Ibanez PN1 Spruce - Natural High Gloss

Every guitarist should have a parlor guitar. They make a nice intermediate between steel and classical guitars and are gratifyingly suited to "parlor" play. They're a bridge from ergonomic electrics to bulky acoustics and can help you work useful acoustic practice into your routine easily. This is an excellent entry model with no hard compromises.I've had one in mahogany for 3 years, and I just got the spruce as a gift for my mother-in-law. For her, I installed silk and steels. Light strings make these quiet but charismatic guitars, intimate and easy. Heavy strings make the guitar more insistent but the longer you spend with them the more you'll want a dreadnought. This guitar does not project like a large acoustic, and too much tension can make it shrill. This guitar has great tone, but it cannot be loud enough to fill a space much larger than a living room.Both woods sound great and look beautiful. It is a bright guitar, and I prefer the mahogany for its warmth. The construction is rugged and handles temperature, humidity, and transport with no fret movement, binding wear, or major adjustment.It's entry level. By spending more money, you can get a nicer finish. The finish is great but simple, and looking closely will reveal less sophisticated construction, especially at the sound hole. More money will get you a more expressive and resonant guitar. This Ibanez has a durable bracing design which makes it cheap and stout, but not as sensitive and dramatic as a more balanced and intentional parlor guitar. More money will get you better hardware. The tuners seem above average to me, but the factory saddle, pins, and nut on this guitar are "sufficient" and make solid upgrade candidates.This amount of money, though, will not get you a better parlor guitar. Highly recommended

I bought this after getting super interested in owning a parlor guitar, I was looking at a Gibson g00, but I really didn't feel like spending 1000 dollars especially not knowing how much I was going to like the size/shape. I looked up cheaper options and came up on this Ibanez, and at a substantially sub $200 price point, I could hardly resist.I was excited to receive it and play it already, but when I received it I could not have imagined that for $170 that I would fall so in love with a guitar. The evening I got back from work and pulled it out I literally could not put it down. The tone even with stock strings is so crisp, loud and just gorgeous. It's a pretty looking little guy too. I will probably be neglecting my other acoustics for at least the next few months thanks to this puppy 😅If you are looking for an inexpensive parlor or even just a good budget and or travel friendly acoustic, NO NEED TO HESITATE, buy this amazing guitar.

I was surprised at the quality of the fit and finish on such an inexpensive guitar. It's really put together well and played great right out of the box. This is a good beginner guitar for a child or person with small hands. I bought it because I wanted a cheap guitar to plunk around on for fun and it fits that bill just fine. The only negative would be it has the tone of a $150.00 guitar, just a notch up from the sound of a backpacker guitar. Not terrible but don't expect it to sound like a $500+ guitar.

If you have knowledge of how to fully set up an acoustic, including polishing and crowning frets, then this guitar is kind of worth the money. If Recording King had a natural finish for their parlor guitar, I would have gone with that instead. But I wanted a guitar I could take camping and not care about destroying; and I wanted it with a natural finish. Major truss rod adjustment on arrival, fret redressing and polishing (almost unplayable otherwise), lots of fretboard oil, and changing action at both nut AND saddle. After all that, it plays well and I’m happy to take it with me on vacation.This is NOT a guitar for beginners. At least not without taking it to a technician for a proper setup. It’s basically a highly finished kit, I’d say.Sounds good once I fixed the totally wrecked setup at the saddle. Would sound better with new saddle, nut, and pins. Debating getting some or not putting the money in, as it’s kind of non standard in size. Would require a large saddle blank and a ton of time.Anyway, if you’re a luthier or experienced tech and want a box with strings to take into the Outback, I’d say it’s worth the money in the end.

Gear Tree should do quality control before shipping guitars, if they had this unit would not have gone out. I bought my grandson an Ibanez two years ago and it is very good, so I bought this one, but it is not good. It will need to be professionally set up, intonation going up the neck is worst I’ve ever seen. Also, I’m confused as to why I had to pay to return it. I’m being charged for a bad product, oh well so it goes :-(

Took it out of the box and it was in tune, exactly a half step down but in tune. I tuned it up and it had a slight buzz at the first fret. Simple half turn to the left on the truss rod, with wrench they provided and it plays like buttuh. Rich mellow tone, not tinny or boxy like I expected for a $160 parlor guitar from China. Totally impressed. And it's decently loud as well for a small guitar. Projects well from the soundhole. Barre chords, finger picking, flat picking, all works well. Considering putting a pickup in it. But kinda want to keep it as throw in the truck beater. If it gets lost, stolen, broken or wet and comes apart, I haven't lost my good guitar.I lost a beater. But it's definitely higher quality than most would call a beater.

I needed a small guitar to take along on our RV trips and this seemed like the right one. The sound isn’t near as balanced as my Eastman parlor, but I wasn’t expecting too much, so not disappointed since this one was about 1/10th the price. I changed the strings to Martin Custom Light and upgraded to Wilkinson 18:1 tuners along with a little work on the action. Now I’m quite happy with this and find it’s working out better than expected. We’ll worth the money and time spent!