Ibanez GA6CE Amber Electro Classical Guitar

This is a lovely guitar. Quality is a word that I would associate with the name Ibanez having owned them in the past. This ones made in China but don't let that put you off because it is very well made and finished. The quality control is excellent. Its small and well balanced but is a full sized guitar with a perfect heavy deep varnish finish with nice detailing around the sound hole and on the bridge. It is detailed around the body edges and has a nice carved top to the headstock where the Ibanez logo is displayed.It plays just like you hope it would with a smooth well finished neck without any sharp fret edges. Has a very nice tone across the range and with the cut away body playing the higher notes is easy. Its sounds great and has a pleasant sustain although it is rather quiet. That is until you plug it in, then its true colours shine through. It has Volume, Treble, Middle and bass level controls that allow full shaping of the sound. They work very well. Its all connected to the amp via a quarter inch jack plug cable which is supplied as is the 9 volt battery. It also comes with an allen key and spare bridge bar ( plastic ).Its a proper Classical guitar with nylon strings. The top three are wrapped. Although its not what I would call a cheap guitar at £200 you can see where savings have been made although this does not detract from the quality or playability. Plastic handled machine heads turning classical sidewinder worm and gear tuning can cause trouble a few years down the line as they have a tendency to wear loose but its an easy fix with a bit of super glue should the problem arise. It also has a plastic nut and bridge bar ( where the strings rest ). I will be changing mine for bone as soon as possible but if you are getting this guitar as a beginner then don't worry about any of it. Just play it. I love it.

So I wanted to add a nylon strung guitar to my small collection to help develop my right hand picking technique. The reviews looked good and the GA6CE-AM lives up to expectations if not exceeds them. I was particularly impressed with the quality of the internal joinery, no glue runs or rough cut wood. As others say the plugged in sound is very usable and I will be using it on stage at some point. The two fellow musicians I have shown it to were complimentary too.

+guitar is light enough.it balances well.the tuner works well.price is about right at £217it has a trust rod- c profile neck might be to fat for some playersguitar buzzed a lot on the bass strings( I had to put bow in the neck to eliminate the buzz)I didn't like the strings so I changed them.conclusion; if you play classical now-and -then and not to concerned about a mid-range guitar, then I think you will be satisfied, this is a good choice at a fair price.

Recomend to guitar players new or old.Simple to tune easy on the ear.

Acoustic, wonderful rich sound easy fingerboard and setup out the box, very well put together , excellent at holding tone and tuning Over all a great value for money piece of kit, built in tuner was a nice surprise.Plugged in , this is where it loses its appeal for me the pickup rely dosnt do justice to the acoustic sound at all and fails miserably, even with the built in eq, i suggest to get the most out of this mike it up .

Love this guitar, l think because of the mellow tone, it’s slightly smaller than lm used too, but lm just loving this Ibanez electro classical guitar . I believe this would be an idea beginners guitar an instrument that will last for many years.

This is a great guitar for the price and has a good sound for a lower priced instrument, I have only used it a few times for recording purposes but it does as good a job as the more expensive guitars. It feels good to play and sounds great when you plug it in with a little bit of echo or reverb, the graphic equalizer that comes with it has a good sound range from bass to top.Terry

Just had to return this guitar. after receipt There were multiple issues:1. The bottom edges of the frets were all sharp and not finished off.2. The neck was visibly bending backwards which resulted in fret string buzz on the lower strings3. When plugged in to am amplifier the bottom E spring hardly sounded at all. Something was clearly wrong there - perhaps the bridge wasn't contacting the piezo pick up correctly.4. The tone was dull and the volume of the guitar when played without amplification was relatively low. My son's £100 entry level classical guitar actually sounded louder, brighter and better.The only good thing about the guitar was the excellent finish. Obviously very disappointed overall and I think I will not take the risk again and next time will try out instruments in a music shop before buying.. I knew it was a ricsk buying without trying out the instrument but I was hopeful that Ibanez was a decent make and the feedback seemed to be pretty good but the gamble didn't pay off for me on this occasion.