Ibanez EW20AS 12-String Exotic Wood Acoustic-Electric Guitar  

For my first 12 string acoustic i am extremely satisfied.

• the tuning pegs are good. keeps me in tune even if i play hard like i do.
• the tuner is a bit difficult to use, but its always better to use a different tuner.
• has two outputs, XLR, and instrumet cable.
• the finish is beautiful.
• the neck is nice and wide and great to play.

• very strongly built.
• sounds awesome with new strings!
• im not a fan of the onboard tuner.

the value is awesome. for this proce range nothing can beat it. beautfil finsh, great playability, great sound.

i give the guitar these ratings because no guitar is perfect but just almost is. i definetly recommend this guitar if youre on a budget. the price is perfect for the quality of the guitar. i also recomend buying a hard shell case for it as soon as you get it.

I received this guitar one month ago for my birthday. It had a minor problem on

one of the b strings with a sort of sitar effect. I took it to Faultline Music here in

Paso Robles, CA. John filed a small burr off the nut and it sounds great now.

The tuner is OK but I usually use an external tuner. The pre-amp and chorus

are also acceptable but I generally use the chorus in my Roland amp.

This is a visually beautiful guitar. The wood grain is striking and the tone is quite nice for

a guitar of this price. The workmanship is also very nice.

I highly recommend this guitar to anyone that would like an

attractive, nice sounding 12 string that won't bankrupt you.

I give this axe a big 10!   This guitar arrived via UPS ground on-time.  I opened up the box, which was not damaged anywhere on the outside--not one cardboard bend.  Musician's Friend packaged this inside another box with good packing material, as well.  When I pulled the guitar out of the box--I saw the guitar it was BEAUTIFUL.   This New Shiny and Well Polished High Gloss Radiant Exotic Wood with an eye-catching Quilted-top Axe was a serious Eye-Beholder!

It plays wonderfully and with the built-in electronics and going through a clean amp it has marvelous rich 12-string tone; and when you turn on the built-in chorus on a 12-string--LOOK OUT!  This also has a built-in tuner, volume, tone controls and Phase change switch.  This axe at this price is such a great deal!  It Looks GOOD, Looks GOOD hung up on my wall, Plays GOOD,  Sounds GOOD, and Ibanez's quality in this axe is Extremely GOOD.  It's almost like GOD had made it--like GOD created this axe on the 8th day and saw that it was GOOD!

I only had one issue--I did have my high 'G' string break 2 times, but the high 'G' string is a .008 guaged string, which is lighter than the High 'E' string and has to be tuned higher than the High 'E' string--which is more suseptible to break.  I called Musician's friend and they are sending me a whole new 12-string set of strings for it--Great Customer Service!  Iam well pleased with their service and instrument quality through mail order and would definetely buy from them again!

Mark V.

This guitar as most of the Ibanez guitars in this class - I've owned or sampled others - is a great value. Very high quality in finish and fit. Great, even tone, though I hoped it would be louder.  I had a 6 string in this wood finish and it was louder - my overall pick for best value guitar I ever played. So I bought this and I am very happy. You'd have to pay more than double the price to get a noticeably better 12-string tone. The electronics are easy to use and offer a wide range of aural settings.  No problems with feedback even in my marshall amp, though I usually play it through my PA.  The neck is about as thin as you can get on a 12 string - I like the feel and the action.  If you want a 12-string that does everything but break the bank, try this one.