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The GM500CE is a G series classical acoustic guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2013. It was made in China.

The GM500CE features a grand concert body with a soft Venetian cutaway a solid cedar top with multi-wooden purfling and rosewood binding and fan bracing on rosewood sides and two piece rosewood back with a gloss finish. The soundhole is round with an abalone and wooden rosette. It has a mahogany neck with a satin finish and a 19-fret rosewood fingerboard with small white dot position markers and a slotted headstock. Components include a bone saddle in a rosewood bridge, a narrow bone nut, gold classical tuning machines with black buttons and Savarez nylon strings.

Electronics consist of a Fishman Sonicore under saddle pickup connected to an Ibanez AEQ210TF preamp w/ on-board tuner powered by a 9V battery and feeding a ¼" endpin output jack.

For 2015 the body dimensions were changed slightly.

The GM600CE is a similar model with a solid Engelmann spruce top.

The GM500CE was discontinued after 2016.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for GM500CE
Name: GM500CE
Year(s) offered: 2013–2015
Sold in: Europe 2013 / USA
Made in: China
Finishes: Natural High Gloss (NT)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Grand concert w/ soft Venetian cutaway
Dimensions:
  Length: 489mm/ 19¼"
  Width: 362mm/ 14½"
  Depth: 102mm/ 4"
Top:
  Material: Solid cedar
  Bracing: Fan
  Finish: Gloss
  Binding: Rosewood
Back/sides:
  Material: Rosewood
  Strip inlay: Multi-wooden
  Finish: Gloss
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Abalone and wooden
Neck
Neck profile:
GM (400mm radius)
Neck material:
1-piece mahogany
Neck finish:
Satin
Neck joint:
14th fret
Scale length:
650mm/ 25.6"
Fingerboard:
Rosewood
Inlays:
Small white dot
Frets:
21
Nut:
Bone (46mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez classical w/ black buttons
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
Fishman Sonicore under saddle
Preamp:
Ibanez AEQ210TF preamp w/ onboard tuner
Output jack(s):
¼" endpin
Battery:
9V
Bridge:
Rosewood
Saddle:
Bone (compensated)
Hardware color:
Gold
Strings (factory):
.0295/.0335/.0413/.0297/.0356/.0440/.0500 (Savarez 510CJ nylon strings)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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Additional details
AEQ210TF preamp diagram
AEQ210TF preamp diagram

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