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Ibanez AW54CE Acoustic-electric Guitar - Open Pore Natural

6-string Acoustic-electric Guitar with Okume Top, Back, and Sides, Nyatoh Neck, and Laurel Fingerboard - Open Pore Natural
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A Great Value in a Solid-top Okume Acoustic-electric

The Ibanez Artwood AW54CE acoustic-electric guitar hits all the right notes. Acoustically, the AW54CE delivers big dreadnought tone that's nicely balanced by the internal X bracing. The solid okume construction gives you a great-looking instrument with a big, balanced sound that's ideal whether you're strumming or fingerpicking. With a Ibanez T-bar under-saddle pickup and an Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp, you get natural-sounding amplification that's plug-n-play simple. You even get an onboard tuner. If you came to Sweetwater for a great-sounding, smooth-playing acoustic-electric that's also a phenomenal value, we can highly recommend the Ibanez AW54CE.

Artwood: high-quality tonewoods and amazing value

The magic of Ibanez's Artwood series acoustic guitars comes from their combination of quality tonewoods and fine construction techniques. To make the Artwood AW54CE acoustic a great-sounding yet affordable guitar, Ibanez began by selecting the best materials for the money and then applied decades upon decades of guitar-crafting experience to them. When you pick up your AW54CE, you'll be amazed by how fine this affordable acoustic guitar really is.

Solid okume construction gives your guitar a rich sonic signature

With its strong fundamentals and ample sustain, okume is a bold choice for a big-bodied dreadnought. To help balance the naturally warm tone of okume, Ibanez employs X bracing on the AW54CE to give you wide-ranging tone that doesn't become too muddy or indistinct.

Tune up, plug in, and sound great with Ibanez electronics

Any gigging guitarist at Sweetwater will tell you that Ibanez's in-house acoustic pickups and preamps are seriously impressive. The AW54CE comes equipped with a T-bar under-saddle pickup. It's powered by the Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp gives you bass, treble, and volume controls to dial in a great tone fast. Best of all, the built-in tuner makes it easy to keep your instrument sounding its best.

Ibanez Artwood AW54CE Acoustic Guitar Features:

  • Great acoustic guitar look, sound, and feel
  • Dreadnought body provides you with plenty of natural projection
  • Okume construction sounds rich and full, with ample sustain
  • Great plugged-in tone and convenient built-in tuning with the AEQ-TP2 pickup system
  • Open pore finish for a natural, rustic appearance
  • Nyatoh neck and laurel fingerboard provides you with solid action

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Tech Specs

  • String Type: Steel
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Body Shape: Dreadnought
  • Back & Sides Wood: Okoume
  • Top Wood: Solid Okoume
  • Finish: Open Pore
  • Color: Natural
  • Body Bracing: X Bracing
  • Binding: Black
  • Neck Wood: Nyatoh
  • Radius: 15.7"
  • Fingerboard Material: Ovangkol
  • Fingerboard Inlay: White Dot
  • Number of Frets: 20
  • Scale Length: 25.5"
  • Nut Width: 1.692"
  • Nut/Saddle Material: Plastic/Plastic
  • Bridge Material: Ovangkol
  • Tuning Machines: Chrome Die-Cast Tuners
  • Electronics: Ibanez T-bar undersaddle with AEQ-TP2 Preamp
  • Strings: D'Addario XTAPB1253 Phosphor Bronze, .012-.053
  • Case Included: Sold Separately
  • Body Length: 20"
  • Body Width: 15.75"
  • Body Depth: 5"
  • Manufacturer Part Number: AW54CEOPN

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Rated 5/5

Pleasantly surprised...

Ibanez delivers a quality guitar, period. Outstanding guitar + workingman's price point = recipe for awesome!! This acoustic/electric guitar projects a full sound, even unplugged! Even tone, top to bottom; especially rich bottom end. The solid Okume wood top and Okume wood back/sides reminds me of more expensive mahogany wooded acoustic guitars. The Nyatoh wood neck plays like butter and the Ovankol fingerboard is velvety. The electronics are all topflight and the onboard tuner seems very accurate. Great playability right out of the box...beautiful looking guitar. I wasn't too sure about the wavy grain pattern on the guitar that I chose, but I would recommend it; the grain pattern shifts with the angle of the light striking it...very appealing. This lightweight beauty is just what I was looking for. Thank you, Kent Sallaz, my sales engineer! My Ibanez guitar was delivered to me in great shape. First timer ordering from Sweetwater, and it was a fine experience.
Music background: Pleasure player
Rated 5/5

Quality

very good sound , love fretting look is awesome, light and just nice and enjoyable to play ,
Music background: for self
Rated 5/5

First Guitar - couldn’t have done it better!

Thanks so much to Sweetwater and to the amazing team! Drew foster helped me pick out the most perfect guitar and helped me by asking the right questions and together we chose the right guitar which turned out the be the greatest purchase I've made in 26 years!!! Also, Mike Silver gave me a call to let me know that my guitar has shipped, first of all, what a great service to call me just to tell me my guitar shipped - definitely added to my excitement, also he was so nice and stayed on the phone with me for 40 minutes on a regular Monday afternoon. Teaching me about the guitar basics and what to look out for as a new (beginner) guitar player. Thanks so much to these guys as I finally started playing and it's been a dream of mine for many many years!! Cheers to me becoming a rock star!

Oh and if you want to know about the guitar, it's priceless, I wouldn't have found anything better anywhere else, just buy it. Nothing to consider here. Best guitar hands down! Also, Sweetwater tested it, gave it its own personal photo shoot and tuned the guitar and made sure everything was perfect so I can start playing right out of the box!

Go sweetwater!!
Music background: None other than playing a little drums and piano as a kid
Rated 5/5

My new Ibanez Artwood

This is my second AW54CE-opn. I have a Martin,a Eastman,and several different acoustics but when i seen this guitar and my salesman at the Music Connection in Redding Ca played a few riffs on it for me I could not believe the qaulity of sound that came out. O had to have it. So bought it. Then friends of mine came to visit and we play together. He loved the guitar so much i ended up giving it to him. I had to have another so I ordered it. Now I will keep this and give a Martin or something else away next time someone just has to have a guitar. I will play it more than the other 30 something guitars that I have. And they are all of high qaulity. Thank you Music Connection in Redding. Keep them in stock I may have to buy another one. Will Turnbull
Music background: Hobbyist /advanced beginner
Rated 4/5

So far so good!!!!

I was looking for a mahogany dreadnaught cutaway with a 1 11/16" nut. (Almost impossible to find)
This guitar isn't mahogany but it sounds close enough. It has a very balanced tone, dead straight neck and a good finish. On the bad side....the preamp/pickup is a piece of crap. You'll probably want to replace it. This guitar sounds better unplugged and mic'd. But for the money, it's still worth buying.
Music background: Playing for over 35 years
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