The Ibanez AAD51CE is a modern, stage-ready electro acoustic that takes the classic dreadnought idea and supercharges it. With its larger Grand Dreadnought body, innovative A.I.R.port soundhole design and X-M bracing, it delivers a powerful, full-range acoustic tone that you can hear clearly as a player and project confidently through any PA.

Part of Ibanez’s Advanced Acoustic series, this guitar has been designed from the ground up for comfort, clarity and dynamic range. A Low Oval Grip Okoume neck and Advanced Access Cutaway make it easy to move around the neck, while the solid Sitka Spruce top and Sapele back and sides provide a rich, balanced voice that works for strummers, flatpickers and fingerstyle players alike. Plug in via the Ibanez T-bar undersaddle pickup and AEQ-TP2 preamp and you get a clear, natural amplified sound with simple, effective controls and an onboard tuner.

Advanced Grand Dreadnought design

The Grand Dreadnought body has been carefully reworked to give you more volume, a richer low end and a wider dynamic range than a traditional dreadnought, while still sitting comfortably against the body. Extensive ergonomic shaping and a rounded body edge binding help reduce fatigue during longer sessions, so you can enjoy that big, room-filling sound without fighting the instrument.

Player-focused A.I.R.port & X-M bracing

Ibanez’s A.I.R.port places a secondary soundhole on the side of the guitar with a specially designed internal structure that reflects and guides sound towards you. Combined with the X-M bracing, which efficiently transfers string vibration through the bridge to the body, you get a clear, responsive tone with tight lows, crisp highs and a controlled midrange, as well as a more immersive listening experience while you play.

Comfortable neck & high-fret access

The Low Oval Grip Okoume neck with a satin polyurethane finish feels slim and fast in the hand, making chord work and single-note lines feel effortless. A deep Advanced Access Cutaway from the 18th fret, along with a shaved side, opens up the upper register so you can reach higher frets with ease for solos, melodic fills and more adventurous chord voicings.

body shape
Grand Dreadnought with Advanced Access Cutaway body

bracing
X-M Bracing

top
Solid Sitka Spruce top

back & sides
Sapele back & Sapele sides

neck
Low Oval GripOkoume neck

fretboard
Purpleheart fretboard

bridge
Purpleheart bridge

body binding
Rounded body edge binding

inlay
White dot inlay

soundhole rosette
Abalone rosette

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

number of frets
20

bridge pins
Ibanez Advantage™

strings
D'Addario® EXP16

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

string space
11mm

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

pickup
Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle

preamp
Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp w/Onboard tuner

output jack
Balanced XLR & 1/4" outputs

battery
9V x1

Ibanez Advanced Acoustic AAD51CE - NT 41.5" Inch Grand Dreadnought with Advanced Access Cutaway body Acoustic-electric Guitar - Natural High Gloss