Ibanez VC44-OPN Natural

A Jampack Designed for Learning at Ibanez

The V40CE-OPN fits within Ibanez's "Jampack" spirit: offering an accessible, coherent, and easy-to-handle guitar, with practical elements for the first months of playing. Its Grand Concert format and electro-acoustic equipment make it a reliable base for practicing at home as well as plugging into an amp or PA system during early lessons, rehearsals, or performances.

For Which Guitarists and Styles?

This guitar is primarily aimed at beginners and intermediate players who want an affordable, easy-to-live-with, and versatile electro-acoustic. The Grand Concert format favors balanced playing in both strumming (chords) and arpeggios, making it very suitable for pop, folk, variety, vocal accompaniment, and basic picking techniques.

Sound

The meranti tonewoods (back, sides, and top indicated as meranti on the technical sheet) deliver a rather soft and homogeneous response, with a present midrange that helps to "hold" the accompaniment well. The Grand Concert format offers a good balance between comfort and projection, with interesting definition for arpeggios. Once plugged in, the undersaddle pickup accurately captures the string attack, while the Ibanez AEQ-2T preamp allows quick adjustment of volume and EQ (bass/treble) and tuning without external accessories thanks to the built-in tuner.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

To stay as close as possible to the original specifications, this guitar is designed for a .012 to .053 gauge. For transportation, the recommended references are the IAB540-BK gig bag and the FS40DA case.

Technical specifications

Format	Concert	Neck Type	Glued
Left handed	No	Electroacoustic	No
Cutaway	No	Color	Natural
Strings	Steel	Finishing	Matt
Nbr of strings	6	Hardware	Chromed
Nbrs of frets	20

Body shape	Grand Concert	Nut width	42 mm / 1.65"
Top material	meranti	Width at end (14th fret)	54 mm / 2.13"
Back material	meranti	Number of frets	20
Sides material	meranti	Fingerboard	Nandu wood
Rosette	water decal	Radius	10" / 250 mm
Body finish	open pore polyurethane	Inlays	white dots
Body depth	4" / 101.6 mm	Bridge	Nandu wood
Body width	15.375" / 390.5 mm	Bridge pins	Ibanez Advantage
Body length	19.375" / 492.1 mm	Nut	plastic
Body depth at joint	90 mm / 3.54"	Nut material	plastic
Body depth at end	100 mm / 3.94"	String spacing	11 mm / 0.43"
Total length	1023 mm / 40.28"	Tuners	chrome
Body thickness	100 mm / 3.94"	Output jack	1/4" output
Body length (mm)	492 mm / 19.37"	Pickup	Ibanez undersaddle
Body width (mm)	390 mm / 15.35"	Preamp	Ibanez AEQ-2T with built-in tuner
Neck joint	dovetail	Controls	1 Volume, Bass, Treble
Neck position	14th fret	Other switches	tuner on/off switch
Neck material	meranti	String gauge	.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053
Neck finish	open pore polyurethane	Tuning (from high to low)	1E, 2B, 3G, 4D, 5A, 6E
Neck thickness (1st fret)	21 mm / 0.83"	Recommended gig bag	IAB540-BK
Neck thickness (7th fret)	22 mm / 0.87"	Recommended case	FS40DA
Scale length	25.6" / 650 mm	Other included items	hex key, bridge pin