AAD400CE-LGS. Western guitar with mic and case in Low Gloss finish. Advanced Acoustic Platinum Collection.
Platinum is inherently rare, objectively valuable and uniquely striking in appearance. These qualities are sought after in many things, including crafting and instrument building.
To this end, we strove to create something completely new, a series of instruments, imbued with old-fashioned, hand-built and rare qualities.
This is a series of acoustic guitars unlike anything we have produced before. Using the highest quality woods and crafted with uncompromising attention to detail, these instruments represent the pinnacle of Ibanez acoustic guitar design and tone.
The body shape is created to achieve high playability combined with a well-balanced and good-sounding sound that "sits" equally well in the studio as on stage, whether playing solo guitar or in an ensemble. A specially designed XM bracing gives a wide sound and good projection (how the instrument throws the sound). A rich and long sustain that works well both for plectrum and finger playing.
The body is solid African Mahogany which gives a woody, warm, tone that has a smooth and dynamic response when played with the fingers and punchy, high-mid, with clear projection when played with a plectrum.
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 magnetic pickup to affect the acoustic sound as little as possible. The guitar retains its acoustic tone while having a stable, well-sounding, natural and distortion-free plugged-in sound.
- Grand Dreadnought with Advanced Access Cutaway body
- Solid Sitka Spruce top.
- Solid African Mahogany back & sides.
- XM bracing/Tone projection back bracing.
- Thermo Aged™ African Mahogany/Pau Ferro 5-pcs neck (satin finish).
- Low Oval Grip with Rounded Fretboard Edge.
- Macassar Ebony fretboard.
- Specially designed Maple inlay.
- Wooden rosette w/Soundhole binding.
- Bone nut & Compensated Bone saddle
- Chrome Die-Cast machine-heads (18:1 gear ratio).
- Ebony bridge pins.
- Ibanez AP11 Magnetic pickup and Contact pickup.
- Ibanez Custom Electronics w/ Magnetic Pickup Volume, Tone and Contact Pickup Volume.
- Dual Outputs (Mono Out / Stereo Out).
- Macassar Ebony Scalloped Bridge.
- Hard case included (Roadtour).
The neck:
- Scale 648mm/25.5'' scale..
- Width at saddle: 43mm.
- Width at 14 bands: 55mm.
- Thickness at 1 strap: 21mm.
- Thickness at 7 bands: 22mm.
- Radius 400mmR.
The body:
- Length: 508mm, 20".
- Width: 410mm, 16 1/8".
- Depth: 100/118mm, 4 1/2".