Epiphone Hummingbird Pro Solid Top Akoestische/elektrische gitaar (sparren en mahonie body, palissander toets)

Sounds great and full, line output is amazing. The fishman pickup does its work.Great guitar for singer songwriters and even if you perform live.

Since I bought both the Hummingbird and the Dove guitars at the same time, I am going to do a review on both of them. There seems to have been a lot of questions about which one is "better", or which one is "easier" to play. Since I have been playing both of these guitars for a couple of weeks now, I will do a review on both of them.First of all, one is not "better" than the other. They are both quite different from each other.The Hummingbird came fully set up and ready to play right out of the box. The playing height, and intonation were spot on right out of the box. I only needed to tune the guitar and start playing. The guitar was strung with D'Addario light strings. This is what Epiphone puts on the Hummingbird, and on the Dove guitars at the factory.The Hummingbird has a smaller diameter neck than most full size guitars, so it is very easy on the hands, and easy to play most chords. It is very light weight, and this makes it very easy to hold and play - especially for smaller frame people (like women, or children) who either already play, or want to learn to play guitar.The Hummingbird has a very bright, vibrant sound when playing. It is much louder than I expected when playing without an amplifier. I was surprised at the clarity and brightness of the sound when playing. Being light weight, and small neck, it makes it very easy to pick up and start playing every time I walk by it! It has now become one of my favorite guitars to play.The on board pre-amp and pickup are very good quality too. When plugged into my Behringer acoustic amp, the sound is very clear, bright, and loud. I am very pleased with the electronics.The finish on the guitar is spotless. The Hummingbird and flowers are engraved into the pick guard, so they will not wear off from playing.The Dove guitar had a few small issues right out of the box. The strings on this guitar were completely worn out - this was either someone's return, or a demo guitar in a store somewhere. When strings are played for a while, they get wear spots on the surface - think about a keypad for an alarm system. The more times you push a key, the more it gets worn. After a long while, you can see the keys that you have been pushing are more worn than the rest of the keys. Same holds true of guitar strings. The surface areas where the most frequent chords are formed have a more worn appearance. Also, after strings have been heavily played for awhile, they become dull and "dead" sounding. That is basically the condition of the strings when I took the guitar out of the box. Also, all of the paperwork, and tags were laying in the bottom of the box. They had been removed from the guitar, and removed from their plastic bags. The Hummingbird had all of the tags attached to the guitar, and the paperwork was secure in a plastic bag.For me, this was nowhere close to a deal breaker, and did I did not even consider returning the guitar. I simply put new D'Addario light strings on this little beauty, and started playing. There was a lot of string vibration/rattle when I played it, so I checked the playing height, and the neck. I needed to make a small adjustment on the neck truss rod, and after that this little beauty plays beautifully. Might be worth your while to get a professional setup done if you decide to buy the Dove. Most music stores have a guitar tech that can do a pretty nice setup job for $30 or so.Another issue that came up was the pre-amp and pickup. This particular pre-amp is in the sound hole, and has two small thumbwheel controls (volume and tone). I really do not like these setups, but they are quite common now.When I plugged this guitar into my Behringer acoustic amp, the only string that was being picked up was the High E. All of the other strings were not being amplified at all. This would have been a deal breaker for me, but I had another pre-amp and pickup assembly on hand, so I changed them out. The guitar sounds very nice now!! If you are not able to do this yourself, then you would either have to return it and hope you get a guitar with a good pre-amp/pickup assembly, or get it replaced professionally. Replacement by a professional will cost you a good chunk of change.The Dove neck is a little larger than the Hummingbird. It is still smaller than a full size guitar, but is not as easy to play as the Hummingbird. The chords are still easy to form, and the neck is easy on the hands.The sound of the Dove is more closely related to a Gibson guitar - a deep, warm tone versus the bright, vibrant sound of the Hummingbird. Both sound incredibly good, especially for the price of these guitars. They both sound even better when plugged into an amp!Bottom line is that both guitars are well made, have great sound, and both are lightweight - especially compared to a full sized guitar. They are both a pleasure to play, and this is what keeps a guitar player coming back and picking up the instrument frequently. I have several acoustic guitars, and right now the Hummingbird is my favorite to play, followed closely by the Dove. These two guitars get more than 50% of all of my playing time right now. The remaining guitars I have get the other 50% of the playing time.The Dove is a little larger, heavier, and has a deeper tone than the Hummingbird. In my opinion, it is better suited for older players (neck size and weight factor into this). The Hummingbird is better suited for younger, or smaller players - especially if they have small hands.Both guitars are a real bargain at this price, so you really can't make a bad decision on buying either one.

Avevo già provato questa chitarra in negozio emi ero innamorato del suono delle epiphone. chiaro, non sono delle gibson, ma il rapporto qualità/prezzo è eccezionale, considerando che il suono effettivamente ricalca quello delle gibson. Ottimi materiali, ottima anche la parte elettrica (amplificata ad una cassa suona veramente una favola). Manico molto molto scorrevole. L'unica cosa che ho notato è che, rispetto ad altre chitarre della stessa fascia, il manico risulta un pò più rigido a suonarsi: in altre parole, si suona con una leggera difficoltà in più (ho anche una Crafter e questa è veramente leggerissima a suonarsi!!!). Ho approfittato del prime day per comprarla e quindi direi che è stato un vero affarone, consigliatissima!!!Arriva in una scatola di cartone, corde già montate. Spedizione come sempre perfetta.

アルペジオになると平均点ぐらいでしょうか、美しさはあまり感じません。ところが、ピック弾きは素晴らしく、ストロークでは素晴らしいサウンドをガンガン鳴らし、ソロなどもネックがエレキよりな作りなので弾きやすくどのポジションでも、音がしっかりでます。弦によっても音がかなり変わるので、人それぞれの好みがあるでしょうが、私はERNIE BALL EARTHWOOD LIGHTが、ピシャリ素晴らしいと思います。

Couldn't afford the Gibson version but this is a VERY good second best.I always aspired to own a Gibson Hummingbird in my youth knowing full well there would never be a chance of owning one.I drooled over guitar magazine pictures of, then unaffordable, Epiphone, Fender, and Yamaha acoustics but had to settle for a Kasuga which was, and still is, a nice guitar but not quite the standard I had aimed for. I acquired a Yamaha FG365S later in life and that fulfilled my desire for a Martin as some will argue that the Martin model Yamaha copied was inferior to the FG365. I chanced across the Epiphone Hummingbird recently - lots of good reviews so I shopped around and found this on Amazon. My inner chimp took over (see The Chimp Paradox by Dr. Steve Peters) and I splashed out on one. Very pleased I did, the standard set up is very nice, played straight out of the box. Easy to tune those Grovers really make a difference. They certainly haven't scrimped on the detail it is a perfect copy of the Hummingbird and not only sounds right but looks the part too.