Ibanez AE160-VMS

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Steel-String Guitar with Pickup

With cutaway
Back and sides: Ovangkol
Top: Solid sitka spruce
Neck: Nyatoh with Comfort Grip
Fingerboard: Thermo Aged Ovangkol
Fingerboard radius: 400 mm (15.75")
Scale: 634 mm (25")
Nut width: 43 mm (1.69")
20 Frets
Pickup: Ibanez T-bar Undersaddle
Ibanez AEQ-2UT Preamp with built-in tuner
Volume, bass and treble control
Bridge: Thermo Aged Ovangkol
Chrome die-cast machine heads with 18:1 gear ratio
Outputs: XLR and 6.3 mm jack
Polyurethane lacquer
Colour: Vintage Mahogany Sunburst high-gloss

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Available since February 2025
Item number 606910
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Design AE
Top Spruce
Back And Sides Ovangkol
Cutaway Yes
Fretboard Ovangkol
Nut width in mm 43,00 mm
Frets 20
Pickups Yes
Colour Natural Burst
Case No
Incl. Gigbag No

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Poor Factory Setup and Pickup Issues, but Good Potential After Adjustments

Knut Kåre 06.10.2026

When the AE160 arrived, the initial setup was terrible. The action was far too low, causing massive fret buzz that made the guitar completely unplayable straight out of the box. After raising the saddle with the included shims and tweaking the truss rod, playability improved dramatically. This poor setup might just be a one-off issue with my specific unit, but for a beginner, receiving a guitar like this could be very intimidating.
The built-in electronics were also disappointing on my model. While the tuner works great and tuning stability is rock-solid, the pickup system barely picks up the B string and completely misses the high E string (though this could potentially be an isolated defect with my piezo pickup). Additionally, the A.I.R. port feels more like marketing fluff than a useful feature.
Acoustically, it has a beautiful finish and sounds quite good once properly adjusted. It leans slightly thin in tone, likely due to the cutaway and lightweight construction. I highly recommend pairing it with 80/20 bronze strings, as they bring out the bright top end and breathe life into the somewhat lacking low end (phosphor bronze sounded far too dull to my ears).

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Bon achat

Selma84 02.04.2025

Je cherchais une bonne guitare, fiable et solide, pour voyager sans crainte dans les transports et jouer en public, ce, à un prix plus qu'abordable sans rien céder à la facture pour cette gamme d'instruments.
Ibanez ou Yamaha, donc.
Arrivée parfaitement réglée, j'ai simplement changé les cordes.
Comparé à d'autres marques prestigieuses et modèles haut de gamme, le son est moins riche que puissant mais tout-à-fait bon et nuancé pour l'usage que j'en fais, en acoustique comme branché.
Le manche est remarquablement fin et facile à jouer, comme on peut s'y attendre pour une Japonaise!
Aucun regret, elle ne remplacera certes pas mes Martin et Taylor mais le plaisir de jouer est bien là!
Merci à l'équipe de Thomann pour son soutien.

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ypoxy 10.06.2025

Très bon rapport qualité prix, guitare tres agréable, manche tres facile a jouer (du Ibanez) Attention toute fois j'ai du régler le sillet car les cordes étaient trop basse et touché les frètes

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