Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird - 6 Month Review

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The Epiphone, Inspired by Gibson, Hummingbird - 6 Month Review. I've had it about 6 months now, and just love it more every day. A complete work of art folks.

I am adding some info that I found out from another comment on a review I saw recently. You may find it as interesting as I did. This made me smile, so here's the brief conversation:

Bruce Sistrunk
2 months ago
It actually is more or less a bench made, it’s a master built so that means it’s hand built start to finish by one luthier, a lot of folks don’t know that though.

Steve Bernard
2 months ago
how did you learn it was by one luthier?

Bruce Sistrunk
2 months ago
@Steve Bernard I had spoken to some individuals that had ties with Epiphone directly and they told me all about it with it being in the old Sammick factory and how they had set up the sammick location for the masterbilt process and high quality acoustic work cuz we were comparing a Gibson hummingbird to the new masterbilt hummingbird and how they were basically the same minus the fretboard and bridge wood and the type of lacquer being different but still a lacquer none the less, we measured them sonically and they we’re basically identical and then acoustically they were the same other than the minor variances you see from like one Gibson hummingbird to another Gibson hummingbird being that no matter if it’s from one Gibson to another they still would each one not sound exactly like the other but still in the same range sonically with subtle differences.

Update: These IBGs, as of 2023, are now being manufactured in China. Buyer beware. My recommendation is to find a used one with the factory code 23, which is the old Samick factory in Indonesia. Please see the following updated video that I did on this topic:

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