YAMAHA AE2000 RARE Yamaha AE2000 was a top of the line jazz archtop from 1978 onwards until in the 1990s. Modeled after the Gibson L5, this guitar features remarkable specs of carved spruce top, set maple neck and 20-fret bound ebony fingerboard with diagonally split block inlays. This beauty was loved and played by the prominent jazz players like Joe Beck, Bireli Lagrene and Martin Taylor.  For those who may be interested in what distinguishes from AE-1200, AE-2000 has carved top whereas AE-1200 has arched single ply top. Grenadilla, or African Blackwood, mostly used for clarinet body, is the source of AE-2000 bridge while AE-1200 features Ebony bridge Pickups are original, no pickup covers, no pickguard