Epiphone PR 350SR

Nice looking guitar. not too fancy but the inlay and epi logo on the pic guard give it nice character and distinction from every other dreadnaught out there. All solid wood is a huge plus. Nut, saddle , and tuners all average quality.

Nice and warm. Good round low end. My strings are pretty old but high end seems a little over twangy. Could just need new string though, the ones on it are old as dirt. Response well on everything from fingerpickin to heavy strumming.

good, low enough for me. A new nut would probably make it better.

Mine is used and was already slighlty abused before I bought it. Construction seems very solid though. Mine actually has a couple cracks on top and does'nt affect sound or playability at all.

Nice looking guitar. not too fancy but the inlay and epi logo on the pic guard give it nice character and distinction from every other dreadnaught out there. All solid wood is a huge plus. Nut, saddle , and tuners all average quality.

Nice and warm. Good round low end. My strings are pretty old but high end seems a little over twangy. Could just need new string though, the ones on it are old as dirt. Response well on everything from fingerpickin to heavy strumming.

good, low enough for me. A new nut would probably make it better.

Mine is used and was already slighlty abused before I bought it. Construction seems very solid though. Mine actually has a couple cracks on top and does'nt affect sound or playability at all.

Made in the month of October of 2001 I came across this guitar on e-bay in May of 2007 as a new-old stock model(hence the price). It sports all solid wood construction, a satin finish, and is indeed a PR-350SR contrary to another review. The neck is mahogany, fingerboard rosewood, top spruce, bridge ebony (though I have seen others with rosewood), and the back rosewood with a center joint made of what looks to be maple and ebony. All inlays look to be mother of pearl while marker inlays represent notched diamonds from the fifth fret all the way up the twenty frets in the normal positions. The tuners are gold plated, enclosed and of decent quality. The nut, saddle, bridge pins, and end pin all seem to be white plastic with black dots on the pins. The fingerboard is bound in cream binding as is the body followed by black white black white black. The Rosette matches the body binding forming a concentric ring pattern. Last but not least my model wears a tortoise shell pick guard with the Epiphone "e" screened in white.

I play a little bit of everything in fact I bought this guitar in order to have a acoustic to take a classical guitar class in college (good excuse right?) When I first bought it I tried as many strings as possible and have settled on Medium DR Rare's. The first hour of play time on them is a pain but after they settle in its golden with a great sustain and harmonics, almost re-verb like. The sound of the guitar is well balanced with strong lows and highs.

The guitar is great for the price, mind you I would have not paid the $999.00 msrp on the hang tag nor the $699.30 retail price. For a guitar that sounds this good under $300.00 a neck that isn't arrow straight, and a fret that seems a bit sharp shouldn't cause any sweat. The action is ok although I will lower it if I ever get around to replacing the nut and bridge.

Seems pretty solid, stays tuned, the joint on the back near the bout is gathering a little haze in the finish but other than that all seems to be well. (its a guitar for God's sake, not a sledge hammer)

For filling out a warranty card 5 or so years after the guitar had been manufactured, Epiphone didn't seem concerned.

This is a great guitar if you want a better sound:dollar ratio. I highly recommend it if your in the market for an all acoustic dreadnought.

Made in China
20 Frets
All Solid Wood
Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Body, Spruce top ALL SOLID!
Satin
Dreadnought
Non Locking
1.678" neck, pretty slim
Semi-Hard case w/ hyrometer

Very warm sound. Tremendous bass, but clear, not boomy. Clear highs, but soulful, not tinny. Minimal Fret Buzz, only if you pick the E-String hard and really, really, listen for it, but that's any acoustic dreadnought. Amazing guitar tone, plenty of overtones and clear, present harmonics. My bass playing friends were able to pull harmonics out of it that only basses could prdouce. Very rich and full sound, great for picking, strumming, slapping, pulling, anything.It meets all my sound wants, seriously, it's the best guitar I've ever played.

Awesome set-up. Tuners seem to move a little too easily for what I'm used to, but it stays in tune so I guess that's what matters. Action was perfect. Well put together, frets well polished, neck feels like a les paul or sg. I can easily bend and solo on it without it hurting my fingers.

I trust it, it feels very sturdy. Strap buttons could use a little work, I always use straplocks personnaly. Yes I can depend on it. I would always have a backup though, that's just good practice. I'm not too sure about the tuners, but the rest hardware seems built like a tank. I hear their glue is the same glue violin makers use. I don't know if that's good or bad, but I guess it's good if they brag about it.

Never dealt with them, never had to.

I've been playing for 6 years. I have an epiphone electric, a yamha bass, fender hot rod deluxe amp, countless pedals, korg keyboards, but I'm an acoustic player by heart. This guitar was seriously the best acoustic I've played. I've been playing on martins, alvarez, taylor, gibson, larivee, seagull, tacoma, for years. When I was choosing guitars, I tried to tell myself that this guitar wasn't good, and that I didn't want to shell out 650 for an epiphone, I won't be the envy of my friends with an epiphone, but I had to go with sound, it was the best. It wasn't the prettiest, but it was the most resonant, loudest, most solid, playable, best featured guitar, I ever played, and I had to get it, despite all my wants for an american made martin or tacoma, because it was the best guitar I've ever played. I would recommend it to anyone. I would replace it if it was lost or stolen. Trust me, with the limited lifetime sticker on it, it looks like a piece of shit, but look closely, pick it up and play it, and just from hitting one string you'll know it's something special, it will turn heads, I promise. So loud you don't need electronics, just mic it up with a condenser and it's an amazing instrument. I couldn't believe it was an epiphone making those sounds.

Mine is also the solid wood version referred to in previous reviews, so I won't bore you with details, I bought it from a pro player who removed the pickguard and installed gold grovers and a bone nut and micarta saddle.I contacted Epi also re: the solid vs. laminate issue, and their reply was that all of them (including it's sister the PR-350/SM mahogany) were laminates. That's funny because I have copies of reviews on Harmony Central (not these user reviews) that state they are all solid woods, as well a an Epi ad from a guitar mag that says it is all solid wood! I also inspected the interior and found the grain to match the exterior. At any rate, if Epi can make a laminate sound this good, they need to patent the process.I rate it high just for the solid woods at a great price.

I fingerpick blues,jazz and standards, as well as some originals and have found this guitar to perform these tasks very well. I have even been able to play some stuff that I thought was unsuitable for fingerpicking just because of the resonance and complex harmonics it delivers. There are times when I play passages that literally make the hair stand up on my neck, just because I've never had a guitar that made my playing sound so complete!

I can't find anything to tweak! And I'm a tweaker by nature!

I don't know anything technical about these satin finishes, but I can't see how a reasonably careful person would have anything to worry about, in any aspect of reliability. Very hefty, sturdy feel.

Either the staff at C/S at Epi is ignorant of their products, or the PR dept. has a reason to mis-lead the guitar buying public. Very irritating to me.

35 years of on and off playing, the last 3 years I have a re-newed desire to master the guitar. Not only would I replace it if it were lost or stolen, I am looking to buy another if I can get it at this price, also want a 350/SM. It would take a whole lot of salesmanship to get me to buy a "Snob guitar". Even though I can now finally afford anything I want, what I want is to get the qualities we all desire at a price that reflects what it cost to produce the guitar. I think a lot of the "high-end" companies play on our desire to be respected as players, and have convinced some that the only way to be respected is by how much you're willing to pay! Just My opinion ;-) $$$$$$$$$$.

Recieved my PR-350/SR as gift from my wife. It is one of 200 made to original spec's. I had ivory nut, sadle and pins put on and the sound is better than my 65 Gibson J-45. The body is solid rosewood, the top is solid spruce, the neck is mahgny. Tuners are gold plated 18 to 1 Klusons. Ab-inlays, Tort shell pick guard (no E). SERIAL # G00092246 Model # PR-350/SR.

The PERFECT recording guitar! What comes out on recording is really sweet. Open D is pure heaven. The best I've ever heard.

After ivory setup, PERFECT! Finish is warm and soulful.

If weight means anything it will last a lifetime. Stays in tune better than my D-28, but that may be the Elixir lights.

Would never use a factory for repairs.

Been playing 42 years. This ( /SR ) is really a Gibson with an EPI head stock.

This Epiphone PR350 S/R is a model that differs from the standard PR350 SR in that it is SOLID ROSEWOOD back and sides with solid spruce top. It is a standard dreadnaught size guitar with looks and possibly design features of the original Epiphne USA made solid wood models. As far as model number differentation, the only difference is the slash betweeen the S and R (the laminated back and sides rosewood model is the PR350 SR -without the slash). The important difference is that this guitar is part of a run of only 200 built in 1999 or 2000 that is built from SOLID ROSEWOOD for back and sides with a solid spruce top. The regular PR350 SR is laminated Rosewood back and sides and also has a solid spruce top. Distinguishing features include tortise shell pick guard WITHOUT the "E" emblem on it as well as "Vintage Satin finish". I believe the laminated SR model is gloss finish. All 200 of these were sold through the Mars Music Stores and they apparently really blew them out at bargain prices. The original list price that was going on the guitar if it had become an established mdoel was $999. Some of the Harmony Central reviews for the PR350 SR (without the slash are for this guitar). From speaking with a fellow at Gibson in Nashville I found that NONE of the run of 200 went to Gibson/Epiphone dealers other then Mars Music stores. This guitar came with a nice somewhat inexpensive lightweight hard case which is strong but lighter due to its having thin plastic in its construction. It may not have been a std case that all of them came with but it could have been. The tuners are adequate and the guitar stays in tune. This guitar as the recognizable "Gibson Sound". No electronics. Standard neck 14 frets clear of body with low action on this model. Rosewood fretboard and bridge. The nut/neck width is probably to Gibson specs of 1 and 23/32" (1/32" wider then a std 1 11/16" nut/neck. Don't know if the sadle and nut is platic or it could be corian. If it is plastic that means this already very good sounding guitar is only going to sound better with a bone, Tusq or Corian saddle and nut. Nice styling of the original Epiphones. Also the braces look very much similar to an old solid wood USA Epiphone I saw.

This is a very good sounding dreadnaught guitar. It has a distinguishable Gibson sound which is amazingly good for a guitar that was intended to list for $999. The sound is that of a lighter constructed very resonant guitar. Sound is good fingerstyle or strumming. Has a nice bottom end bass kick but is nowhere near being boomy. This guitar could satisfy a pro.

Guitar seems to be well constructed. The finish is vinatge satin rather then gloss. Action is nice and low but with plenty of saddle left. Neck relief is where it should be.

Guitar would be comparable with any well contructed somewhat lighter constructed dreadnaught.

No contact N/A. I got this from the original owner who was a collector and needed to trim to raise cash.

This Epiphone is not a guitar that would be easily replaced with the same model as it never officially went into sale and production wa limited to one run of 200. Been playing on and off for 30 years. I have owned about 70 guitars in my life. Some of the better ones are or were: Martin D-42, Martin 000-28EC, Martin HD28, Martin D-28, Martin SP000-16R and other Martins. Alvarez Yairi DY200, and FY95 + many other Yairi's.
Blueridge BR7S. Takamine NV360S, ENV460SC, F360ss-mt, F370SS, F470SS. Taylor 510, 710,512. Tacoma DR38E and DR20E. Electric Fender Strat USA, Gibson Les Paul and Nighthawk.

Made in 2001 in Korea. 20 frets. Back and sides are rosewood, top is spruce and neck is mahogany. Satin finish. Dreadnought body. Decent quality, Gotoh like tuners in a very nice gold tone. Neck is very thin and flat, very close to the same as my 1950's Gibson LG-01. Frets are jumbo. Came with a decent hardshell case, guitar fits nice and snug in my case. Also came with truss rod wrench.

It came with a plastic saddle. Had it replaced at Mars with a compensated bone saddle. The sound was already very good, now it rivals my Gibson. Very rich, full mellow sound. Sustains very good. No buzzing at all on any fret. It did have a mild intonation problem until the saddle was changed, now it is perfect all the way up the fret board. I play at home only, and this guitar suits me just fine. I couldn't have asked for more for $400.00.

The action was OK from the factory, the saddle change also made this much better. It plays very good now. Normal factory setup, cheap strings, intonation out slightly. All wood looks well matched, satin finish is perfect, except for a small run under the truss rod cover.(can't be seen unless it's removed) The whole thing looks well made and properly built. The only real flaws it had were the intonation and a couple of loose tuning pegs.

This guitar is very well built, solid bracing, etc. I don't play live, but I would say that this guitar would hold up as well as any, the only thing I would queston is the satin finish. If it is treated right I'm sure it would last forever. I play at least a couple of hours a day and have had no problems at all with it,I have had it for 11 months and have no complaints in this area. Very reliable for my use.

Mars and Gibson were very prompt in their emails, and the saddle change was quick and done very well. Otherwise, I've had no problems.

I've been playing for about 30 years. I have a Gibson LG-01, Fender F-9 acoustic, Vega acoustic and an Esssex LP copy. This guitar is definately my favorite acoustic. My favorite things about it are the sound and playability. If the finish were gloss I would like that better, but it is just fine as is. I looked at many other guitars in this price range,(couldn't see paying the price for a new Gibson or Martin for a hobby), this one seemed to be the best. If you buy one of these fine guitars, get that saddle changed and you've got about as close to the expensive sound as I believe you will get for the money. I would replace it immediately if it were stolen.

This is dreadnaught acoustic with solid spruce top and solid rosewood back. Mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard (jumbo frets). The neck is flat and a tad thinner at the nut than other guitars I've played. Tuners are gold. The finish is satin.

I like bluegrass and this guitar is really suited for it. Good bass and it really rings on a G-run. The neck really helps my playing, since I don't have the greatest reach in the world. The tone is pretty typical of a rosewood guitar. Not quite as throaty as a Martin, but for less than $300 you aren't going to beat it.

Mars Music had three of these guitars, so I spent some time picking out the one I wanted. Fit and finish on it was good and so was the setup. The action could be a bit lower, but it's not bad off-the-shelf. The back is really pretty, very nicely bookmatched rosewood. The top is nice, too, but not as pretty as the back. The satin finish is ok, but I would have preferred gloss. The original saddle was a cheapish plastic job. I replaced it with a bone saddle and it made a big difference in the sound. Much brighter.

There was one big surprise for me. When I had the strings off to replace the saddle, I felt around inside the guitar and was pleasantly surprised to discover that the brace on the bass side was scalloped. I wouldn't have expected that on a $284 guitar.

I thnik this guitar will last a long time, partly because I tend to baby my guitars. The neck fit is good, the bracing inside the guitars seems good, and it just has a well-built feel to it. The only concern would be the finish. I'm not sure how durable it will be. It didn't come with a strap button on the neck, so I added one. Seems pretty sturdy. I don't play out a lot, but would certainly feel good about taking this as my main player.

Haven't had to contact them yet.

Although I always wanted to have rosewood guitar, I wasn't planning on buying one when I got this baby. I stopped in to Mars Music in Oklahoma City to get some strings and saw they had these Epiphones on for $284 each. That was just too much to pass up. Solid spruce top, solid rosewood back, great neck, scalloped braces. So, I bought one, figuring I could sell it and make a few bucks. I've grown attached to it now, though, and think I'll just keep it.

I've been playing 10 years or so - started in my late 30s. I own a Washburn D-24 Limited Edition, which I bought shortly after I started playing. It has a whole different sound, and I plan on keeping both guitars.

If this guitar were lost or stolen, I would like to have another one, but don't think I could ever find one for $284. I guess I've played 6 or 8 Epiphone belonging to friends, relatives, etc., and in showrooms, and I think this is the best of the lot.

I am still stunned that I was able to buy a nic guitar with solid rosewood back for $284. Blows me away.

Made in 2001, Korean made, Solid spruce top (resembles Engleman Spruce), here's the suprise: SOLID ROSEWOOD BACK AND SIDES! Very straight grained rosewood. Where did this rosewood come from? India??? Don't know but it sounds great. The only thing it lacks is a piezo saddle pickup. Satin finish. I don't mind, but I wonder how hard it is to clean... Time will tell. This is a 25.5" scaled guitar made in Korea, but undoubtedly Gibson specs. More narrow at the nut of the guitar, much like Gibson's late 50's/to mid 60's J50 & hummingbirds.

Suits my style great. This is a great livingroom guitar. I can let people play it without worrying about it getting dinged up. The sound is characteristic of a Martin solid rosewood dreadnought. I played a Martin HD28 then set it down and picked up the PR350SR (wish Epiphone gave names to these instead of model numbers. I'd call this one "Hummer". Gibson was on track years ago by naming guitars, e.g. Dove, Hummingbird, Jumbo, LesPaul, etc.) This is by far the best Epiphone acoustic made under Gibson. It has a real punchy/deep tone. They are not set up from factory perfectly. I played 6 guitars at Mars Music, Bloominton, MN. and chose this one. The Roseville Mars store had sold 10 of them in about 2 weeks, But Bloominton was slower. A friend of mine also bought one at the same time I did. It was needing a truss rod adjustment and raise in bridge. They set it up for his style, He is tickled with his new guitar. We both happen to own Gibson Montana flattops, but don't like risking dinging them up. So this guitar sits on a stand in my living room and gets played every waken minute. I'm voting 10 because of the great sound and guitar for the money. If this was a higher-end Gibson, sound wise it would still get very high marks.

The OHSC is pretty durable, but very light. It is not a snug fit in the case, a little loose. The action and set up from factory was just right for me. These are set up in USA by Gibson (Montana? Nashville? don't know). The action is low to medium all the way up, bridge is Rosewood - seems very well glued, The Kerfing is trimmed tight so that the internal braces run all the way to side wood. Seems like good quality wood. But where could you get solid spruce and solid rosewood and sell a guitar for $399 with OHSC????

The guitar seems solid enough to take abuse. The gold tuning hardware is die cast with top nutted posts. Stays in tune well. Intonation is true as any flattop I own. I own 4 Gibson flattops. See my reviews: on my J150 & 2-Hummingbirds. I also will be writing a review on my (1998) Gibson CL-35 shortly. This is a beaut! CL series has been replaced by the Songbird and Songbird deluxe. I would like to have a fishman matrix saddle system put in the Epiphone. Have to go to a warranty station or warranty will be voided. The warranty place I have found and am very proud to associate with Charles Hoffman Guitars of Minneaplis, MN. THe Hoffman guitar shop builds around 1-2 dozen handmade guitars yearly. They are increadible. Base price starts out at $3000. No dickering.

Never tried calling Epiphone, but have talked to Gibson in Montana. They are very courteous.

I've been playing for more on than off for 36+ years. Gibsons: 2000 J150 (see review), 1998 CL35, 1977 Les Paul Custom honey sunburst (see review), 2 Hummingbirds (see review), 1997 12 string Gibson Nighthawk one-of-a-kind from Gibson's Research and Development department - only one in the world made! If anyone knows of another 12 string Nighthawk (see review), email me, Fender Am Standard Strat with Vintage Noiseless PUs, Washburn RR150 (see review), GTR 5 string banjo, 1970 Harmony mandolin...etc.
I put 9 in this category, for fantastic value with a big deep bold dreadnought sound.