Ibanez AE245

This is a beautiful guitar from Ibanez using their AE body shape – a kind of modified jumbo cutaway with a solid Okoume top and Okoume back and sides. The Katalox fingerboard is tastefully inlaid with a wood vine motif. We are increasingly seeing guitar makers using alternate woods to some of the traditional tropical hardwoods. Okoume is a close substitute for mahogany and Katalox is a hardwood native to southern Mexico and Central America that is a nice rosewood alternative. The sound of this guitar is truly impressive with a full rich voice and lots of nice detail. The Ibanez custom electronics are unobtrusive and excellent sounding.

• Solid Okoume top
• Okoume back and sides
• AE cutaway
• Scalloped X bracing
• Ibanez electronics
• Katalox bridge and fingerboard
• $499.99 (list $749.99)