Epiphone L-00 Studio Acoustic-Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst

Using to record and write songs. Body size is perfect, easy to play and travel with. Full, rich sound!

Walking around a guitarcenter, I spent three hours playing every acoustic guitar there. I picked this up after playing everything from fullsized, parlors, D16, breedloves, seagulls, fenders, yamahas and even martins...Wow. I was stunned by the sound. This is isn't a parlor. The rear tail end of the box is fatter. The sound is blues(y) and rich. I was absolutely stunned, I'm not a epiphone fan either...in fact, I'm far the opposite. The fishman sonitone pickup is meh...makes it sound like a clean electric guitar...you don't get any 'acoustic' sound. Not a dealbreaker, and not why I bought this in the least. That room filling sound and tone which will sell this guitar...hands down. Not as loud as a full sized dread, but wasn't meant to be. Just fine for a small coffee house sized venue or at home practicing on the couch. Comfy and light, handy and unobtrusive. I was looking for a sub-1000 guitar. Action is low and slick. The finish has zero blemishes. Frets are level and perfect. I walked away from martins in the platinum room because this sounded better! You can special order the fitted case for this, I can completely recommend it. It's brown and black two tone with a very fluffy and plush interior. It has four locks rather than just three. It comes with a key and will lock unlike both my martin cases. It's really heavy for a case and that can be good or bad depending on how you look at it.

I just received it and I have to say that Epiphone is getting very good at making lower price guitars. This one feels good right from the box. I will change the strings but other than that it's ready to go.

I had been looking for an a/e, had plenty of hand me downs, they all filled the bill for awhile - until I realized they didn't have the sound I was looking for - looked at the high dollar parlor types (that's all I could do was look) then I started reading about this guitar & heard plenty good about even from Gibson & Fender owners, both had good things to say. Finally got my hands on one and I was not disappointed, that sound came out, a little light right now, was just what I was looking for & knowing with age it will only getting better, fantastic. Right out of the box the action was nice & low, agree with everyone else about the nut, bridge & strings about changing them out, going to just play it for awhile first. Plugged in just brings a smile to my face, need to grab you one. I have to give a word of thanks to a couple of guys at the GC in Bartlett, Josh for the great deal he gave me and Hunter who helped me after the sale, both great guys & know what they're doing.

I've been looking for a good, playable, affordable blues guitar, similar in profile and sound to a prewar Gibson L00 or Kalamazoo KG-14. I think I found it! I picked this thing up yesterday and have just about worn my callouses off since then playing it. It has great, balanced tone: tauter and tighter than a dreadnought or concert sized guitar, but with great volume. It can be heard over my hollering, even without amping. The finish is lovely, the intonation and action are dead on. I bought it with the intention of replacing the nut and saddle with bone, but it's so nice right off the shelf that I doubt I'm going to mess with it. Great tuners, neck is true and clean feeling. I do plan on trying out some nickel alloy Monel strings on there, to see if the tone gets closer to the pre-war blues boxes. But this little guitar is a really fine piece, and a whole lot of fun. Why anybody would spend sky-high bread on a Gibson when they can get an Epiphone with 98% of what's real for a tenth of the price is beyond me.

I would have givin it 5 stars but it has plastic nut,saddle,& pins and it makes this guitar sound pretty thin but after swapping out the plastics for bone and restringing w .11"s it is now a very nice playable 00 guitar Also the neck is pretty narrow so if you have big hands it can get pretty tight at the first three frets. If Epiphone would change these shortcommings this would be a first class little parlor guitar. If you are looking for a first guitar this one may not be for you unless you are willing to spend additional money to set it up and replace the substandard parts.....