AV4CE

AV4CE Natural High Gloss

The AV4CE is an Artwood Vintage series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in mid-2017. It was a spot model which was made in China.

The AV4CE features a grand concert body shape with a solid Thermo-Aged Sitka spruce top on mahogany back and sides with a gloss finish. The soundhole is round with an acrylic rosette. It has a soft-V shaped mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with small pearloid dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a rosewood bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, and nickel Ibanez open gear tuning machines.

Electronics consist of a Fishman Sonicore undersaddle pickup connected to a Fishman Sonitone preamp powered by a 9V battery and feeding a ¼" endpin output.

The AV4CE was discontinued after 2018.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AV4CE

Name: AV4CE

Year(s) offered: 2017–2018

Sold in: USA

Made in: China

Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)

Body

Body type:
Acoustic

Body shape:
Grand Concert

Dimensions:
  Body length: 489mm/ 19¼"
  Width: 387mm/ 15¼"
  Depth: 108mm/ 4¼"

Top:
  Material: Solid Thermo-Aged Sitka spruce
  Finish: Open Pore
  Binding: Tortoiseshell

Back/sides:
Material: Mahogany
Finish: Open Pore

Soundhole shape:
Round

Soundhole rosette:
Acrylic

Neck

Neck profile:
AVC soft-V shape

Neck material:
1-piece mahogany

Neck joint:
Dovetail

Scale length:
634mm/ 25"

Fingerboard:
Rosewood

Inlays:
Small pearloid dot

Frets:
20 nickel silver

Nut:
Bone (45mm)

Machine heads:
Ibanez open gear

Strings (factory):
.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario NB1253 Nickel Bronze)

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

Electronics/ components

Pickup:
Fishman Sonicore undersaddle

Preamp:
Fishman Sonitone

Output jack(s):
¼" endpin

Battery:
9V

Bridge:
Rosewood (11mm string spacing)

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

Saddle:
Bone compensated

Hardware color:
Nickel

Pickguard:
4-ply: red tortoise/ white/ black/ white

Images[]

Additional details

Body front

Body rear

Top with soundhole and pickguard

Front of headstock & tuners

Sources[]

AV4CE product listing, Musician's Friend (US retailer), archived December 2021
AV4CE parts list, Hoshino parts catalog, archived December 2022