Ibanez’s AE acoustic series

With the AE series of acoustic guitars, Ibanez aimed to combine the best elements of traditional lutherie and modern design to appeal to a wide range of players — coffee shop crooners to technical performers. It all starts with the AE body. Its narrow waist, larger depth, and round lower bout strike a good balance between projection and comfort. Standard X-M top bracing allows the top to vibrate freely, enhancing bass and harmonic content. Ibanez even went so far as to redesign the bridge pins to streamline string changes, which equips this guitar for demanding stages and venues across the globe.

Solid spruce meets flamed okoume

Sitka spruce is a premier top wood in the realm of acoustic instruments. And together with the warm sustain and exotic visuals of its flamed okoume back and sides, the AE325 packs a look and tone of voice that are sure to please even the most demanding acoustic players. Bluegrass to acoustic pop, rock to instrumental, the spruce/okoume body is a winning combination for for countless styles and genres. A satin polyurethane protective finish really makes the AE325’s wood grain pop under stage lights.

5-piece Comfort Grip neck with rounded-edge ebony fingerboard

On an acoustic guitar, performance is everything. The Ibanez AE325 features a rock-solid Comfort Grip neck built from five pieces of African mahogany and pau ferro which molds to the hand for leadwork and enhances fulcrum for barre and cowboy chords. Its glassy Macassar ebony fingerboard features rounded to enhance comfort throughout those marathon recording sessions and back-to-back sets.