The AEW16LTD is an AEW series acoustic-electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2016. It was a limited edition model which was produced in China. It was also referred to as the AEW16LTD1.
The AEW16LTD features a grand concert shaped body with a soft Florentine cutaway. The top is laminated spalted maple and walnut mosaic top with multi wooden binding on spalted maple and walnut mosaic back and sides with a high gloss finish. The round soundhole has a rosewood rosette. It has a mahogany neck with a dovetail neck joint and a 25½" scale, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with maple dot position markers. Components include a plastic saddle in a rosewood bridge, black plastic bridge pins, a plastic nut, and chrome Ibanez die-cast tuning machines with black buttons.
Electronics consist of a Fishman Sonicore pickup, an Ibanez AEQ-SP2 preamp with onboard tuner powered by a 9V battery and balanced XLR and ¼" outputs.
The AEW51 is a related model with a spruce top and rosewood, spalted maple and walnut mosaic back and sides.
