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Epiphone Starling Starlight Blue Acoustic Guitar

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Epiphone Starling Starlight Blue Acoustic Guitar
Product no: 9000-0073-8546 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Joining the ranks of eminent Epiphone acoustic models like the Dove and Hummingbird, the Epiphone Starling acoustic guitar kits out complete beginners with fresh steel-string sound and a super-comfortable starting point. The dreadnought shaped body has been fitted with a C-profile neck to please finger-pickers as well as strummers, while the spruce top and mahogany back and sides deliver a classic, rich and warm sound with a woody edge rounding off the trebles. The Starling is available in various colours and every example comes with a scratchplate finished with a signature Starling graphic.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	20
Number of strings	6
Body construction	laminated
Cutaway	no
Sustainable product	not specified
Electro-acoustic	no
Acoustic guitar size	mid
Wood type (back)	mahogany
Fretboard wood	laurel
Wood type (soundboard)	spruce
Wood type (sides)	mahogany
For playing style	plectrum-based styles
Includes cover	no
Includes case	no
Acoustic sound	rich and deep
Colour	blue, burst
Left-handed	no
Body type	dreadnought

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	3,3 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	111,0 x 50,5 x 14,5 cm

Product specifications

type: EASTARSLBCH1
Epiphone acoustic steel-string guitar
- model: Starling
- series: Original Acoustic Collection
- colour: Starlight Blue
body
- shape: dreadnought, square shoulder
- soundboard: laminated sitka spruce
- sides and back: laminated mahogany
- finish: high gloss
- binding: black
neck
- joint: set-in
- material: mahogany
- finish: high gloss
- profile: C
- scale length: 24.72" (628mm)
- fretboard: laurel
- fretboard radius: 12" (305mm)
- binding: black
- number of frets: 20
- fret type: medium jumbo
- nut material: Graph Tech Nubone XB
- nut width: 43mm (1.693")
- position markers: dots
- truss rod: yes
hardware
- bridge: laurel
- saddle: artificial bone, compensated
- hardware finish: chrome-plated
- machine heads: Epiphone Premium closed oil-bed
- scratchplate: black, tear-drop shape with white Starling graphic
- strings: .012 - .053

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