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Epiphone Hummingbird Acoustic Guitar,Heritage Cherryburst | 
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| Brand: Epiphone
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $582.00
Buy New: $349.00
You Save: $233.00 (40%)
New (4) Used (1) from $280.00
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 25238
Color: Heritage Cherry Sunburst
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.1
Dimensions (in): 44 x 19 x 6
MPN: EAHBHSCH1
Model: EAHBHSCH1
UPC: 711106264325
EAN: 0711106264325
ASIN: B000VT95QU
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Set mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard and split parallelogram inlays | | • | 25.5-inch scale; 1.68-inch nut width | | • | Floral/hummingbird pickguard graphic | | • | Chrome Epiphone tuning machines | | • | Mahogany back and sides with solid spruce top |
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Product Description
Epiphone proudly presents the Hummingbird Acoustic Guitar — an exquisite work of the luthier's art in every respect: tone, playability, and appearance. The Hummingbird's select mahogany body with a solid spruce top projects rich tone that improves with age, and the bound rosewood fretboard is delicately crafted for effortless chording and soloing. The pickguard artistry speaks for itself. A treasured design, now available at a popular price. Chrome hardware. Limited lifetime warranty.
Amazon.com Product Description
The classic of classic acoustics, the Hummingbird is instantly recognizable, both in look and its warm acoustic sound. Made from Mahogany back and sides, with a Solid Spruce top that actually improves with age, it's easy to see and hear why this guitar has become a legend. 
The Classic of Class Acoustics Body Tonewoods  Beautiful floral/hummingbird pickgaurd graphic and multi-ring rosette. Click here for a larger image  Chrome epiphone tuning machines. The Hummingbird's top is made from select spruce, while the back and sides are constructed from mahogany. Spruce is the most traditional wood for flat-top soundboards. It's a strong, light, straight-grained wood, offering a sweet, well-rounded voice and a solid high-end response. Mahogany's bright, tight sound and excellent presence make it a great choice for a body tonewood. Overall, the Hummingbird delivers a balanced tone, with warm bass and excellent projection. Rosewood Fingerboard with Split Parralelogram Inlays The Hummingbird features a rosewood fingerboard, like so many other instruments--the resilience of this durable wood makes for a balanced and stable fingerboard, giving each chord and note clarity and bite. The split parralelogram inlays? Well, they just look sharp. Angled Headstock Unlike cheaper designs, all Epiphones feature a 14-degree headstock that gives you more pressure at the nut, delivering more sustain with less tuning hang-ups caused by "string-tree" gadgets. Serious Looks Sure, sound is important, but you want your instrument to look nice, too. The Hummingbird's definitely up to the task, with its rich Heritage Cherry Sunburst finish, floral-patterned pickgaurd, and multi-ring rosette. Hardware The Hummingbird features Epiphone chrome tuning machines, to keep your tuning solid. A rosewood bridge takes up the other end. Hummingbird Specs - Hardware: Chrome
- Scale: 25.5 inches
- Nut width: 1.68 inches
- Neck: Set, Mahogany
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Inlays: Split Parallelogram
- Body material: Mahogany
- Top: Solid Spruce
- Finish: Heritage Cherry Sunburst
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| Customer Reviews:
 Out of the box It's not playable. July 11, 2010
Michael Hall (OAKLAND, MARYLAND, US)
I've returned two of these. Out of frustration (and shipping costs), I kept the third one. They had the audacity to shove a card under the strings that this one (the third) had been checked...String height 2 tenths of a centimeter at the nut (My other 3 guitars came with this height at the nut), ect all the way down the line... Couldn't squeese hard enough to fret a simple A chord, C and G were ok, but no other chords were frettable, Out of the box ALL three sounded like junk...
OK, strings on it are heavy and coroded (all three)... While changeing the strings I removed the saddle (needs shaved down), Low and behold there is a toothpick under the saddle. Removed the toothpick, shaved the saddle a little, put Martin Lights on it... Now it sounds like a guitar. Playable? No. The nut as it happens is not 2 tenths (like my other 3, and most all other guitars on the planet), it's 4 tenths high...
Buying a new guitar I really don't like to tear them apart and fix them before they are playable.
Yes I knocked the nut off. It's a curved nut so I also had the flatten the neck. 5 months I've had this. Playable? Not yet. Nut is coming off again, a 100th centimeter more mabe, the saddle can loose a little more. Next time I change strings. The nut and saddle again.
Sound. Sounds great, after removing the toothpick. Which I understand is under all epiphone saddles, see reveiws elsewhere...
If you are looking for a GUITAR PLAYABLE OUT OF THE BOX...Epiphone is not it. If you'd like to learn some luthier stuff and tear your new prize apart and fix it. Buy an epiphone.
If you got a used one and it plays nice... Congrats (to the previous owner for fixing it before selling).
Out of the box this is a luthier special.
 REALLY NICE - A TOTAL STEAL FOR THE PRICE January 23, 2010
jmf
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this guitar - used - at a very cool guitar shop. I played about 10 other more expensive guitars before coming back to this one -- it sounded better than some $700-800 models I played. I don't know what that other reviewer had wrong with his guitar but to say you can BARELY FORM CHORDS is INSANE...THE ACTION ON MINE IS FANTASTIC...and this was a real sticking point with me. The smaller neck and action are a total strong point IMO when it comes to playability...And it sounds great..mellow, warm...nice sustainability...not bright and harsh like some lame beginner's guitar...(it's not the best if you want to strum really hard...there's a limit to how much it will project...I do admit...but I love it for mellow playing.) You can check around the web...you'll find the majority of reviews on this are VERY POSITIVE. In fact...I researched it before I went back to the guitar shop to buy it the next day. In fact...I like it more than my Washburn D10...the action is MUCH better.. IF YOU'RE A BEGINNER...DON'T LISTEN TO JUST ONE REVIEW. Read a bunch...or better yet...go to a reputable guitar shop and ask them for advice. But this a fine, fine guitar for its price range and most players tend to agree... For instance...here's a good link...a number of reviews..vast majority are quite positive. [...]
I HAVE PLAYED BETTER FOR THE MONEY May 19, 2009
Gregg Downs (The Great Mid-West)
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
It is normal for a review like this one to get shot down.
Sometimes when I am honest about a bad product the online sellers of these guitars get angry because my honesty might make them less money.
It is more important for me to be honest than to chase popularity, so here goes..................
I purchased this guitar from an online music store so I could have an affordable stand by while my real guitar was being repaired.
I WAS VERY DISAPOINTED with what I found. The comfort and playability
on this guitar is very bad. The action on this guitar is very high ( meaning the distance between the strings and the guitar neck is too much)
What you end up with is a guitar that is hard to play taking way too much effort to even make a chord.
I needed to bring the guitar to my tech.. so he could work on it.
The neck had to be adjusted, the bridge had to be lowered and the strings that came on the guitar were too large. This guitar should have been set up with medium lights.
The second issue be it minor is the art work on the pick guard will rub off after a couple hours of playing.
The good points would be, the guitar is made of very good quality wood.
spruce top and mahogony back and sides. The neck has a rosewood fretboard
with some great looking inlay work. This guitar also comes with grover tuners which are the best tuners in my opinion.
MY ADVICE TO YOU WOULD BE EVEN IF YOU ARE BUYING A CHEAP GUITAR IT IS IMPORTANT TO PLAY ONE BEFORE YOU BUY ONE.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE JUST LEARNING GUITAR AS WELL.
YOU MAY ATTRIBUTE HAVING A HARD TIME BEING ABLE TO PLAY WITH JUST YOU'RE ABILITIES AND THAT IS NOT ALWAYS TRUE. IF YOU START OUT PLAYING A GREAT GUITAR CHANCES ARE YOU WILL GO FAR.
The best acoustic guitars to buy in this price range are the
WASHBURN- D10-OR THE DS 10.
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