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At A Glance

Body Shape
Cutaway Classical body
Bracing
Fan bracing
Top
Spruce top
Back & Sides
Sapele back & Sapele sides
Neck
Okoume
Fretboard
Purpleheart
Bridge
Purpleheart
Body Binding
Black
Soundhole Rosette
Classical Mosaic Design rosette
Tuning Machine
Gold Classical tuners
Number of Frets
19
Strings
Coated nylon strings
String Space
11.6mm
Pickup
Ibanez Undersaddle pickup
Preamp
Ibanez AEQ-2T preamp w/Onboard tuner
Output Jack
1/4" output
Battery
9V battery
Finish Top
Gloss
Finish Back And Sides
Gloss
Finish Neck Back
Gloss
Scale
650mm
A : Width
52mm at NUT
B : Width
63.5mm at 14F
C : Thickness
22mm at 1F
D : Thickness
24mm at 7F
Radius
Flat
A : Length
19 1/4"
B : Width
14 1/2"
C : Max Depth
4"
Finish Color
Amber
Description

Ibanez built the GA6CE as part of its Classical Series, positioning it as an electro-acoustic classical guitar with a cutaway body. The cutaway configuration gave players access to the upper register while retaining the fan-braced spruce top characteristic of the classical tradition. The Amber High Gloss finish was applied across the body, with a full gloss treatment on the top, back, sides, and neck.

The body pairs a spruce top with sapele back and sides, braced with classical fan bracing. The okoume neck carries a purpleheart fretboard and matching purpleheart bridge, with a flat radius and 52mm nut width. The neck profile measures 22mm at the first fret and 24mm at the seventh. Gold classical tuners handle tuning, and coated nylon strings are strung at an 11.6mm string spacing across the 19-fret neck at a 650mm scale. On the electronics side, Ibanez fitted an undersaddle pickup feeding an AEQ-2T preamp with onboard tuner, outputting through a standard 1/4" jack on a 9V battery. The soundhole carries a classical mosaic design rosette, and the body is bound in black.

Owners requiring setup work, nut replacement, or pickup servicing should consult a qualified luthier or guitar technician familiar with classical and nylon-string instruments, as the construction conventions differ from steel-string guitars.

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