Ibanez AAD51CE-NT

AAD51CE-NT. Western guitar with pickup, Natural High Gloss finish. Advanced Acoustic Series.

Advanced Acoustic Series.
The body shape is created to achieve high playability combined with a well-balanced and well-sounding sound that "settles" equally well in the studio as on stage, whether you play solo guitar or in an ensemble.
A specially designed XM bracing provides a wide sound and good projection (how the instrument throws the sound). A rich and long sustain that works well for both plectrum and finger playing.

The body is made of Sapele with a top of Solid Sitka spruce which gives a woody, warm, tone that has a soft and dynamic response when playing with the fingers and punchy, high-mid, with clear projection when playing with a plectrum.

The AAD51CE has our new AIR Port construction. Acoustic - Information - Response
A.IR Port is for better listening for the guitarist. Hole in the side towards you. It's a fantastic feature. A clear trend among acoustic guitars, but no major brand offers it at an affordable price. Plus, what the others have is basically just a hole drilled into the body.
Ibanez felt there had to be a better way for better listening.
After trying many different sizes and types of holes and designs, they settled on the perfect sound port design, placing angled wooden blocks that throw the sound out of the port. They also decided to apply it to a wide range of models.

Getting electronics, preamps and microphones into acoustic instruments is always a compromise with the acoustic sound of the instrument. On the ADD model, this compromise has been made as small as possible by using a very compact active preamp and a newly designed Undersaddle pickup to affect the acoustic sound as little as possible. The guitar retains its acoustic tone while having a stable, good-sounding, natural and interference-free, plugged-in sound.

Spec.
• Grand Dreadnought w/Advanced Access Cutaway body.
• Solid Sitka Spruce top.
• Sapele back & sides.
• XM bracing/Tone projection back bracing.
• Low Oval Grip Okoume neck.
• Purpleheart fretboard & bridge.
• Abalone rosette with Black & White multi.
• Chrome Die-Cast machine heads (18:1 gear ratio).
• Ibanez Advantage™ bridge pins.
• Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle pickup.
• Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp w/Onboard tuner.
• Balanced XLR & 1/4'' outputs.
• D'Addario coated strings. .012-.053)
• AIR port.
• AIR port cover included.
Matching bag: IAB540-BK
Matching case: MR600AC, FS40DA.

Neck
• Scale 648mm/25.5'' scale..
• Width at saddle: 44mm.
• Width at 14 bands: 55mm.
• Thickness at 1 strap: 20mm.
• Thickness at 7 straps: 21mm.
• Radius 400mmR.

Body
• Length: 508mm, 20".
• Width: 410mm, 16 1/8".
• Depth: 100/118mm, 4 1/2".