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2019 UEW13MEE DBO 2Y 01
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The UEW13MEE is an UEW series acoustic/ electric ukulele model introduced by Ibanez for 2019. It was produced in China.

The UEW13MEE features a concert style EW body with a soft Florentine cutaway constructed of laminated Macassar ebony top, back, and sides with an open pore finish. The round soundhole has a maple rosette. The okoume neck joins the body at the 14th fret and has a 19-fret purpleheart fingerboard with maple dot position markers. Components include an ivory plastic saddle in a purpleheart bridge, a plastic nut and chrome Grover open gear tuning machines.

The UEW13MEE's electronics consist of an Ibanez under saddle pickup connected to an AEQ2U preamp with onboard tuner powered by a pair of 2032 coin cells and feeding a ¼" endpin output jack.

The body depth was very slightly increased for 2024.

Several similar models have been produced with different body materials: UEW15E (flamed mahogany), UEW14E (ovangkol), UEW13E (bocote), UEW13E (bocote) and UEW12ACE (acacia). The UEW5E is a related model with a mahogany or sapele body, an abalone rosette and Ibanez tuners.

The UEW13MEE was discontinued after 2024.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for UEW13MEE
Name: UEW13MEE
Year(s) offered: 2019–2024
Sold in: Americas & Oceania 2019 / Asia & Africa 2019 / Europe 2019, 2021 / Japan 2019–2021 / USA
Made in: China
Price: MSRP: ¥ 30,000 (2019)[1]
Finishes: Dark Brown Open Pore (DBO)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Concert style EW body w/ soft Florentine cutaway
Dimensions:
  Body length: 267mm/ 10½"
  Width: 210mm/ 8¼"
  Depth: 2019–2023: 70mm/ 2¾" (60mm at neck joint)
                2024: 73mm/ 2⅞"
Top:
  Material: Macassar ebony (laminated)
  Bracing: Fan
  Finish: Open pore
  Binding: White
Back/sides:
  Material: Macassar ebony (laminated)
  Finish: Open pore
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Maple
Neck
Neck profile:
UEW
Neck material:
1-piece okoume
Neck joint:
14th fret
Scale length:
382mm/ 15"
Fingerboard:
Purpleheart
Inlays:
Maple dot
Frets:
19 nickel silver
Nut:
Ivory plastic (35mm)
Machine heads:
Grover open gear w/ black buttons
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
Ibanez Under Saddle
Preamp:
Ibanez AEQ-2U w/ onboard tuner
Output jack(s):
¼" endpin
Battery:
Two 2032 coin cells
Bridge:
Purpleheart (13mm string spacing)
Saddle:
Ivory plastic compensated
Hardware color:
Chrome
Strings (factory):
2019–2023: .024/.032/.037/.026 (Ibanez/Aquila Nylblack)
2024: .026/.032/.038/.027 (Ibanez/Aquila Nylblack)
Factory tuning:
1A,2E,3C,4G

Images[]

Additional details
2021 UEW13MEE DBO 2Y 01 sub 2
Rear of body
2021 UEW13MEE DBO 2Y 01 sub 1
Rear of headstock
Ibanez AEQ2U preamp diagram
AEQ2U preamp controls

Sources[]

  • UEW13MEE product page 2019, Ibanez USA, archived December 2019
  • UEW13MEE product page 2020, Ibanez Japan, archived January 2020
  • UEW13MEE product page 2021, Ibanez USA, archived January 2021
  • 2021 Europe catalog (p. 135)
  • UEW13MEE product page 2022, Ibanez USA, archived June 2022
  • UEW13MEE product page 2023, Ibanez USA, archived January 2023
  • UEW13MEE product page 2024, Ibanez USA, archived February 2024
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