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I bought this guitar over 10 months ago and it was great right out of the box. The back of this guitar is beautiful and the solid spruce top makes a world of difference. The string height ( Action) was very good when it arrived. I like the strings as low as possible without getting a buzzing sound. So, I have made very slight adjustments to the neck by tightening the truss rod (Clockwise ) a total of about 135 degrees or about 40% of a full turn. I keep them so close that in the summer I need to adjust counterclockwise about 15% to get the Buzz out as the summer weather makes the steel truss rod expand drawing the strings down closer to the fret board by a very small amount. Yes, even kept inside a temperature controlled house this is true because guitars can detect the temp outside somehow trust me. Of course, medium gauge strings brings action up very little but significantly. Anyway, I loved this guitar new with D'addario EXP light gauge coated strings. I just put a new set of Elixir Phosphor Bronze light gauge on it about two weeks ago and I haven't been able to put it down long enough to play my Martin DRSGT that is only about 3 months old. Don't get me wrong the Martin is a better sounding guitar but for the price the Ibanez Art Wood series is very hard to beat. This Ibanez is a great guitar for the money and I love it. Now that I think about it I got to play my Martin that I got from Zzounds about 3 months ago today! I feel like I'm having withdrawal symptoms. I have 6 acoustic guitars and I have 3 of them in the rotation of playing at least once every 2 weeks and I rarely miss a day of playing. How many guitars does a musician really need? Just one more. Always, just one more.

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