player opinions
Ibanez AE18
Name: Bryan
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Band: -----
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Model Year: 2002
Price Paid: $250 - eBay
Performance
This guitar is much better than the low end Fender DG-9 I have been playing for the past year. I was a complete beginner when I purchased that guitar, and I’d say I’m semi-intermediate now. This guitar is much nicer. The finish is great, mine is Transparent Red Sunburst, it has a nice gloss all over. It has cream binding, standard dot inlays, and pearl emblems on the headstock. This guitar is much easier to play, it is very noticeable on barre cords, which were very difficult on the Fender. Overall this is a great guitar, I got a heck of a deal on a brand new one off eBay.
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Performance Rating: 10
Sound Quality
This guitar sounds great also. Even though it is a thin body it has good tone. I’ve never played a big dreadnought or a real expensive guitar, so I don’t have an extremely good sounding guitar to compare it too, but this one is great. It is acoustic electric, even though I don’t have an amp yet to try it through. It is a Fishman pickup, so I’m sure it sounds good.
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Sound Quality Rating: 9
Construction
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The fit and finish of this guitar is great. No fret buzz, and the finish is so nice all around I try to leave it out to show it off.
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Construction Rating: 10
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Average Ratings
- Performance: 10
- Sound Quality: 9
- Construction: 10
Ratings Key
- 10: Excellent
- 0: Useless
Company
- Ibanez