Ibanez AAD100E Thermo Aged Advanced Acoustic Series Guitar – Open Pore Natural Ibanez

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, they 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.

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

After spending years of trial-and-error, Ibanez realized the 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 provides a wide dynamic range and high response.

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.

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.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Body shape: Grand Dreadnought 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 multi
• Tuning machine: Chrome Die-cast tuners(18:1 gear ratio)
• Number of frets: 20
• 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