Ibanez AS53-TF 5-stars Reviews

Beautiful and playful guitar

I bought this guitar for my daughter and she enjoys playing it every day, because the guitar is easy to play. Also it looks great. The neck and fret work is exceptional for this class of guitar. The machines hold the tune. The body is not heavy and there is no neck-dive in a standing position. Magnets faithfully transmits sound and pots make a sufficient choice in this class of guitars. The guitar is immediately playable and no special setup is required. In addition to being easy to play, the guitar seems to attract attention and everyone who saw it wanted to hold it...

Love it

I especially love that its visual style suits multiple genres. Its sound is great for blues/jazz, and I like the unplugged sound as well. Materials feel decent. The feeling of the frets are a little different than what I'm personally used to, but it's not a problem. Keep in mind that international shipping (to Turkey in my case) can take time but it arrived safely.

Very good deal for the price

I bought this guitar as my first hollow body. I immediately connected with the instrument and realised that for the price it's a really good instrument. The guitar has a slim neck and a nice wide nut, so it's easy to play and very comfortable to hold as it's fairly light and portable. I think that in this sense Ibanez guitars are offering a lot of value even in price ranges under 300 euros. I would advise to buy this instrument to both beginners looking for an affordable instrument as well as professionals, looking for a spare. The fact that it's semi hollow also carries additional benefits, you can play it without an amp and still have sufficient volume to practice.

The one issue I have with it is that you only have two knobs (one for each pickup) without the knobs for tone. This limits in my opinion the sounds you can get out of the instrument, but of course this can be adjusted down the signal path. In all honesty I think it's possible to have great guitars nowadays for 500 euros or less and this is certainly a great example of this. I recommend it very warmly!