Epiphone Pro-1 Acoustic Guitar In Trans Blue

This is a terrific first step into the world of guitar featuring all of the PRO Collection's breakthrough features. Epiphone, one of the worlds oldest and most respected guitar makers, has just made playing and learning guitar easy for everyone.

Designed by Professionals to be EASY to PLAY!
Creating a truly easy-to-play guitar wasnt easy. And at Epiphone, we take making a great guitar seriously, no matter what the players level. So Epiphone rethought the guitar from top to bottom to make an instrument that anyone can play right away. The result is a truly PRO guitar thats easy to play, easy to own, and most importantly, delivers the full, vibrant sound that Epiphone is known for. The PRO-1 acoustic guitar is the result of exhaustive analysis, numerous technological innovations, and suggestions from a whos who of professional players. And now its time to play!

Easy to Use
The PRO-1 is a dreadnought style acoustic guitar with a classic profile known for incredible volume and tonal range. While traditional-sized dreadnoughts can be difficult for a new player to get used to, the PRO-1 has a reduced body depth, which makes it easy to hold for long hours of playing.

Another Epiphone innovation is the PRO-1s shorter scale neck with an EZ-Profile neck shape, which makes learning chords and licks easier. PRO-Ease Lubricant makes the neck feel smooth and worn in on your fingers, and JumboPRO frets make it easy to hold down Epiphones custom light gauge strings.

Hardware
A guitar that plays this easy has to be able to get in tune and stay in tune in a snap. The PRO-1 features Epiphones Deluxe tuners, which have 18:1 ratio tuning gears that help make finding the right pitch quick and intuitive. Ordinary tuners have only a 14:1 ratio, which makes fine tuning difficult as the string never quite settles in the right spot. But tuning is easy with the PRO-1s higher gear ratio which lets you adjust your tuning with greater precision so its easier to find the right pitch and stay there.

The PRO 1s new EZ-String Rosewood bridge doesnt use bridge pins which on other guitars are difficult to remove and difficult to get in place (not to mention easy to lose!). So changing a string and getting it in tune on the PRO-1 is fast and easy.

EASY TO PLAY FEATURES

The PRO-1 Ultra acoustic/electric guitar has all of the PRO-1 Collections innovative easy-to-play features:

• Less fatigue. Wrap your hand around the PRO-1 Ultra neck and youll immediately feel how comfortable it is. Our new EZ-Profile neck is designed so your hand can easily form chords without feeling fatigued.
• Effortless Fretting. Epiphone JumboPRO frets make fretting notes and chords seem effortless. JumboPRO frets are taller and wider than smaller frets. So, when you push down a string, its easier to make string contact with the fret with less hand fatigue and finger friction.
• Shorter is Easier. Scale length is the distance from the saddle to the nut. The shorter the scale length, the looser the strings feel. Because the PRO-1s scale length is almost 1 shorter than most acoustic guitars, the strings are under less tension so you dont have to • press hard to get good tone. And since the frets are closer together-- making chords is easier!
• Make friction fiction. String and fingerboard friction not only slows your playing but also can hurt. Our PRO-Ease string and fingerboard coating provides sleek, smooth action with reduced string noise.
• No pain, no gain? NonsenseEpiphone believes in no pain. Lighter gauge strings are easier to play so every PRO-1 is set-up and equipped with Epiphone Ultra-Light strings.
• Easy action. With Epiphones Dual-Action truss rod, you can adjust the neck in both directions, which not only stabilizes the neck but also makes set-up easier and more precise.

PRODUCT FEATURES
• All PRO-1 features including JumboPRO frets, EZ-Profile D neck, dual action truss rod, and and humidifier
• On-line lessons from eMedia on-line lessons
• Classic dreadnought style acoustic guitar in reduced size

SPECIFICATIONS
• Top: Select Spruce; Custom PRO-Prietary Bracing
• Body: Select Mahogany; Reduced body depth
• Neck: Mahogany; EZ-Profile C Shape
• Truss Rod: Dual-Action
• Trod Cover: White; PVC
• Neck Joint: Glued-In
• Fingerboard: Rosewood; PRO-Ease Lubricant
• FBrd Inlay: Dots; frets 3,5,7,9,12,15 and 17
• Headstock: Sloped Dovewing with historic Epiphone metal badge
• Fret: 20; JumboPRO
• Nut: GraphTech NuBone
• Nut Width: 1.68"
• Scale Length: 24.75
• Tuners: 18:1 ratio Epiphone "Deluxe"
• Strings: Epiphone Ultra-Light (9-47)
• Bridge: Rosewood
• Binding: Body Top: 1-Layer; Black
• Body Back: 1-Layer; Black
• Pickguard: Black; Scratchless
• Saddle: GraphTech NuBone; Compensated
• Strap Buttons: Yes
• Hardware: Chrome
• Includes: Beginners Guide to Guitar booklet by Craig Anderton
eMedia on-line lessons
• Humidifier
• Colors: Blueburst, Ebony, Natural, Vintage Sunburst, Wine Red