Ibanez Talman TCY10E Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Sea Foam Green Reviews
The Ibanez Talman TCY10E Acoustic-electric Guitar represents a forward-thinking, creative leap in design and tone. The TCY10E is a little bit acoustic and a little bit electric, with a double-cutaway, shallow-body design that makes it ultra-lightweight, portable, and easy to play. The Talman TCY10E features a spruce top with sapele back and sides for a rich blend of high end, balanced midrange, and touch of low end. A smooth okoume neck with purpleheart fingerboard offers wonderful feel and response. And when you’re ready to plug in, an Ibanez AEQ-2T preamp with onboard tuner delivers stellar amplified acoustic tone. Both acoustic and electric enthusiasts here at Sweetwater have found many things to love about this unique hybrid instrument, and we're sure you will, too!
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Highest Rated Reviews
Amazing
Really confortable, the sound is clear and there are no flaws or dead spots on neck. You can set the action easily with the truss rod. I set up the action really low and had no problems, it is very stable. The tuner and electronics are really good. The color and shape are stunning it is really worth every dollar and more for this price range. It is simply one of the best options (if not the best) at this price range.
I liked it so much I bought another one in purple and put nylon ball end strings on it. Now I have a steel / nylon combo both of them sounds really good.
Ibanez Seafoam Green Talman acoustic/electric guitar
An attractive Seafoam Green with wood back and sides and comfortable to play. The preamp is sweet with a big beefy tone and the neck is fast and sleek. It has great action and the on-board tuner is highly accurate the first time. Very pleased with this purchase.This is as close to an electric as I'm gonna get and its a nice change of pace. Rock On!!! John Rotonto Irwin, Pa.
Impressive
Really wonderful guitar at this price point. Can't beat the fantastic customer service at Sweetwater!
Awesome!!
I ordered this guitar solely based on how it looks. And this guitar does not disappoint. Works and sounds great.
It’s been awhile …
I've played guitar going back to my teenage years but haven't had one probably since the mid 2000's. Finally got around to buying one as I actually have time to relax now. Love my guitar. Great customer service. Glad I found Sweetwater!
Nice instrumment, nice price.
I picked this up on a whim, just liked the look, and have a few other Ibanez products. Looks cool, dynamically responsive, easy to play straight from the box. Can't beat the price. Sounds good as a quiet acoustic compared to my Jumbo, but plug in and add a touch of reverb, really nice. I'll get lots of use from this. Light, too.
Good value - but not for a beginner!
I bought this one for my daughter, in big part because she wanted a blue acoustic to learn, and this one was inexpensive enough and close to a blue tone.
I worked quite a bit on it and now it sounds and plays quite well, but you give it our of the box to a beginner, I think you'll discourage them. The main reason being the 25.5" scale length, which makes the tension high at "light" gauge (12), which is the default. The other reason is the sharp ends on the cheap frets: mine developed a bit of fret sprout after three months, and I re-crowned the ends, but most people can't do that, and a shop would charge about as much as the guitar costs, so I expect this to be an issue for many. As others said, the neck is great, and the electronics solid and very easy to dial in with volume and tone controls.
The mods I made, from easy to hard:
1. Use extra light strings (for playability), and choose phosphor-bronze because they round up the sound, otherwise too "tiny" and trebly.
2. Replaced the saddle by a Tusq one, fit it tight, and set the action low. This requires sanding and needs to be done together with truss rod adjustment, to avoid fret buzzing.
3. Replaced the pins by ebony ones. Fitting each takes quite a bit of effort, and the sound improves but not nearly as much as string choice or saddle material and fit.
4. Polished the fret ends and leveled to the neck width after sprouting.
4. Replaced the nut by a tusq one. This improves sustain and tuning stability, and the sound to some extent with open chords. But it can ruin your guitar, so only do it if you know what you are doing.
Otherwise, the guitar is neck heavy, so, even though plugged in it kind of merges an electric and an acoustic, it is best played sitting down than standing.
In short, for a couple hundred dollars you get a lot of guitar, but it needs quite a bit of work to make it good. And
