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The AEWB50 is an AEW bass series acoustic/ electric bass model introduced by Ibanez for 2016. It was produced in China.

The AEWB50 features a grand concert shaped body with a soft Florentine cutaway and an arched back. The top is laminated spalted maple, walnut and ovangkol mosaic with multi-wooden binding on spalted maple and walnut mosaic back and sides with a gloss finish. The round soundhole has a rosewood rosette. It has a mahogany & maple neck with a 34" scale, 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with maple dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a rosewood bridge with black bridge pins, a bone nut, and black Ibanez die-cast tuning machines.

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

The AEWB20 is a similar model with a Sitka spruce top on mahogany back and sides.

The AEWB50 was discontinued in 2017.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AEWB50
Name: AEWB50
Year(s) offered: 2016–2017
Sold in: Japan / USA
Made in: China
Price: MSRP: US$899.99 (2016) / ¥100,000 (2016)
Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
AEWB grand concert body w/ soft Florentine cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length: 489mm/ 19¼"
  Width: 381mm/ 15"
  Depth: 111mm/ 4⅜" (100mm at neck joint/ 125mm at body end)
Top:
  Material: Spalted maple, walnut and ovangkol mosaic (laminated)
  Finish: Gloss
  Binding: Multi-wooden
Back/sides:
  Material: Spalted maple and walnut mosaic
  Finish: Gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Rosewood
Neck
Neck profile:
AEWB
Neck material:
3-piece mahogany/ maple
Neck finish:
Satin
Scale length:
864mm / 34"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood
Inlays:
Maple dot
Frets:
21
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
Fishman Sonicore
Preamp:
Ibanez AEQ-SP2 w/ onboard tuner
Output jack(s):
Balanced XLR and ¼" stereo
Battery:
9V
Bridge:
Rosewood (19mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Black plastic w/ white dot
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Black
Strings (factory):
.040/.060/.075/.095 (Ibanez IABS4XC 80/20 bronze Carbon X-Coated)
Factory tuning:
1G,2D,3A,4E (E standard)

Images[]

AEQ-SP2 preamp diagram
Fishman AEQ-SP preamp Red copyright sprite

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