I expected a decent instrument from Ibanez but this just blew me away. The tenor guitar is not a wildly popular instrument made in the millions like a regular guitar, it's kind of a rarity. That they can produce this quality in such an instrument is amazing! Years ago you had the choice between a poor quality import or a super-expensive Gibson or Martin. This is excellent quality for a ridiculously low price. Very well done Ibanez!
Note that this will not come set up, that is, with all the adjustments needed to make any instrument play its best. You should not expect that for this price. A proper set up by a skilled technician can easily add almost $100 to the price of any guitar. Fortunately, I have the experience needed for this, but if you don't you can have any good music store provide the service. I lowered the action, changed out the strings (factory strings always need replacing), and did the other set up jobs. I strung this like the top four strings of a regular guitar (DGBE) so it plays like a baritone ukulele. You have to put regular light guitar strings on to do this. Tenor guitar strings will break. Once everything was adjusted the way I like it the guitar was just perfect for me. Because of the nice big dreadnaught body it has plenty of bass response for this.
If you always wanted a baritone ukulele with metal strings, get this instrument and put the high strings of a guitar on it. Tenor banjo players will, of course, leave it tuned CGDA. Irish banjo players will prefer it tuned GDAE. It can handle all those tunings with the right strings. The various string sets needed are available here on Amazon.
One reviewer complained that the neck is very narrow. This is normal for a tenor guitar. It is a hybrid instrument developed in the 1920s for tenor banjo players. It's really a tenor banjo with a guitar body (or a guitar with tenor banjo neck, depending on how you look at it).
I received mine two days after placing the order and it arrived well packaged in perfect condition. There is no case included, but it will fit in a hard case for the Baby Taylor guitar or a 1/2 size guitar gig bag. Those are also available on Amazon from excellent sellers.
Again, great job Ibanez and thank you Amazon!
ADDED: After changing the strings to "Chicago tuning" (like the four high strings of a standard guitar) I needed to fill and re-cut one of the nut slots. This is because of the string change and isn't Ibanez's fault. The same thing can happen if you were to re-string it for Irish tuning or anything other than what it was originally set up for. But be aware of that if you plan on converting the instrument to an alternate tuning.
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| Sold By | Adorama | Amazon.com | Adorama | Alchemy Musical Supply | Amazon.com | Adorama |
| hand orientation | Right | Right | Right | Right | Right | Ambidextrous |
| number of strings | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| fretboard material | Rosewood | East Indian Rosewood | — | Rosewood | East Indian Rosewood | Rosewood |
| back material | Mahogany | Santos Rosewood | Okoume Wood | Rosewood | Santos Rosewood | Agathis Wood |
| top material | Spruce | Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood | Rosewood, Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood |
| string material | Bronze | Alloy Steel | — | — | Alloy Steel | Bronze |
| body material | Mahogany | Santos Rosewood | Wood | Rosewood | Santos Rosewood | laminated-wood |
| neck material | Mahogany | Mahogany | Plastic | Rosewood | Mahogany | Mahogany |
| guitar bridge system | Fixed | Fixed | — | — | Fixed | Fixed |
| pickup configuration | — | Nickel-plated tuners | — | — | Nickel-plated tuners | No Pickup |
| scale length | — | 22.88 | 27 | — | 22.88 | — |
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Nice instrument, sweet tone
I am very happy with this instrument, especially for the price. The frets don't quite sit right in two places. and the nut is a bit high. I can get that fixed, right now I am breaking it in, actually an easy thing to do on this instrument. I have now added it to my collection of instruments which I take to gigs. These instruments include violin, viola, mandolin, mandola and accordion. The tenor guitar is a nice addition. I chose it because the tuning is like a viola, so I can find my way around the instrument.
