The Ibanez EW20ASE is the first EW Exotic Wood acoustic-electric instrument! This amazing instrument features a figured ash top, back and sides, plus an Ibanez B-Band SQR pickup with a powerful AEQ-SRT Shape Shifter preamp that features an onboard guitar tuner. With its new SoundExpand™ construction method for greater resonance and much more even balance of lows, mids, and highs, the guitar sounds dramatically louder, and bigger in tone than the same guitar without Sound Expand construction. Details include chrome Ibanez tuners and a rosewood fingerboard.

For amplification, the EW20ASENT features an SQR pickup by the B-Band company and Ibanez, and an Ibanez Shape Shifter pre-amp. The highly figured ash guitar is even more exotic looking than its purely acoustic Exotic Wood counterparts thanks to a very untraditional design cutaway that allows easier access to the upper frets.

Even more radical is what can’t be seen: a unique wooden top-support system under the bridge that Ibanez calls "SoundExpand construction" which allows the use of thinner bracing, allowing the top to vibrate more freely and provides a more even balance between highs, lows, and mids.

Features include

• AEL body with modified cutaway
• SoundExpand™ construction
• Ash top, back and sides
• Super Infinity neck inlay
• Chrome Ibanez Smooth Tuners
• Ibanez / B-Band® SQR pickup
• Ibanez AEQ-SRT Shape Shifter™ preamp with onboard tuner
• D’Addario® EXP™ Strings
• Ivorex II™ nut and saddle
• Advantage™ bridge pins
• Natural finish