I have always encouraged my grandson with his musical `studies` and efforts and he has always responded well to my help. I said that I would buy him an acoustic guitar and he went searching on the web. He was looking for a black guitar [ a bit of a Goth ] but when he came across the Epiphone Hummingbird it was love at first sight. I bought him one on Ebay but the seller was a plonker who did not understand how to pack the instrument and it was ruined !! I then checked out Thomann and discovered that I could buy a brand new electro acoustic version of the Epiphone Hummingbird for just a small amount more than I had paid for the wreck from Ebay. The staff at Thomann were very helpful and patient with my questions and when the guitar arrived we were all very pleased to see the excellent packing which gave 100% protection to this precious instrument. When he got the guitar out of all that packaging I gave it a good going over - checking for any faults - no worries, there were none. It was perfect !! In tune out of the box [ tuned down a tone ] and perfectly in tune all the way up the neck. The finish was just beautiful and the sound of the instrument [ both acoustically and amplified ] was equally beautiful.
This has got to be one of the best buys for an electro-acoustic out there today. I know a bit about guitars - I started playing in 1955 when I was five years old and since then I have owned and played them all - Gibsons, Fenders, Gretches, a Vox, Zemaitis and old Epiphonesand Hofners and I can honestly say that my grandson`s semi-acoustic would sound really good up on any stage with any of them.
Congratulations to Thomann for selling this ultra high quality solid-top electro-acoustic guitar at such a reasonable price and enabling young students to learn on the best. I lost count of the number of friends who gave up on learning to play the guitar because they thought that it was their fault that their efforts sounded so bad - they didn`t realise that the shops were busy selling rubbish that were built all wrong [ frets in the wrong place, bridges in the wrong place etc. etc.]. None of that with Thomann - they did us proud !! I am VERY pleased and you should hearmy grandson play now - sweet !!
