• Good Guitar for the Cash

  
  As reviewed by Scott R on 10/19/2011

  I give this guitar 3 stars because it is an entry level guitar. A great guitar for the money invested. This not by no means of a 5 star guitar as a $5000.00 guitar would be. Finish is great, build is good. Sound is very good for a cheaper guitar. My tuners buzzy which an get annoying. Frets are done nicely. Sounds good with Elixier Polyweb strings. Action is very nice. I prefer a little wider width at the nut. But overall it is a beautiful, that sounds good, easy to play. I strongly recommend this guitar for a beginner, but an intermediate to advanced player may be a little disappointed.

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• Nice guitar...great value!

  
  As reviewed by Jammin4Jesus on 8/31/2011

  I had heard some good things about the "Limited Edition" Epiphone Hummingbird Artist guitar...solid wood top, nice finish, pearloid inlays, nice binding, rich (not thin) tone, etc. My local Guitar Center was out-of-stock so I placed a special order which arrived in just a few days. Beautiful guitar...mine is the Vintage Sunburst finish. The first thing I started to do (out of habit) was to change and upgrade the strings...only to discover that the guitar came from the factory equipped with D'Addario EJ-16 Phosphor Bronze strings! No change necessary! After tuning the guitar, I found the setup, action and intonation "out of the box" to be right on. Again, no adjustments or modifications needed. Nice tone and playability...a pleasure to play! Great value for the money! Epiphone really did a nice job on this guitar!

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• Good Value

  
  As reviewed by Dewey on 8/2/2011

  I bought this guitar exactly one year ago when I decided to start playing again, and I have no regrets. After about six months, it developed a buzz on the fifth and sixth strings at frets 7-11. I replaced the saddle and pins with Tusq, and the strings with 12-53 Nanoweb Elixirs. The factory had set the action at fret 12 to 5/64, which is a little low, so I raised it to 7/64 when I replaced the saddle, and it plays just great now. The scale is actually 24 3/4 inches just like a Gibson H'Bird not 25 1/2 inches advertised. The body is 20 inches long and it's 15 3/4 inches wide at the bout, slightly smaller than a Gibson H'Bird, though its seems to be as deep. After a year of playing about 4 hours each day, it still looks great, and it still smells like the cedar on the inside of the laminated back piece. The top has softened a bit and it has a warmer tone than it did when new. It's not a Gibson or a Martin D series, but it sounds and plays great. A friend with a Gibson J50 and a Martin D28 says it sounds a lot like an Epiphone Texan. This is a great choice for a solid top acoustic!

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