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The AW400CE is an Artwood series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2014. It was made in China.

The AW400CE features a dreadnought body shape with a soft Venetian cutaway constructed with a solid Sitka spruce top with tortoise shell binding and gloss finish on mahogany back and sides with a satin finish. The soundhole is round with a simple black and white acrylic rosette and a red tortoise pickguard. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in a rosewood bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, and chrome Grover open gear tuning machines with butterbean buttons.

Electronics consist of a Fishman Sonicore under saddle pickup connected to an Ibanez AEQ-SP2 pre-amp with an on-board tuner powered by a 9V battery and feeding balanced XLR and ¼" stereo outputs.

The AW400 is an acoustic-only version without the cutaway body. The AW400LCE is a left-handed version. The AW450CE is a similar model with a solid cedar top. The AC400CE is a related model with a grand concert body.

The AW400CE was discontinued in 2016.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AW400CE
Name: AW400CE
Year(s) offered: 2014–2016
Sold in: Asia & Africa 2016 / Europe 2015–2016 / USA
Made in: China
Price: MSRP: US$599.99 (2014) • SMAP: €469 (2016)
Finishes: Brown Sunburst High Gloss (BS) / Light Violin Sunburst High Gloss (DVS) / Natural High Gloss (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought w/ soft Venetian cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length: 508mm/ 20"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: Solid Sitka spruce
  Finish: Gloss
  Binding: Tortoise shell
Back/sides:
  Material: Mahogany
  Finish: Satin
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Black & white multi
Neck
Neck profile:
AC
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck finish:
Satin
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
580mm/ 22.8"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood
Inlays:
Small white dot
Frets:
20
Nut:
Bone
Machine heads:
Grover open gear w/ butterbean 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 under saddle
Preamp:
Ibanez AEQ-SP2 w/ on-board tuner
Output jack(s):
XLR & ¼" stereo (balanced)
Battery:
9V
Bridge:
Rosewood
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (black w/ white dots)
Saddle:
Bone compensated (11mm string spacing)
Hardware color:
Chrome
Pickguard:
Red tortoise

Images[]

Additional finishes/ details
2014 AW400CE LVG 1X 02
Light Violin Sunburst High Gloss
2014 AW400CE NTG 1X 01
Natural High Gloss
AEQ-SP2 preamp
AEW-SP2 preamp
XLR quarter-inch output
XLR & ¼" balanced output
AEQ-SP2 preamp diagram
AEQ-SP2 preamp diagram

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