Epiphone EL-00 Small-Sized Acoustic Guitar, Vintage Sunburst

by Epiphone

Product Features

• Mahogany body
• Solid Spruce top
• 24.75 scale

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 44 x 19 x 6 inches ; 6.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002F76ZU
• Item model number: EABMVSCH1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,886 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #41 in Musical Instruments > Guitars > Acoustic Guitars > Acoustic

Product Description

Crafted with a Mahogany body and Solid Sitka Spruce top, this "parlor" size acoustic is comfortable to play and is true to its vintage acoustic heritage.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the money, December 3, 2010

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Dr. David M. Parry (Altoona, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epiphone EL-00 Small-Sized Acoustic Guitar, Vintage Sunburst (Electronics)

I bought one of these two years ago because my prized 1963 LG-1 looked like it had finally become unreparable after several attempts. Ultimately I was wrong and have the LG-1 restored and playing perfectly again. The L-00 is about as good of an imitation of a Gibson L-00 you are going to see for under 1000 bucks. I recommend that you replace the plastic nut and saddle with bone or tusq or even micarta, do a pro setup (get the string height at the nut and the action perfect, polish the frets a bit and you'll have a really nice guitar that plays and sounds much more expensive than it actually is. You might also want to upgrade the tuners with some good gibson tuners from the Stu-Mac catalogue as well. That would be my suggewstion fi you want tro turn a decent 300 dollar guitar into one that plays and sounds like a much better instrument. But even if you didn't do those things this model would be well worth the money and any beginner- to
intermediate player interested in doing finger-picking blues would be more than pleased. My point is that for a few after-market improvements that are relatively inexspensive and not
all that technically difficult to perform, you could have a very good guitar on your hands that would be hard to beat until you get to over the 2000 dollar mark.
You really cannot duplicate the Gibson neck, though, so I still prefer my LG-1 and pretty much anything from Gibson rather than the Epiphone version, but few people have the
kind of money lying around it takes to buy the Robert Johnson or Blues King models from Gibson, or even find an LG-1 or LG-2 and repair or have it repaired. So this Epi L00 would meet the needs of just about everyone except those who have played a good Gibson Neck and can't really be happy with anything less and have the money to go with the gibson. Oh and this guitar looks really good as well - you'll just want to look at it. They simply know how to do a sunburst finish the right way. I'm not in love with the heavier polyurethane finish, but I understand why they have to go in that direction with a 300 guitar. Mow compared to other guitars at this price, I don't think anything else comes anywhere near this one - especially for finger picking blues, Robert-Johnson and Delta or other Country Blues style Playing. It is not a bluegrass instrument or a big-sounding Dreadnought - you'd be looking at a bigger-body style for strumming with a pick. But for the kind of music this guitar is designed for, nothing comes close at that price. BTW these overseas factories are generally putting out far better instruments than they we ever 10 years ago, and the prices have stayed relatively flat so there are a much bettere value than a comparable epiphone from even 10 years ago.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous for the money!, April 26, 2009

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Toad Hall (Laguna Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epiphone EL-00 Small-Sized Acoustic Guitar, Vintage Sunburst (Electronics)

I just played this Epiphone Model EL-00 for the first time. A great looker, and the best neck action that I've seen at this price, ever. It has a narrow neck, fast action, and a beautiful tone. I suggest you play one first, of course, and see what you think. Well worth a demo. Great choice for beginner to intermediate.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guitar!, January 30, 2010

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John A. Gillan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epiphone EL-00 Small-Sized Acoustic Guitar, Vintage Sunburst (Electronics)

I'm a beginner guitar player, and this guitar is just perfect! It arrived on time and without any mishaps and it really is a great guitar for the price.