Ibanez AW54CE - Open Pore Natural Review

Pleasantly surprised...

Ibanez delivers a quality guitar, period. Outstanding guitar + workingman's price point = recipe for awesome!! This acoustic/electric guitar projects a full sound, even unplugged! Even tone, top to bottom; especially rich bottom end. The solid Okume wood top and Okume wood back/sides reminds me of more expensive mahogany wooded acoustic guitars. The Nyatoh wood neck plays like butter… read more and the Ovankol fingerboard is velvety. The electronics are all topflight and the onboard tuner seems very accurate. Great playability right out of the box...beautiful looking guitar. I wasn't too sure about the wavy grain pattern on the guitar that I chose, but I would recommend it; the grain pattern shifts with the angle of the light striking it...very appealing. This lightweight beauty is just what I was looking for. Thank you, Kent Sallaz, my sales engineer! My Ibanez guitar was delivered to me in great shape. First timer ordering from Sweetwater, and it was a fine experience.

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Quality

very good sound , love fretting look is awesome, light and just nice and enjoyable to play ,

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So far so good!!!!

I was looking for a mahogany dreadnaught cutaway with a 1 11/16" nut. (Almost impossible to find)This guitar isn't mahogany but it sounds close enough. It has a very balanced tone, dead straight neck and a good finish. On the bad side....the preamp/pickup is a piece of crap. You'll probably want to replace it. This guitar sounds better unplugged and mic'd. But for the money,… read more it's still worth buying.

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First Guitar - couldn’t have done it better!

Thanks so much to Sweetwater and to the amazing team! Drew foster helped me pick out the most perfect guitar and helped me by asking the right questions and together we chose the right guitar which turned out the be the greatest purchase I've made in 26 years!!! Also, Mike Silver gave me a call to let me know that my guitar has shipped, first of all, what a great service to call… read more me just to tell me my guitar shipped - definitely added to my excitement, also he was so nice and stayed on the phone with me for 40 minutes on a regular Monday afternoon. Teaching me about the guitar basics and what to look out for as a new (beginner) guitar player. Thanks so much to these guys as I finally started playing and it's been a dream of mine for many many years!! Cheers to me becoming a rock star! Oh and if you want to know about the guitar, it's priceless, I wouldn't have found anything better anywhere else, just buy it. Nothing to consider here. Best guitar hands down! Also, Sweetwater tested it, gave it its own personal photo shoot and tuned the guitar and made sure everything was perfect so I can start playing right out of the box! Go sweetwater!!

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My new Ibanez Artwood

This is my second AW54CE-opn. I have a Martin,a Eastman,and several different acoustics but when i seen this guitar and my salesman at the Music Connection in Redding Ca played a few riffs on it for me I could not believe the qaulity of sound that came out. O had to have it. So bought it. Then friends of mine came to visit and we play together. He loved the guitar so much i ended… read more up giving it to him. I had to have another so I ordered it. Now I will keep this and give a Martin or something else away next time someone just has to have a guitar. I will play it more than the other 30 something guitars that I have. And they are all of high qaulity. Thank you Music Connection in Redding. Keep them in stock I may have to buy another one. Will Turnbull

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