Ibanez PFT2, Tenor - Natural High Gloss

I expected a decent instrument from Ibanez but this just blew me away. The tenor guitar is not a wildly popular instrument made in the millions like a regular guitar, it's kind of a rarity. That they can produce this quality in such an instrument is amazing! Years ago you had the choice between a poor quality import or a super-expensive Gibson or Martin. This is excellent quality for a ridiculously low price. Very well done Ibanez!Note that this will not come set up, that is, with all the adjustments needed to make any instrument play its best. You should not expect that for this price. A proper set up by a skilled technician can easily add almost $100 to the price of any guitar. Fortunately, I have the experience needed for this, but if you don't you can have any good music store provide the service. I lowered the action, changed out the strings (factory strings always need replacing), and did the other set up jobs. I strung this like the top four strings of a regular guitar (DGBE) so it plays like a baritone ukulele. You have to put regular light guitar strings on to do this. Tenor guitar strings will break. Once everything was adjusted the way I like it the guitar was just perfect for me. Because of the nice big dreadnaught body it has plenty of bass response for this.If you always wanted a baritone ukulele with metal strings, get this instrument and put the high strings of a guitar on it. Tenor banjo players will, of course, leave it tuned CGDA. Irish banjo players will prefer it tuned GDAE. It can handle all those tunings with the right strings. The various string sets needed are available here on Amazon.One reviewer complained that the neck is very narrow. This is normal for a tenor guitar. It is a hybrid instrument developed in the 1920s for tenor banjo players. It's really a tenor banjo with a guitar body (or a guitar with tenor banjo neck, depending on how you look at it).I received mine two days after placing the order and it arrived well packaged in perfect condition. There is no case included, but it will fit in a hard case for the Baby Taylor guitar or a 1/2 size guitar gig bag. Those are also available on Amazon from excellent sellers.Again, great job Ibanez and thank you Amazon!ADDED: After changing the strings to "Chicago tuning" (like the four high strings of a standard guitar) I needed to fill and re-cut one of the nut slots. This is because of the string change and isn't Ibanez's fault. The same thing can happen if you were to re-string it for Irish tuning or anything other than what it was originally set up for. But be aware of that if you plan on converting the instrument to an alternate tuning.

I love this thing. I've had it a week and it's quickly become my favorite. Came very well packaged from the seller, Adorama. Looks beautiful. Flawless finish. Sustain is great. It's plenty loud. The neck is narrow, but I like that about it. I haven't had a problem chording because of it. The intonation was spot on and the set up was great. Holds it's tune very well. (I have it tuned DGBE but it can be tuned to traditional tenor guitar tuning. It does have a trust rod and comes with an Allen wrench and an extra bridge pin. It's a fun little guitar and well worth $199.

I decided to update my 1 star review after taking the tenor guitar to a music shop to fix. It cost me about $50 for them to fix the buzzing issue on the open D note second string. They did adjustments and filing to the nut and saddle, adjusted a fret, and adjusted the action. The Open D still sound a bit echoey and off but it is very playable. I even tried GDAE tuning with different strings and the D note when pressing on the 5th fret second A string still sound a bit weird.Besides the buzzing sound issue that I got fixed I honestly don't have anything bad to say about the tenor guitar. The neck is kinda small but for me personally its a non issue. I'm not a pro in checking intonation but I have been playing some scales and a few easy tunes and it has been sounding good.At the end of the day it is best to try out instruments before buying to test for any potential issues but they don't sell tenor guitars in my country. Since other reviews don't really complain about the buzz issue I had I probably got a little unlucky with my tenor guitar.Original Review: Sounds good except for the Open D note that has a really bad buzzing sound. Even with new strings the buzz sound is still there. I'll try taking it to a guitar shop to see if it can be adjusted if not I'll have to try returning it. If its an easy fix I'll rate four stars.

For two bills, you would be hard pressed to find a nicer made instrument. The frets were protruding a bit but that is to be expected. The strings were tarnished but again, it has sat in a warehouse. They are going to be. A bit of set-up and a tuning and it plays fine, sounds good and looks very nice. I wish that the instruments available to me 40 years ago were so well made and at such a reasonable price. I love this thing I have dozens of instruments. Many by high-end builders. This isn’t one of those of course but it is well worth the money.

It's beautiful. Sounds great. I play bass, ukulele, and basic guitar. I do things with my Uke that it's not intended for; like Albert King/Buddy Guy Blues. So I'm tuning the same as my Uke and going from there. Will be fun to learn on.

Very nice and sounds good.

Love It.