Body: Laminated figured maple
Neck: Glued-in maple
Fingerboard: Ebony, 350mm (13.75”) radius
Frets: 20
Scale length: 640mm (25.25”)
Pickups: One mini humbucker, piezo in bridge
Controls: Three-position pickup selector, master volume, humbucker tone, three-band piezo EQ with variable midrange, piezo/humbucker mix
Bridge: Single-saddle floating type, trapeze tailpiece
The AEX1500 allows the player to explore new expressions in a jazz-orientated repertoire. On the one hand, its neck-mounted mini-humbucker reproduces those warm and mellow traditional archtop tones; on the other, the instrument carries a bridge-loaded piezo system for reproducing realistic amplified acoustic sounds. These two signal sources can be mixed together, offering an extensive palette of voicings and providing extensive tonal tailoring courtesy of the piezo’s three-band EQ and adjustable (400Hz-2kHz) midrange.
Reflecting its professional sound capabilities, the AEX1500 comes with top-class cosmetic appointments including figured maple body veneers and a bound ebony fingerboard inlaid with pearl position markers.