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For the later model with the same name, see AE400 (1990—1993).
1982 AE400-NT
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The AE400 is an AE series acoustic/ electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 1982. It was produced in Japan.

The AE400 features a full body body with a soft florentine cutaway. The top is spruce with white and black binding on mahogany back and sides with a natural gloss finish. The oval soundhole has a black and white purfling rosette. It has a satin-finish mahogany neck with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers black binding and white side dots. Components include a rosewood bridge with Tru-Tune saddle, plastic nut, and chrome covered Smooth Tuner tuning machines. Electronics consist of a piezo ceramic pickup with one volume and one tone control.

The pickup is placed under the bridge saddle to receive the maximun effects of the strings vibrations and soundboard tonal colorations. For 1983 the neck wood was changed to mahogany.

The AE405TV is a similar model with thin body.

The AE400 was discontinued after 1983.


Specifications[]

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Specifications for AE400
Name: AE400
Year(s) offered: 1982—1983
Sold in: Europe / USA
Made in: Japan
Price: MSRP: DM 740 "1983"
Finishes: Natural (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
AE Dreadnought shape w/ soft Floretine cutaway
Dimensions:
  Length: 492mm/ 19⅜"
  Width: 381mm/ 15"
  Depth: 95mm/ 3¾"
Top:
  Material: Spruce (laminated)
  Finish: Natural gloss
  Binding: black and white
Back/sides:
  Material: Mahogany
  Strip inlay: tri-color center line
  Finish: Natural gloss
Soundhole shape:
Oval
Soundhole rosette:
Black & white purfling
Neck
Neck profile:
AE
Neck material:
"1982": 1-piece nato
"1983": 1-piece mahogany
Scale length:
634mm/ 25"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood w/ black binding
Inlays:
Small white dot w/ white side dots
Frets:
20
Nut:
Plastic (43mm)
Machine heads:
Smooth Tuner chrome covered
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
piezo-ceramic
Bridge:
rosewood (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ivory w/ black dot
Saddle:
Tru-Tune
Hardware color:
chrome
Pickguard:
black
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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