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ALL maple guitars are laminated. Maple is too hard a wood to bend enough or form in solid form at guitar body thickness. Every Gibson ES335 series is Maple and is laminated. No way to form them otherwise. The Gibson Maple acoustics are laminated too. The characteristics of the wood itself determine how it can be used. I used to build snowboards. Flexibility with strength was the key quality needed. Poplar and aspen worked well for that. Birch strips for hardness and compression where the metal inserts were located provided linear stiffness as well. All in the engineering.

Don't most of us go straight to the tech specs? Putting the main sales pitch/selling points at the top is not dishonest or unusual...

That’s not just Sweetwater. That’s the case with most sites. If the are obviously avoiding saying solid it’s 9 out of 10 a laminate/layered build.

Epiphone don't make bad guitars...laminate maple and solid spruce top should always produce a very sweet sound

Well if it dosent say solid. Its not. Same whit every other brand

Supposely epiphones r just cheap copies of gibson wich indicates the wording inspired and studio and pro is basically the same guitar otherwise the build and price would be different. The tag should not say pro but studio to my finding.

Just bought one as a birthday gift to myself. Its obviously not like my j45 studio, or taylor acoustics. But for the price, damn its a nice guitar!

To be fair it's not classed as inspired by, which are solid. Most companies just state the wood name if its laminate and solid if its solid

Laminate back n sides daa

I just got a clone trooper bootleg and it has the same problems as yours but mine snapped at the waist the other day and i glued it back on and it’s brand new now you can use the super glue to tighten it too

This is from the china factory. Nowhere near the quality of the IBG guitars

dude seriously you need to learn how to focus your camera

When they introduced the “inspired line” the pro and studio just became studio. They are the same guitars. All guitar manufactures will say maple, mahogany or other wood back and sides. If it’s solid, they will say “solid maple” or “solid mahogany”. I agree it’s disingenuous, but you can’t really blame Sweetwater. They cut and paste from the Epiphone page. It’s a great guitar. I hope you do enjoy it.

I think anyone who has played enough to know, or care about, the difference between solid and laminate back and sides, would realize that $500 bucks doesn't buy a quality, solid wood guitar. I have been buying guitars from Sweetwater for several years, they have been terrific to deal with! I don't believe they are trying to mislead anyone on the guitars they sell.

I actually bought one of these, and found out some things about this. Epiphone has changed the actual naming convention of what was the "Pro" Series to the Studio series, and created the Inspired by Gibson Series to indicate the price profiles. The SweetWater exclusive Dove Studio is a laminate back and sides, but it is made in the same factory where the Inspired by Gibson Series is made; hence the headstock shape, and the internal sticker. While this is a "Studio" Series guitar, I find it has a better quality build than other guitars in the Studio Series, and has a better sound than the other Dove Pro or Studio models made in China and/or Indonesia.

The inspired by Gibson line all have the orange/red Gibson style label inside

Very interesting, I have an Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird that I picked up at a pawn shop for $400 because they thought it was the Pro version, it sounds really nice but I'd love to pick one of these up for a comparison, just to see how close it sounds to the actual Inspired by Gibson line. Nice stuff! Love the finish, very unique.

Pro and studio is the same

Cool. You got an Epiphone that sounds the same as your Martin (from this end) but has a slightly brighter sound, IMO.

Studio and pro are the same model, idk why they interchange the name. But they never made an inspired by gibson Dove. I'd assume making a bunch of guitars with solid flamed maple back and sides would get quite expensive to the point of no profits or possibly a loss at under $1,000. I have an Epiphone Dove, it's definitely laminate maple. That does sound really misleading though

Nowhere did Epiphone or Sweetwater say it an inspired by Gibson or masterbuilt model It's not under the inspired by Gibson line. The dove at Sweetwater is just an exclusive and they have a hummingbird with the same finish and headstock. It's a pro/studio model with the Kalamazoo headstock. The dead giveaway is obviously that it's not double the price. It's just the headstock that throws you off but looks better in my honest opinion. The studio and pro are the same model. They were called pro before they made inspired by Gibson line. Then after they made the IBG line they changed the official name of the pro to studio. Obviously the IBG line is more pro level than than the laminate back and sides models. Typical pros/studios do have the longer headstock and thick gloss finish and laminates in the back and sides. IBGs/masterbuilt Epiphones have a semigloss finish, Kalamazoo headstock and all solid. If it doesn't have all of those specs it a plain old epi. It's all good but always go by the official specs.. .both the pro/studio and the IBG are made in the same Indonesian plant though. Which I believe is another difference for the official listing name going from pro to studio. To make it more confusing many the models of studio acoustics still say pro on the truss rod cover but are fact Indonesian and not Chinese. So maybe they are still using their stock of those truss rod covers. I'm not sure. Alot of stuff going on there but I hope that helps yourself for any future Epiphone purchases and anyone else.

hi. i see that on the blade it is written Dove. But there is a difference between the epiphone Where and the Epiphone Where Pro? because I ordered a Dove Pro studio and I got a Dove like yours. Thank you

From my experience with every Epiphone masterbuilt series guitar, I would pass on any Epiphone solid wood acoustic. My experience was overbuilt lifeless guitars.

The Martin sounds soooo much better!

After extensive research, I recently bought an Epiphone “Inspired by Gibson” Hummingbird, antique cherry sunburst finish. This guitar is out of the Samick factory in Indonesia. An all solid wood guitar, with a lovely sound, and beautifully crafted. I checked out the “pro” and “studio” model specs, and there was no confusion as to what guitars were part solid and part laminate construction. The price differences also made this quite obvious.

There is not enough difference in sound to justify paying extra for the Martin in my opinion.

The price shows the difference.

Thanks.. you did well by the public.

I personally bought the Hummingbird Trans Black off their website and knew exactly what I was purchasing, only thing is I didn't realize how shallow they really are. I have a couple fender dreadnoughts so I was assuming the depth of the Hummingbird Studio was at least close to five inches. It's not, they're like four or under and it effects the volume of an acoustic. So I'd say Sweetwater should list the dimensions on all their products not just certain ones. Plus my Epi had small fractures on the fretboard binding near the 15 -18 frets. Bad craftsmanship by indonesian factory tho not sweetwater. I guess you get what you paid. This goes for anyone. A descent guitar won't be cheap

Could’ve been worse. You could’ve bought a reissue Frontier and had a “friend of a musician” try the bait and switch sending you a cheap ass Epiphone in the Frontier box. And it was a bitch to repackage and eventually get my money back through their Indianmart phone service jabbering idiots. It’s why I don’t deal with friends of musicians or centers for guitar any longer.

If it doesn’t say solid, it is not. Laminate are 3 ply pieces of wood glued together to make a ‘solid ‘piece. While the ply’s are then, it is still solid, it is not like a Swiss piece of cheese. All Solid wood guitars it seems are high maintenance. 90% of the sound is from the top. I’m purchasing a hummingbird studio. Solid spruce top with laminate mahogany back and sides. I debated buying the all solid IbG but again all solid , more maintenance. Some say the all solid projects the sound better, but I only want my sound leave the guitar and travel about 5 feet. The pick up the hummingbird studio ( formerly named pro ) is excellent and it will project far ,,,,,and even further depending on the volume of one’s acoustic amp. Cheers!

The fact that it said Studio or Dove in the same sentence with IBG is surely misleading. I know someone that bought one because of the IBG mention (even though it's nowhere on the guitar), which is OBVIOUSLY NOT IBG. While I'm sure it's not a bad sounding guitar, you are correct that the price is your first tip. The second tip is that the IBG lineup doesn't feature a Dove, or Studio. Great vid and great catch. You might want to email Sweetwater and let them know about this. When I found an incorrect spec on the Excellente, Gibson corrected it in an email to me and I then let Sweetwater know about it and they corrected it on their website.

totally understand your gripes but it doesn't say "Inspired by Gibson" anywhere on that site. So it is not being advertised as part of the "Inspired by Gibson" line.

I had a Martin MMV, I didn't like it. My cheaper Wasuburns and even my old Alvarez 5023, knock it out. So I sold it, now I have exclusively sub-$500 acoustics and I love them.

Getting a Dove or Hum asap. Need someone to write with.

FYI- Studio is the updated name to the PRO series for 2022. Otherwise, I do agree it is misleading, given that my Taylor Academy advertises its laminate sides. Not that it could hide it ha…the thing is literally a blank canvas. Sounds great, tho.

This guitar is maple and that makes it great for electric live performances. I do not know why maple is so great for amplification but it is.

I bought one of these and was pretty disappointed. In fact, I think I left a somewhat negative review on sweetwater. The tone of the guitar was boxy and constricted. About what you’d expect from an overbuilt, thickly finished guitar with laminate back and sides.

Thanks for this! I've been shopping for my first guitar and this was one of about five (under $600) that I've been considering. This is good to know. You still bought it so it's still a decent guitar, maybe just not exactly what it may be represented to be? Certainly not anything like the $1,200 Martin (man, that one sounds fantastic!)

It’s 450.00 it’s obviously laminate.

Una pregunta el de la isquierda es bootleg?

i think we can tighten up those joints with a nail coat.... Thanks for the review, am buyin one for custom lol; found ones a deal cheaper.

Have you had any luck finding these recently? Ebay and Aliexpress don't seem to have them, or at least not that I can find.

Is it worth it for army builds

Can the helmets swap?

Got 4 of these today. Was really surprised at the movement. Not super tight, but not lose. And they're very poseable. Nothing has fallen off yet and they seem no more delicate than a real figuarts.

7 months later, have you experienced any breakages or other issues? I’m looking at buying this guy and I’m curious if he’s going to hold up long time.

im looking to get a cheap clone trooper

How is the clone Lieutenant is it good to play around with?? Pls answer