Ibanez AW54LOPN Left-Handed Mahogany Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural

This guitar sounds way above its price point, right out of the box it was tuned perfectly, the action was to high for my liking so my local shop installed a new bone Saddle. Don't hesitate to purchase this guitar you can't go wrong for this price!

I found one second hand, and I would buy new knowing what I know now. I got one that was new unused and I love it. It has a very warm, sweet tone, it's not loud, but it's also not muted. it plays well, I love the neck, the action was set well (low), and strings are easy to work with. Once I changed out the nut, saddle, and bridge pins, It altered the sound completely, now I have greater sustain, There is also greater resonance to the guitar now. It was altered so much I almost swapped back to the nut and saddle it came with. The original warmth is still there, but with the bone saddle, bone nut, and ebony pins, the projection is much greater. I had to alter my play to achieve the same sweet sound. it turned out less is more, I love this Guitar. This guitar without mods plays great and sounds great, I've bought a couple other mildly more expensive ones and I can't put this one down.

Great emrig fir the price

After seeing all the great reviews, i had to get one of these. Absolutely does not dissapoint! Amazing rich full sound. Lows, highs, i love the sound! Sicks its 50 more for lefty, but still an amazing price!

It showed up damp and cool from being shipped in a set of cardboard boxes in early winter, thus the minor and typical bulge on the top was exaggerated a bit. After a few days inside, it dried out and warmed up, the top returned to how it should be. Clean, no damage or finish issues. I should note, this is a large body guitar and the top and its braces are thin. That's what gives the extreme response, superb resonance and pronounced bass. Regarding the latter, I've heard acoustic bass' that didn't sound this good. Even with the E tuned down to D or Db it's still very responsive. This responsiveness also accentuates the harmonics of the E, A and D strings if they are left open and the G, B and E strings are plucked or strummed. That can be good or bad, depending on what one is doing, but I am very surprised by how well this guitar works. The wood looks fantastic. I had suspected that it would be much lighter than was shown in the photos of it, but I was wrong, it's nice and dark, very rich looking. Top, sides, back, neck, head, everything on it looks great. The intonation is very good. I check that by going around the fret board matching notes in the same octave, such as E3 or F4, C4, A4, etc. comparing the pitch that each has when the open tuning is correct. I expected most of them or some of them to be off a good bit, but they are very close. It came strung with D'Addario coated 80/20 strings, so they are clean and bright. Complaints: The highs are a bit thin compared to the mid and bass range. The tuning pegs aren't very good, they're vague and don't feel connected to the strings when you turn them. The nut is tight on most of the strings too, especially the G and B strings. When I change the strings, some graphite in the nut will help there. The open pore & natural finish make it very reactive to humidity and temperature changes. So, keep it in a stable environment or expect to tune often.

The neck feel and fret board are smoothe. The the low end sound and projection is awesome. I am very happy to say ..... Thank you Ibanez f or an affordable, well made instrument.