Launched at the Winter NAMM trade show in January 2008, Ibanez presents the Montage, offering 5 different sound options from full acoustic to straight electric and several stations in between. The Montage is part rock guitar and part acoustic guitar both with in-built effects and adjustable on-board gain, reverb, chorus and a tuner. The Montage is both an attractive electro-acoustic and one of the most versatile and useful Ibanez guitars available.
It has innovative on-board electronic features that include 2 acoustic sounds, 2 electric sounds as well as mix options. The effects are reverb, chorus, distortion, and phase reversal as well as a dual notch filter and tuner. Its prinicipal feature is the inclusion of two pick-ups, firstly the B-Band UST pickup (acoustic) and secondly the AP-9 magnetic pickup (electric).
Each pick up gives the instrument a particular characteristic so that acoustic sections and overdriven sections can be played without having to swap guitars - you merely need to switch between the Piezo or Magnetic pick-up for the appropriate sound required. The electric and acoustic sounds can be mixed together and the effects can be added to each pick-up, it also sports a simple neck tilt mechanism for no-hassle action adjustment along with the Ibanez proprietary detachable neck with comfortable grip and shape.
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