Ibanez AAD170CE Advanced Acoustic Guitar Dreadnought Gloss Natural w/ Pickup & Cutaway - AAD170CELGS

Grand Dreadnought body

Through a rigorous R&D process spanning several years, Ibanez has reimagined the Dreadnought from the ground up, pursuing the height of rich sound, robust low end, and rich tone. This brand new body shape is called the Grand Dreadnought. Proportionally, the Grand Dreadnought body is 5% larger than a standard dreadnought, allowing for more volume, richer tone, and more powerful low end response. It's also extremely comfortable to play thanks to the extensive consideration given to its ergonomics.

X-M Bracing

Spending a few years with trial and error, Ibanez finally reached to out-of-the-box X-M Bracing to generate the ultimate sound standing out on the stage. The carefully designed scalloped X-bracing, the allocation of tone braces and finger braces transmit the string vibration efficiently through the bridge to the body. The X-M Bracing creates the clear bottom and crispy treble sound with trimmed warm mid-range, yet providing wide dynamic range and highly response.

Advanced Access Cutaway

Its deep straight cutaway (from 18th fret) and shaved side enable amazing high fret access.

Low Oval Grip Thermo Aged™ Nyatoh neck with Rounded Fretboard Edge

The Low Oval neck grip is designed for easy chord strumming and the Rounded Fretboard Edges provides superior playability. Thermo Aged, a special drying process, makes the neck light and hard and provides stability and better resonance.

Functional Tapered Headstock

The newly designed headstock shape is the result of thorough research and investigation. Its tapered shape provides lighter weight, as well as a straight string alignment which enhances tuning stability and reduces any neck twisting effect.

Ibanez AP11 Magnetic pickup

The AP11 pickup is small, lightweight and positioned so it won't inhibit the natural vibrations of the top wood. The pickup generates a highly responsive sound with minimal feedback and delivers a lively response throughout the entire frequency range. The sound is transparent and reflects the guitar's natural acoustic tone while preserving presence and mid-range. The AP11 also works well with effects such as reverb, chorus and many others.

Specifications

body shape

Grand Dreadnought with Advanced Access Cutaway body

bracing

X-M Bracing

top

Solid Sitka Spruce top

back & sides

Okoume back & Okoume sides

neck

Low Oval Grip with Rounded Fretboard EdgeThermo Aged™ Nyatoh neck

fretboard

Ovangkol fretboard

bridge

Ovangkol Scalloped bridge

inlay

White dot inlay

soundhole rosette

Wooden rosette with Soundhole binding

tuning machine

Chrome Die-cast tuners(18:1 gear ratio)

nut material

Bone

number of frets

20

saddle material

Compensated Bone

bridge pins

Ibanez Advantage™

strings

D'Addario® XTAPB1253

string gauge

.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053

string space

11mm

factory tuning

1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E

pickup

Ibanez AP11 Magnetic Pickup

preamp

Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Volume and Tone Control

output jack

1/4" Endpin Jack

NECK DIMENSIONS

Scale :

651mm

a : Width

43mm at NUT

b : Width

55mm at 14F

c : Thickness

21mm at 1F

d : Thickness

22mm at 7F

Radius :

400mmR

DESCRIPTION

BODY DIMENSIONS

a : Length

20 3/8"

b : Width

16 1/4"

c : Max Depth

5"

DESCRIPTION

PREAMP

DESCRIPTION

OTHER FEATURES

Recommended Case

MR600AC

Recommended Bag

IAB540-BK