The UEW12E is an UEW series acoustic/ electric ukulele model introduced by Ibanez for 2015. It is made in China.
The UEW12E features a concert style EW body with a soft Florentine cutaway constructed of laminated flamed maple top, back, and sides with an open pore finish. The round soundhole has a maple rosette. The mahogany neck joins the body at the 14th fret and has a 19-fret rosewood fingerboard with maple dot position markers. Components include an ivory plastic saddle in a rosewood bridge, a plastic nut and chrome Grover open gear tuning machines.
The UEW12E's electronics consist of an Ibanez under saddle pickup connected to a UK-300T preamp with onboard tuner powered by a pair of 2032 coin cells and feeding a ¼" endpin output jack.
For 2018 the rosewood fretboard and bridge were changed to purpleheart and the UK-300T preamp was replaced with the AEQ2U preamp. For 2019 the mahogany neck was replaced with okoume. A new Black Ice Flat finish was introduced in certain markets for 2023 and the body depth was very slightly increased.
The UEW12EJ is a similar spot model which is identical aside from its finish. Several similar models have been produced with different body materials: UEW15E (flamed mahogany), UEW14E (ovangkol), UEW13MEE (Macassar ebony), UEW13E (bocote) and UEW12ACE (acacia). The UEW36FME is a related model with abalone purfling and maple binding. The UEW5E is a related model with a mahogany or sapele body, an abalone rosette and Ibanez tuners.
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Specifications for UEW12E
Name: UEW12E
Year(s) offered: 2015–2024
Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2015–2019, 2023–2024 / Asia & Africa 2015–2019, 2023–2024 / Europe 2015–2019, 2023–2024 / Japan 2021–2024 / USA 2015–2023
