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2008 EW2012ASE
EW2012ASE Natural (more images) Red copyright sprite

The EW2012ASE is a 12 string Exotic Wood series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2008. It was produced in China.

The EW2012ASE features an EW body with a soft Florentine cutaway constructed of a laminated quilted ash top with mahogany binding on laminated quilted ash sides and back with a high gloss finish. The round soundhole has an abalone rosette. It has a mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with a secial pearloid inlay at the twelfth fret. Components include an Ivorex II compensated saddle in a rosewood bridge, Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, an Ivorex II nut, and chrome Ibanez Smooth Tuner AS die-cast tuning machines.

Electronics consist of a B-Band UST undersaddle pickup connected to an Ibanez SRTn preamp with notch filter and onboard tuner powered by a 9V battery and feeding balanced XLR and ¼" outputs.

For 2010 the machine heads was chneged to Die-cast. For 2011 the body was changed to figured ash.

The EW20ASE is a 6 string version.

The EW2012ASE was discontinued in 2014.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for EW2012ASE
Name: EW2012ASE
Year(s) offered: 2008-2014
Sold in: Europe / North America 2009, 2013 / USA 2009-2014
Made in: China
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
EW body w/ Florentine cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length: 510mm/ 20"
  Width: 406mm/ 16"
  Depth: 125mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: "2008-2011": Quilted ash (laminated)
"2011-2014" Figured ash
  Finish: Natural high gloss
  Binding: multy purfling
Back/sides:
  Material: Quilted ash (laminated)
  Strip inlay: center strip
  Finish: Natural high gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Abalone
Neck
Neck profile:
EW
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck finish:
Satin
Scale length:
641mm/ 25¼"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ mahogany binding
Inlays:
Pearloid special at 12th fret
Frets:
20 nickel silver
Nut:
Ivorex II
Machine heads:
"2008-2012": Ibanez Smooth Tuner AS (European market)
"2010-2014": Die-cast
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
B-Band UST
Preamp:
Ibanez SRTn w/ onboard tuner
EQ/controls:
Volume / 3-band EQ (individual treble, midrange, & bass boost/cut) / Notch frequency control
Output jack(s):
XLR & ¼" stereo (balanced)
Battery:
9V
Bridge:
Rosewood
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage bridge pins (white w/ black dot)
Saddle:
Ivorex II compensated
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.)

Images[]

2008 EW2012ASE rear
2008 Ibanez EW2012ASE-NT ( Rear: Quilted ash joined to a mahogany neck and Smooth Tuner AS machine heads) Red copyright sprite
Additional details
2010 XLR OUTPUT web
Balanced XLR and ¼" stereo outputs & battery door
SRTn preamp
SRTn preamp

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