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The AW150CE is an Artwood series acoustic/electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez for 2019. It was made in China.

The AW150CE features a dreadnought body shape with a Venetian cutaway and a solid Sitka spruce top on okoume back and sides with an open pore finish. The top features an okoume comfort forearm contour on the upper bout and a round soundhole with a laser engraved rosette. The nyatoh neck has a 20-fret ovangkol fingerboard with small white dot position markers. Components include a compensated bone saddle in an ovangkol bridge with black Ibanez Advantage bridge pins, a bone nut, and chrome Ibanez tuning machines. Electronics consist of a Ibanez T-bar undersaddle pickup connected to an Ibanez AEQ-TP2 preamp with onboard tuner powered by a 9V battery, and balanced XLR and ¼" outputs.

The AW152CE is a twelve string version. The AC150CE is a similar model with a cutaway grand concert body shape.

The AW150CE was discontinued after 2020.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for AW150CE
Name: AW150CE
Year(s) offered: 2019–2020
Sold in: Asia & Africa / China / Europe / North & South America and Oceania / USA
Made in: China
Finishes: Open Pore Natural (OPN)
Body
Body type:
Acoustic
Body shape:
Dreadnought w/ Venetian cutaway
Dimensions:
  Length: 508mm/ 20"
  Width: 400mm/ 15¾"
  Depth: 127mm/ 5"
Top:
  Material: Solid Sitka spruce w/ forearm contour
  Finish: Open pore
  Binding: Black & white
Back/sides:
  Material: Okoume
  Finish: Open pore
Soundhole shape:
Round
Soundhole rosette:
Laser engraved
Neck
Neck profile:
AW
Neck material:
1-piece nyatoh
Neck joint:
Dovetail
Scale length:
651mm/ 25⅝"
Fingerboard:
Ovangkol
Inlays:
Small white dot
Frets:
20
Nut:
Bone (43mm)
Machine heads:
Ibanez die-cast
Electronics/ Components
Pickup:
Ibanez T-bar undersaddle
Preamp:
Ibanez AEQ-TP2 w/ onboard tuner
Output jack(s):
Balanced XLR & ¼"
Battery:
9V
Bridge:
Ovangkol (11mm string spacing)
Bridge pins:
Ibanez Advantage (black w/ white dot)
Saddle:
Bone compensated
Hardware color:
Chrome
Strings (factory):
2019: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario EXP16)
2020: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053 (D'Addario XTAPB1253)
Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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Additional details
XLR quarter-inch output
XLR & ¼" balanced output
AEQ-TP2 preamp diagram
AEQ-TP2 preamp diagram

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