Ibanez GA5TCE Classical Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar
For the players who love the sound of nylon strings, but don’t love the feel of the traditional wide classical neck, there’s the GA5TCE thinline.
Feature:
Not much features here… I don’t like the pickup that much.. It doesn’t sound that good at all. The tuners are horrible! they never stay in tune and kept creaking when I turned them.
Quality:
It’s not badly made, except there were a lot of fret buzzes after a few weeks of use. The frets appeared to be uneven in length and height (fret buzzes, some were sticking out of the fretboard just a tad)
Value:
It’s an average guitar for its price range… doesn’t exceed the expecations of a guitar under 300
Desirability:
It looks ! good… but when I play it I do get second thoughts
Sound:
For the sound, I would rate it a 6 when unplugged and an 8 when plugged in. It’s just not that good enough for what I thought was a reasonably priced guitar. I’ve owned it for almost a year now and the sound has changed into a deeper more mellow tone but the volume when unplugged has decreased too (Probably due to the smaller thin body.)
Support:
Never had to contact them, It’s only a $250 guitar. Cheaper to go to your local shop.
Overall:
I wouldn’t replace this one if stolen… I’d probably get a better, higher priced guitar. After a few months I outgrew it already so i’ts not a good guitar for those beginning classical.
Source: Ibanez GA5TCE Classical Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar