I usually love my Ibanez instruments, but this one disappointed... The tone is fine, the volume even enough when the uke's amped, the basic quality of materials good, the cut away awesome, and the feel comfortable. In fact, I generally liked this uke — at first. Then I went to put on low G strings cause I like high G on my soprano ukes and low G on my tenors. Unfortunately, the slots in the bridge and nut meant to accommodate the strings are fatter for the C and E, but narrower for the G and A — which means a husky low G string simply doesn't fit. Like, even kinda sorta. While I realize that high G tuning is more common, low G isn't unheard of — especially on a tenor where the lower tuning option makes the most sense given the tenor's lower sound range. So if you're looking for a tenor that enables low G tuning as well as high, this sadly isn't it.

Bass guitar is my main instrument but want to try to learn the ukulele for fun. Not really knowing much about them I went did most of my research online. I decided to go with a tenor because although small, it's larger than the soprano and easier for me to handle, I wanted to try a few out and went to my local Guitar Center which is close to my home. Unfortunately they didn't have much of a selection on hand to try but I wanted to buy from here because I had a store credit that I wanted to use. I did try another straight acoustic model on hand just to get a feel for the size.So I did a little more looking on their website and found a few tenors in my price point. I chose the Ibanez because of the price, reputation and it also had a built in tuner and pre-amp ( I wanted an acoustic-electric) as well as the single cut away that I wanted. Not know much about ukuleles I found it to be built well for what it is. It sounds nice and I've already learned a few songs after a week of playing. There are many websites where simple tabs can be found. So bottom line if you're looking for a quality acoustic-electric ukulele that won't break the bank then I recommend the Ibanez UEWT5E.

I love the tone of this ukulele. Its rich sound gives any song a more serious feel, and it blends very nicely with my vocal range. When I got it, I was pleasantly surprised with how it felt playing it. I would highly recommend it!