florentine cutaway Dimensions:   Body length: 508mm/ 20"   Width: 406mm/ 16"   Depth: 102mm/ 4" (85mm at neck joint/ 100mm at body end) Top:   Material: Spruce (laminated)   Bracing: X bracing   Finish: Gloss   Binding: Multi wooden purfling & rosewood binding Back/sides:   Material: 2015: Cordia     2016–2017: Walnut   Strip inlay: Wooden multi   Finish: Gloss Soundhole shape: Round Soundhole rosette: 2015: Cordia, spalted maple and rosewood 2016–2017: Walnut, spalted maple and rosewood	Neck Neck profile: AEW Neck material: 1-piece mahogany Neck finish: Satin Scale length: 648mm/ 25½" Fingerboard: Rosewood Inlays: Maple dot Frets: 20 Nut: Plastic (43mm) Machine heads: Ibanez die-cast w/ black buttons	Electronics/ Components Pickup: Fishman Sonicore Preamp: Ibanez AEQ-SP2 w/ onboard tuner Output jack(s): XLR & ¼" (balanced) Battery: 9V Bridge: Rosewood (11mm string spacing) Bridge pins: Black plastic Saddle: Plastic Hardware color: Chrome Strings (factory): .010/.010, .014/.014, .023(w)/.008, .030(w)/.012, .039(w)/,018, .047(w)/.027(w) (D'Addario EXP36) Factory tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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Additional details

Cordia, spalted maple and rosewood marquetry inlay

Two-piece cordia back and sides

AEW-SP2 preamp

XLR & ¼" balanced output

AEQ-SP2 preamp diagram

Files

• Ibanez AEQ-SP2 preamp manual

Sources

• AEW2212CD product page, Ibanez USA, archived June 2015
• 2015 USA winter new products catalog (p. 31)
• AEW2212CD product page, Ibanez USA, archived February 2016
• 2017 Japan catalog (p. 69)