Description

: AAD300CE

The Advanced Acoustic series represents an important step forward in the long and storied tradition of the acoustic guitar. In what amounts to a fully reimagined acoustic experience, these instruments were designed from the ground up to deliver a richer, brighter, and louder tone, with an unprecedentedly wide dynamic range. With slightly larger than typical proportions, we decided to name this new body shape the “Grand Dreadnought.” This reinvented design achieves a superb, powerful sound, and thanks to the extensive consideration given to the ergonomics, it’s extremely comfortable to play. The Advanced Acoustic series pushes the acoustic guitar to new heights, in a way that promises an exciting new experience for all players.


****Product Features****

- 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.

- Macassar Ebony fretboard
Macassar Ebony produces tight lows and mid range along with strong attack in the highs and quick response with rich sustain.

- Solid Sitka Spruce top
Solid Sitka Spruce top provides an enormous frequency range that offers wave after wave of shimmering highs along with tight mids and a full-bodied low end.

- Okoume back and sides
The Okoume back and sides generate a woody, warm tone when the guitar is played softly or finger-picked and provide punchy high-mids with a clear projection when strummed.

- Ibanez AP11 Magnetic / Contact pickups
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 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. The Contact pickup consists of three transducers facilitating organic individual note clarity and naturally reproduces percussive body tapping techniques. This pickup also adds an airy depth of tone and brightness to the amplified sound.

- Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Magnetic Pickup Volume and Contact Pickup Volume
Blending the Contact pickup with the Magnetic pickup provides more natural acoustic tone. This pickup combination enhances the depth of the sound and the tonal brightness. It especially excels for solo fingerstyle players or in a small acoustic ensemble.

- Macassar Ebony Scalloped bridge
The lightweight, scalloped bridge improves vibration efficiency for better resonance, as well as providing more flexibility in adjusting the action than usual bridge.

- Ibanez Advantage™ bridge pins
These pins really are an advantage over old-fashioned pins. Advantage™ pins are easier to take out and easier to put in than standard pins. A special bulb-shaped end makes the pin easy to grip and also prevents the pin from being pushed in too far. Best of all, with Advantage™ the pin and string stay put.

****Special Features****

- 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.

- 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

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

- Dual Outputs (Magnetic/Contact pickup outputs)
Plugged into the endpin jack only: Magnetic pickup + Contact pickup with mixed output
Plugged into both the endpin jack and the open jack: Endpin Jack = Magnetic pickup, Open Jack = Contact Pickup


Specifications:
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.

- Macassar Ebony fretboard
Macassar Ebony produces tight lows and mid range along with strong attack in the highs and quick response with rich sustain.

- Solid Sitka Spruce top
Solid Sitka Spruce top provides an enormous frequency range that offers wave after wave of shimmering highs along with tight mids and a full-bodied low end.

- Okoume back and sides
The Okoume back and sides generate a woody, warm tone when the guitar is played softly or finger-picked and provide punchy high-mids with a clear projection when strummed.

- Ibanez AP11 Magnetic / Contact pickups
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 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. The Contact pickup consists of three transducers facilitating organic individual note clarity and naturally reproduces percussive body tapping techniques. This pickup also adds an airy depth of tone and brightness to the amplified sound.

- Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Magnetic Pickup Volume and Contact Pickup Volume
Blending the Contact pickup with the Magnetic pickup provides more natural acoustic tone. This pickup combination enhances the depth of the sound and the tonal brightness. It especially excels for solo fingerstyle players or in a small acoustic ensemble.

- Macassar Ebony Scalloped bridge
The lightweight, scalloped bridge improves vibration efficiency for better resonance, as well as providing more flexibility in adjusting the action than usual bridge.

- Ibanez Advantage™ bridge pins
These pins really are an advantage over old-fashioned pins. Advantage™ pins are easier to take out and easier to put in than standard pins. A special bulb-shaped end makes the pin easy to grip and also prevents the pin from being pushed in too far. Best of all, with Advantage™ the pin and string stay put.

****Special Features****

- 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.

- 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

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

- Dual Outputs (Magnetic/Contact pickup outputs)
Plugged into the endpin jack only: Magnetic pickup + Contact pickup with mixed output
Plugged into both the endpin jack and the open jack: Endpin Jack = Magnetic pickup, Open Jack = Contact Pickup


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

- Macassar Ebony fretboard

- Solid Sitka Spruce top

- Okoume back and sides

- Ibanez AP11 Magnetic / Contact pickups

- Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Magnetic Pickup Volume and Contact Pickup Volume

- Macassar Ebony Scalloped bridge

- Luminlay side dots

- Ibanez Advantage™ bridge pins

- Grand Dreadnought body

- X-M Bracing

- Functional Tapered Headstock

- Advanced Access Cutaway

- Dual Outputs (Magnetic/Contact pickup outputs)


Low Oval Grip Thermo Aged™ Nyatoh neck with Rounded Fretboard Edge
Macassar Ebony fretboard
Solid Sitka Spruce top
Okoume back and sides
Ibanez AP11 Magnetic / Contact pickups
Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Magnetic Pickup Volume and Contact Pickup Volume
Macassar Ebony Scalloped bridge
Luminlay side dots
Ibanez Advantage™ bridge pins
Grand Dreadnought body
X-M Bracing
Functional Tapered Headstock
Advanced Access Cutaway
Dual Outputs (Magnetic/Contact pickup outputs)
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Neck Type : Low Oval Grip with Rounded Fretboard Edge
Neck Joint : Dovetail
Neck Joint Position : 14th fret joint
Neck Material : Thermo Aged™ Nyatoh
Neck finish : Satin Polyurethane
Neck thickness (1st fret, mm) : 21
Neck thickness (7th fret, mm) : 22
Scale (mm) : 651

Nut width (mm) : 43
End width (mm) : 55
Number of fret : 20
Fretboard : Macassar Ebony
Fretboard Radius (mm) : 400
Inlay : Maple Dot
Body Shape : Grand Dreadnought with Advanced Access Cutaway
Body Top material : Solid Sitka Spruce
Body Sides Material : Okoume
Body Back material : Okoume
Body Depth : 5
Body Width : 16,25
Body Length : 20,375
soundhole rosette : Wooden rosette with Soundhole binding
Purfling : Wooden
Bracing : X-M Bracing
Body Depth@Joint : 100
Body Depth@End : 125
Body finish : Satin Polyurethane
Total length (mm) : 1045
Body thickness (mm) : 125
Body length (mm) : 515
Body Width (mm) : 412,4
Bridge : Macassar Ebony scalloped
Bridge pins : Ibanez Advantage™
Saddle material : Compensated Bone
String spacing (mm) : 11

Nut : Bone
Machine Head : Chrome Die-cast tuners(18:1 gear ratio)
Other Pickup : Ibanez AP11 Magnetic & Contact
Preamp (for Acoustic) : Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Magnetic Pickup Volume and Contact Pickup Volume
Controls, Pickup selector : 1 Magnetic pickup volume, 1 Contact pickup volume
Output Jack : Dual Outputs (Mono Out / Stereo Out)
Side Dot Inlay : Luminlay side dots
String Gauges (from top to bottom) : .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053
Special Strings : D'Addario® XTAPB1253
Tuning (from top to bottom) : 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
Recommended Case : MR600AC
Recommended Bag : IAB540-BK
Other item(s) included : Hex wrench, Bridge pin
Net Weight (gr) : 2200
Reg./Spot : Reg.
Net Weight (gr) : 0