Ibanez IBANEZ AEL20E-TKS AE FMT GLOSS TRANS BLK SNBST  

This is an awsome guitar I bought it used and but it still sounds amazing the pickups are good and the tone is really. for the price this is an amazing guitar

Great

This is a review update, Since I've now owned the guitar 8 years now. I've progressed to a performing musician with our church's praise group and although I've been quite happy with the guitar a few issues are worth mentioning.

The preamp crapped out a year ago and I had some problems with the tuning machines, Also Since changeing my string preference from Nanowebs (or Polywebs: I can't remember which); to Dean Markley Blue steel lights; the guitar was a bit buzzy when playing barre chords. I took the guitar to a good luthier in Miami and had him install Planet Wave's high ratio locking tuners and the new Fishman Onboard preamp which included a fantastic piezo pickup. Some cutting and rewiring was needed but I assure you; I have a guitar than sounds as good if not better than my teachers Taylor and even does a convincing job of impersonating her graphite Rainsong (100's of downloadable images avail). I replaced the bridge pegs with high quality "Tusq" pins. The Luthier did a careful setup and there is no buzz at all and the action seems impossibly low! Everyone laughed at me at my local shop for dumping so much $ into a $400 guitar. After hearing it and playing it they just scratch their heads in disbelief; it a one- of-a-kind. I look at it like this: for $1000 I have a guitar that's worth more to me than a $5000 dollar guitar would be.

Well Built for a Chinese Axe; Always stayed in tune between use regarless of enviromentals. Fit & Finish way above average for this kind of money. I had to replace machines and electronics after 7 years of rigorous use. Recently I signifigantly upgraded the guitar.

Great Value, best deal I've seen.

Good, better than average to start with; it an incredible instrument now.

on board tuner and EQ , ...very nice features...tuner is accurate

well built... ..terrific finish...no flaws in finish at all....nice clean tone through an amp as well as unplugged....(mine  has a slight buss in the low E string but only when strumming hard)...

for the money i doubt your going to get much better ....great looks, sweet sound (not a martin) but still pretty nice....and nice features make this a great buy.........

if your looking for a nice looking , nice sounding guitar w great features and you dont have a bunch of cash, you cant go wrong...the features and sound of this guitar stand up to others in the price range

Yes, I give it a 10 for the price and the outstanding craftsmenship. The Finish is perfect in every detail.

Straight out of the package, tuned it up, very good action, no problems found, 

great for the price

Like I said, right out of the package and it's been smooth picking. Great action, the pickup system can take you to a deep full sound or like your playing in a can, it has a very widel range. The 1/4' and mic imput are nice and tight.

I bought this guitar (AEL20E-Red) with high expectations after reading the favorable reviews. I am somewhat disappointed. The action was terrible and I will probably take it somewhere and get a setup done on it. As far as sound it is fairly good both acoustically and plugged in. I have a Big Baby Taylor that I reach for instead of this guitar.It sounds a lot better than this guitar. I must admit that I had to have the action set on the Big Baby also. I will try to write another review after set-up if it makes a difference in my opinion of this guitar.

Quality seems to be average. The finish is very vulnerable to scratches, even with a cloth rag.

I believe this guitar is over priced. It doesn't come with a case and without one it isn't worth the price.

I have tried this guitar with and without an amp. I am just not impressed with this guitar. It is pretty to look at but as far as playing it I am not impressed.

I am not a full time musician but I do love to play guitar.