AEW40ZW

AEW40ZW Natural High Gloss

The AEW40ZW is an AEW series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2015. It was produced in China.

The AEW40ZW features a grand concert shaped body with a soft Florentine cutaway. The top is laminated zebrawood with multi wooden binding on zebrawood back and sides with a high gloss finish. The round soundhole has a maple 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 2018 the fretboard and bridge were changed to treated New Zealand pine.

The AEW40CD is a related model with a walnut body. The AEW40AS is a related model with a figured ash body. The AEW23ZW is a related model with a spruce top.

The AEW40ZW was discontinued after 2018.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AEW40ZW

Name: AEW40ZW

Year(s) offered: 2015–2018

Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2017 / Asia & Africa 2016–2017 / Europe 2016–2017 / USA

Made in: China

Price: MSRP: US$599.99 2018

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: Zebrawood (laminated)
  Finish: Gloss
  Binding: Multi wooden

Back/sides:
Material: Zebrawood
Finish: Gloss

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Maple

Neck

Neck profile:
AEW

Neck material:
1-piece mahogany

Neck finish:
Satin

Scale length:
648mm/ 25½"

Fingerboard:
2015–2017: Rosewood
2018: Treated New Zealand pine

Inlays:
Maple dot

Frets:
20

Nut:
Plastic (43mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast w/ black buttons

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.)

Electronics/ components

Pickup:
Fishman Sonicore

Preamp:
Ibanez AEQ-SP2 w/ onboard tuner

Output jack(s):
XLR & ¼" (balanced)

Battery:
9V

Bridge:
2015–2017: Rosewood
2018: Treated New Zealand pine

Bridge pins:
Black plastic

Saddle:
Plastic (11mm string spacing)

Hardware color:
Chrome

Images[]

Additional details

AEW-SP2 preamp

XLR & ¼" balanced output

AEQ-SP2 preamp diagram

Files[]

Ibanez AEQ-SP2 preamp manual

Sources[]

2015 USA catalog (p. 105)
2016 Asia catalog (p. 81)
AEW40ZW product page, Ibanez USA, archived February 2016
2017 Americas & Oceania catalog (p. 67)
AEW40ZW product page, Ibanez USA, archived March 2017
2018 USA catalog (p. 123)