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Ibanez AEL20E AEL Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar

Flamed-maple top. Maple back and sides. Fishman Sonicore pickup. SST preamp.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           10 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           9 out of 10
Value:
           10 out of 10
I Want It:
           10 out of 10
Sound:
           10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           10 out of 10
Support:
           10 out of 10
 
 

"An absolutely must have!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from tmsteam.com
Submitted: 3/25/2006
Style of Music: Rock
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Allentown, PA

 

 
Feature:
No accessories included. The built in tuner is very useful and the SST pickup is very useable.

Quality:
I am only rating it a 9 because I don't have it long enough to know how it will hold up after time.

Value:
I think this is a really good value as I compared with Fender and Gibson. The salesman really wanted me to buy a Fender that was a $150 more, but in my opinion this guitar sounded crisper and cleaner.

Desirability:
Very aesthetically appealing.

Sound:
This guitar sounds absolutely fantastic. Clear crisp tones that make me want to play for hours. I initially bought an electric, but took it back because I wasn't happy with the sound. After I tried a few acoustics I came upon this one and new it was the one for me.

Ease of Use:
If you can play some chords you can some really clean sounds out of this guitar.

Support:
Have not dealt with them.

Overall:
I plan to keep it forever and will only add to my collection as different moods or interests require a different instrument.

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"Wonderful addition"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from smallsyssoft.com
Submitted: 9/30/2007
Style of Music: Christian, 60's rock, eclectic
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Kingsport, TN, USA

 

 
Feature:
Excellent built in tuner, chromatic. Has a XLR output as well as typical 1/4 inch

Quality:
Binding defect in one small spot, otherwise flawless. Very pretty guitar (I got the red one).

Value:
Again, to find a comparable guitar it would require double the price - I was willing to go that high, glad I didn't have to.

Desirability:
Very sweet top and back, beautiful coloring and grain.

Sound:
Warm dreadnaught sound but with adequate sparkle and high end, sounds great both acoustically and plugged in. I compared to Takamine, Seagull, Washburn, Fender, Martin Sigma, and found that you would need to at least double the price to get comparable sound.

Ease of Use:
Great action, this guitar sang to me. With normal tuning, no fret buzz unless you are trying to kill it

Support:
Have not needed.

Overall:
I play electric more than acoustic, was looking for an upgrade to another acoustic-electric (an Applause from Ovation). This is the 9th guitar in my collection and is my go to guitar for acoustic sounds (more real acoustic than a piezo equipped Parker Fly Deluxe, far deeper and warmer than the Applause).

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"Incredible value, great for easy live use"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from cs.stanford.edu
Submitted: 3/28/2009
Style of Music: Rock, pop
Musical Experience: Active musician
Location: Seattle, WA

 

 
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Feature:
This guitar is ahead of the curve (certainly at this price point) in feature set, a major reason I gave it this high a rating. It's _soooo_ convenient to have a balanced output, a phase inverter, and a four-band EQ for live use. Seriously, it's like when I first drove a hatchback car and I was like "wow, I can fit soooo much stuff in here". It's like that. It just makes live use so convenient. Also, the finish looks _incredible_ for this price range. I have the transparent blue model.

Quality:
So far so good.

Value:
I would pay $500 for this guitar.

Desirability:
I think the blue looks awesome. Others will certainly not dig the un-vintage vibe of a colorful acoustic guitar, but I love it.

Sound:
This is definitely a slightly thinner tone, not a deep bass sound. Personally I like that; great for strumming percussive playing. Probably less effective for fingerstyle playing, since the bottom can be a little weak. Similarly just a little thin for recording.

Overall:
This is not a pro guitar that I would use for recording, but for this price range, it's $500 worth of features and $300 worth of sound in a $350 guitar. Amazing.

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"Great Baragin"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 10/5/2008

 

 
Feature:
has a pretty good on board tuner but it isnt perfect. This is coming from someone who hates to use tuners though and nothing sounds good to me unless i tune it by ear but otherwise has a 1/4 output which doesnt cause any buzzing. Sounds just as good electric as acoustic. but i perfer acoustic

Quality:
the quality of this guitar is great. its lasted me throuh lots of gigs and just playing and/or practicing at home. its a beautiful guitar. I got the blue one but im thinking about getting the red one too just because i love this guitar so much.

Value:
Value is definetly a 10. You wont find a guitar that sounds this beautiful for this cheap unless you make it yourself.

Desirability:
Beautiful guitar sounds great. I love the sunburst that the AEL model offers

Sound:
The sound quality of this guitar is amazing. I've had it for about 2 or 3 years and playing for hours and hours a day.

Ease of Use:
Its a guitar so their really isnt much of a learning curve unless you cant play guitar. very ease to use the eqs though and sounds great.

Support:
I havent had to deal with the company for this guitar but have delt with ibanez before and they seemed very helpful to me so 10.

Overall:
I have had this guitar for about 3 years and i havent bought a guitar since. I use to buy about 3-5 guitars a year but every since i bought this one 3 years ago i feel like i dont need a taylor or any other competitive model out there. This guitar is just that amazing

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"Ibanez quality plz read before you purchase any other guitar!!!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from HOTMAIL.CO.UK
Submitted: 5/17/2009
Style of Music: COUNTRY,BLUES
Musical Experience: ACTIVE MUSICIAN
Location: SOUTHAMPTON ENGLAND UK

 

 
Feature:
I cant really comment to much on the pre amp controls as ive not road tested it enough only the volume as previosly mentioned hense the 9.

Quality:
Fantastic finish as always with Ibanez.I have found no faults in the 4 years of owning it.I always keep it in my hard case when not in use so nothings fell off yet not that i expect it to.The inlays look great and so do i when i play this baby lol..

Value:
If i wanted a guitar of equal quality i would expect to pay an extra £150-£200 more .I always check out the guitars in my local shop and i'm so happy with my purchase.. My second choice in the shop was also an Ibanez and i could of chosen from Epiphone, Yamaha, Ovations, Fender amongst others..

Desirability:
The finish again says it all...Ibanez quality rocks..

Sound:
Excellent tone .I strum some country songs unplugged n it responds perfectly.I have used it plugged in for gigs and the pre amp does struggle for volume compared to my friends Yamaha but just adjust amp to suitno problem..

Ease of Use:
This was purchased as my second guitar from beginner standard and i belive my choice was a good one.I love playing this its light and feels great to play.

Support:
never needed any...

Overall:
IF YOU GET A CHANCE TRY THIS GUITAR BEFORE YOU PURCHASE ANY OTHER... You may even be able to get two for the price of the one you were gonna pay..One in Red and one in Blue..

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"This is the Bang you've been looking for!!!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 4/28/2006
Style of Music: Christian
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Chesapeake, Va

 

 
Feature:
Has a great tuner that i couldn't live without, and a nice EQ.

Quality:
There is one little mistake that you can tell was made as it was being produced, but i like it.

Value:
SO worth the price, a great deal

Desirability:
it was so sexy that i was busy looking for other guitars that sounded just as good so I wouldn't have to buy it.

Sound:
Great sound!!! The salesman thought i just wanted to but it because of its beautiful finish, then he played it himself and agreed that not too many guitars in his shop sounded as good.

Ease of Use:
Has great neck. i have played guitars with better necks but they start at $1100 dollars, and they don't beat it by much. If your shop offers a free set up with your purchase... I would think it a waste of money to get anything else.

Support:
When you make great products all the customer service people can sleep at thier desks!!! Great job Ibanez!!!

Overall:
I am keeping this thing forever. I might get a better guitar farther down the road, but for right now i go to the store and look around and i really don't want anything else

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"this guitar has it all!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from peoplepc.com
Submitted: 11/27/2006
Style of Music: Christian worship and rock and puck and.......... other stuff.... THE BEATLES
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Redding, CA

 

 
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Feature:
the qestion is what doesn't it have... well i geuss it could come with a case, or a strap. so 9.

Quality:
my volume countrol has to stay all the way on or all the way off, i probly should get that fixed. other than that its seems to rock.

Value:
great deal, i cant think of any guitar you could get for this price. im totally satisfied.

Desirability:
the sunberst blue photo doesnt do this guitar justice, i admit the picture had me worried on what it would look like, but she is one of the best looking acoustics ive ever seen. she's a hottie

Sound:
this guitar blew me away as soon as i opened the box. i got that sucker tuned and boy does she ever sound great. bar cords, power cords, blues scales, it doesn't matter this baby sounds like a taylor on steriods. (talk about a home run cough* barry bonds....)

Ease of Use:
its got great action and its equalizer lets you tune in to any sound you can think of.

Support:
never talked to them so good for me.

Overall:
get a hard case and some strap locks for this guitar because you would hate to brake something your going to love. the question isn't if you should get this guitar but when. my suggestion, wait for a blemished or B-stock and jump on that sucker. there's nothing like a dirt cheap deal!

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