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The Epiphone PRO-1 acoustic guitar is a pioneering dreadnought that makes playing and learning a breeze. Epiphone, a leader in accessible, professional-grade instruments, has reimagined the iconic dreadnought profile with innovative features that reduce hand fatigue and simplify fretting. Available now at Guitar Center, the PRO-1 blends premium components like a select spruce top, and select mahogany back and sides, a EZ-Profile C-shape neck and slick fretboard for peerless playability.

A Neck Designed for Comfort

The PRO-1's EZ-Profile C-shape neck is contoured to rest easily in your hand, enabling you to form chords without strain. A shorter, 24.72" scale length requires less finger pressure to fret notes and chords. Combined with a slim nut width, the PRO-1 allows for swift, painless position shifts up and down the fretboard.

Fretting Made Simple

JumboPRO frets, approximately 30% larger than standard frets, give your fingers ample surface area to depress strings with minimal effort. You'll bend and vibrate notes with confidence, unimpeded by fretting fatigue. Graph Tech NuBone nut and bridge saddle also help notes ring true by reducing string drag across contact points.

A Resonant Voice

The spruce top, the source of an acoustic guitar's tone, features scalloped "Custom PRO-Prietary" bracing that allows the PRO-1 to resonate fully while remaining stable in variable weather. Mahogany back and sides warm the guitar's voice, producing balanced highs and lows suited to any genre. With a sonic range akin to a vintage dreadnought yet a body depth more approachable for smaller players, the PRO-1 proves ideal for songwriting, practicing, and performance.

Premium Appointments for an Exceptional Experience

From the 18:1 Grover tuners for precision tuning to the Ultra-Light phosphor bronze strings which reduce tension for comfortable fretting, every detail of the PRO-1 aims to make playing guitar more accessible and enjoyable. The PRO-Ease nut and fretboard lubricant also create a slick playing surface with minimal string noise.

Epiphone PRO-1 Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst
Epiphone PRO-1 Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst

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Body
  • Body type: Square shoulder dreadnought. PRO-1
  • Cutaway: Non-cutaway
  • Top wood: Select spruce
  • Back & sides: Select mahogany
  • Bracing pattern: Custom PRO-Prietary
  • Body finish: Gloss
  • Orientation: Right handed
Neck
  • Neck shape: EZ-Profile C
  • Nut width: 1.68" (42.67 mm)
  • Fingerboard: Granadillo
  • Neck wood: Okoume
  • Scale length: 24.724"
  • Number of frets: 20
  • Neck finish: Gloss
Electronics
  • Pickup/preamp: No
Other
  • Headstock overlay: Other
  • Tuning machines: 18:1 ratio Epiphone Deluxe
  • Bridge: Granadillo
  • Saddle & nut: Graph Tech NuBone; Compensated
  • Number of strings: 6-string
  • Special features: Easy to play
  • Case: Sold separately
  • Accessories: 
  • Country of origin: China

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4.3

83 Reviews

89%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

Sorry would not buy again. Sorry
A very good guitar for the money but...
A very good guitar for the money but...

Most Liked Positive Review

5

The best steel-string budget guitar a student can buy.

When shopping for a first guitar for your child (or yourself) it's confusing. The sales staff will usually direct you to the solid top Yamaha FG or FS series. Tone and quality wise, those are great guitars but they also come out of the box in need of a good setup to be playable up the neck. With the PRO-1 line, Epiphone has worked hard to deliver a reasonable factory setup on one of their most inexpensive models. I can not overstate the benefit this brings to the player! A few other things that stand out for this price range: We also get NuBone nut and saddle on all pro-1 models (this is the material Taylor and other top of the line builders use on their models). The NuBone nut makes a big difference in tone. Also it's a short scale which I think makes it easier to play, the neck is a slip D profile which makes it easy to get your hand around. Tuners at 18:1 ratio not 14:1, that's a first for a guitar in this price range and you get a humidifier and free lessons. If you play the least expensive PRO-1 model against anything in the budget acoustic room at Guitar Center (for those floor plans that separate budget from high end) you notice it's easier to play than anything else.... There is a solid-top version that comes with electronics if you must have a solid top, the truth is having a solid top is overrated on most budget guitars. All solid wood construction does sound different, but when you mix a solid top with the laminated back and sides, it's just hit and miss. If you stick with playing your first guitar won't be your last, and you're more likely to keep playing if you have an instrument that sounds good that is also very easy to play. For that the PRO-1 is your best bet right now.

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Most Liked Negative Review

2

Good, but with a huge problem

I went to Guitar Center and played a few cheap guitars. This one had the best tone, I fell in love with it and purchased one. It felt great, sounded great and made me happy for the first minutes. Note that I had to adjust the truss rod before playing, if I was a beginner and didn't know how to adjust the truss rod I would have had to ask for a specialist to adjust it for me. But then after some time playing the guitar I realized that whenever I played a note above the 5th fret (any string) it was out of tune. Anything above the 10th fret sounded really bad. I spent more than one hour trying to fix this problem until I realized that the bridge was in the wrong position. The 12th fret should be right in the middle of the strings and it wasn't. So I took the guitar back to Guitar Center and the specialist realized the same thing after a few minutes of testing. This may have been just a case of bad luck for me with that specific guitar, but keep in mind that the same could happen to you. Anyway, I asked for a refund as I didn't want to try another guitar and asking to fix that one wouldn't make sense.

Filters

Best Uses

  1. Practicing43
  2. Jamming28
  3. Small Venues12
  4. Recording8
  5. School Bands8

Cons

  1. Poor Quality5
  2. Requires Constant Tuning4
  3. Not Consistent3
  4. Flat Sound1
  5. needed setup1

Describe Yourself

  1. Experienced30
  2. Novice25
  3. Professional Musician4

Pros

  1. Good Feel51
  2. Fun To Play48
  3. Good Audio41
  4. Stays In Tune36
  5. Consistent27

Reviewed by 83 customers

  • Okay!

    3

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted5 months ago

    byJack

    fromRichmond VA

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    Easy to play cheap guitar. Decent upgrade from others in price range. Nice action #sweepstakes

  • Excellent for price

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted5 months ago

    byStewart

    fromChattanooga TN

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    Beginner guitar for my son. Great quality for price.

  • Great guitar for the price

    2

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted5 months ago

    byEsgee

    fromLas Vegas,.NV

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    This is a guitar we bought so we could have one when we are in Las Vegas and not have to bring one each time. It sounds great, and we are very happy with it.

  • Nice guitar for beginner

    4

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted5 months ago

    byDJ

    fromAsheville, NC

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    I bought this on sale and did a nice setup on it. It plays fantastic and sounds pretty good

  • The one pictured is not the one you will receive

    1

    submitted6 months ago

    byCasey

    fromBattle Creek

    The picture for this guitar is a different year model or a completely different one. Received it and found what amounts to a dr100 with a pro 1 headstock. Pinned bridge, finish only on front, very light colored fretboard and bridge and a rather thicker neck than the one described. I've had multiple issues with multiple purchases with used gear from Guitar Center but now it's to where the new gear doesn't match either now.

  • Even better than I expected

    4

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted8 months ago

    byMike

    fromThree Rivers, Massachusetts

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    First and foremost, this is a quality instrument despite being considered less than "high end." One reason I chose it is the easier action that's kind to my smallish, somewhat arthritic hands. The tone was surprisingly rich with the thinner, factory strings but set up with a medium gauge, the tone was noticeably enhanced even more. Look: I spent just under $100 for this guitar and while usually you "get what you pay for," this was a helluva deal. I feel like I came home with an instrument worth twice that. Also, it's really pretty. I couldn't be happier with my choice.

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Have a question about this product? Our expert Gear Advisers have the answers.

  • submitted2 years ago

    asked bySolovation

    fromNorth bay, Ontario

    Is the Epiphone Pro1 accoustic guitar made in the USA, or Asia? Are all the guitars that Guitar Center sells USA made?

    Is the Epiphone Pro1 accoustic guitar made in the USA, or Asia? Are all the guitars that Guitar Center sells USA made?

    Open Reply - Kenneth
    Epiphones are not made in the US

  • submitted3 years ago

    asked byROBERT

    fromRome NY

    I bought a PRO-1 at Guitar Center Syracuse NY last July. Played great until last week, suddenly (in the middle of a song) it developed a severe fret buzz on the 1st string, frets 1 through about 6. Doesn't seem to affect the other strings. Any idea what could cause this? Almost like the string height changed, but I can't see anything obviously wrong with the nut or saddle. Can the saddle height on this guitar be adjusted?

    I bought a PRO-1 at Guitar Center Syracuse NY last July. Played great until last week, suddenly (in the middle of a song) it developed a severe fret buzz on the 1st string, frets 1 through about 6. Doesn't seem to affect the other strings. Any idea what could cause this? Almost like the string height changed, but I can't see anything obviously wrong with the nut or saddle. Can the saddle height on this guitar be adjusted?

    Open Reply - Ronald
    Without looking at it we really can't say. Bring it by a store and we can give it a look over and see what needs to be done.

  • submitted3 years ago

    asked byShay

    fromEden, NC

    What size strings come stock on the guitar?

    What size strings come stock on the guitar?

    Open Reply - Beau
    All Epiphone models come shipped with Gibson Britewire strings in 10-46 gauge.

  • submitted3 years ago

    asked byLindsay

    fromChico, CA

    Can this be set up for left handers?

    Can this be set up for left handers?

    Open Reply - Thomas
    It can be quite an involved job. In a case like this we recommend having a qualified guitar tech look at the guitar . See what a tech says

  • submitted4 years ago

    asked byOwen

    fromMartin, TN

    How long is this guitar?

    How long is this guitar?

    Open Reply - Kenneth
    Item Weight 8.5 pounds Product Dimensions 19 x 4.5 x 44 inches

  • submitted4 years ago

    asked byRobert

    fromCT

    What eppophone has Gibson on top of neck

    What eppophone has Gibson on top of neck

    Open Reply - Gear-Head
    No Epiphones we carry will have Gibson on the headstock.

  • submitted5 years ago

    asked byCynn

    fromPHILLY PA

    Is this a normal sized guitar ?

    Is this a normal sized guitar ?

    Open Reply - Kenneth
    Yes, this is a regular size model

  • submitted5 years ago

    asked byThe kid

    fromWisconsin

    Is the guitar ready to play as is or does any special modifications need to be done in-store before purchasing the guitar?

    Is the guitar ready to play as is or does any special modifications need to be done in-store before purchasing the guitar?

    Open Reply - Thomas
    You may want to have it set up differently but it's all ready to go.

  • submitted5 years ago

    asked byChris

    fromQuincy Florida.

    What year model is this guitar?

    What year model is this guitar?

    Open Reply - Beau
    This guitar was manufactured in 2016.

  • submitted5 years ago

    asked byTara

    fromPhoenix AZ

    I have a 10 year old daughter that wants to learn guitar. Would this be a good starter guitar for her? Thanks

    I have a 10 year old daughter that wants to learn guitar. Would this be a good starter guitar for her? Thanks

    Open Reply - Gear-Support
    Yes, this would be a good starter guitar.
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