The Ibanez Talman TCY10LE-BK Lefthand Black acoustic guitar for left-handers convinces with its outstanding functionality and its extraordinary design.
An in-house AEQ200T pickup system allows for flexible use in the rehearsal room as well as on stage, as it also amplifies the acoustic sound of the instrument in a very natural way.
The compact, laminated body consists of a spruce top, which produces strong mid and treble frequencies and harmonizes with the warm touch of the mahogany body. Especially for beginners, the flat mahogany neck with a jatoba fretboard is perfect, because in combination with a scale length of 648 mm and a narrow nut width of 42 mm it is very obliging and easy to finger all 20 frets, which are easy to reach thanks to a generous cutaway.
In addition, chrome-plated die-cast tuners allow precise tuning of the 6 steel strings, which intonate cleanly thanks to a compensated bridge inlay. The Ibanez Talman TCY10E-BK Black acoustic guitar is rounded off with a noble high-gloss finish.
NOTE: it is a left handed guitar. With stock strings it is impossible to tune up. D'Addario 80-20 bronze 13-56 makes the problem only just slightly better. Gift bag contains a string saddle, Allen key for the neck and (unfortunately, right handed) replacement bridge. Sound is surprisingly loud considering the small size of the body. Finish has few quirks, but nothing major. Overall if i was given thig guitar for testing and asked to guess the price I wouldn't judge it to be worth more than 160 quid.
Hopefully right handed guitar players have more luck with this instrument.