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2017 HP 415 CEX Acoustic-Electric Guitar

SKU: # 484312   |   Model: # AC415CEXANNH   |    Product Reviews4 Reviews  Write a Review
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2017 HP 415 CEX Acoustic-Electric Guitar

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The 2017 HP 415 CEX offers an innovative, slimmer, round shoulder cutaway guitar with all the traditional build techniques that go into each Gibson Acoustic. A solid Sitka spruce top, with an enhanced bracing pattern, is joined with beautiful, chocolate-toned, walnut back and sides to provide a wider dynamic range. With plenty of sustain, the HP 415 CEX is perfect for any style of playing. Its fresh design includes a body depth which responds wonderfully to all the nuances of modern playing styles, while the flatter fingerboard radius allows for easy string bending. The Advanced Response Neck profile, carved from a two-piece maple neck, will have you playing longer and with less fatigue.

Finished with elegant Gibson appointments, the 2017 HP 415 CEX includes a gold block Gibson decal on the headstock, classic mini nickel Grover tuners, superior Tusq nut and saddle, walnut bridge and fingerboard and mother-of-pearl position markers. Its onboard L.R. Baggs Element pickup system will deliver the true tonal character every time out.

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• J-45 Cutaway body style
• Sitka spruce top, walnut back & sides
• 4 inch body depth
• Binding & Inlay: Multi-ply top binding with black single-ply back binding, double-ring rosette
• Antique Natural finish
• Maple neck w/1.725 Tusq nut
• Traditional scalloped x-bracing, enhanced bracing for increased dynamic range
• 16-inch radius fingerboard
• Short scale
• Walnut bridge w/Tusq saddle
• Nickel mini Grover tuners
• LR Baggs Element pickup system

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Description: Will Languedoc from Long & McQuade demonstrates the 2017 Gibson HP 415 CEX acoustic-electric guitar.

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Best Acoustic I've Owned 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Kingston, Ontario
I picked this up a few times over the course of a month, playing alot of guitars in the same price range. I kept coming back to the Gibson HP 415. It plays easily and sounds amazing. Great feeling guitar. 100% recommend for anyone who plays.
Posted by James on Feb 15, 2019
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Another great Gibson 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Sudbury, Ontario
I spent a few weeks looking for a full size acoustic that was going to make me happy. I finally found it in the acoustic room at L&M Sudbury. At first feel, it just felt right in my hands. After hitting a few chords and just listening intently, I knew it was mine. Deep sustain, crystal highs and a great tone. Build quality is typical Gibson. No issues there. A slightly drier fretboard (perhaps unfinished?) than I?d encountered previously, but it oils up quite nicely. The only other guitar that felt as good to me was the Taylor 814 at $4999, so the Gibson at $1799 was a no brainer. Musically, it seems to me that it finds all the positives of the Taylors and Martins and combines them into something that's uniquely Gibson. Playability is exceptional. I find myself playing this for significantly longer than my other guitars, with little fatigue. Projection is great. Seems to stay in tune longer than my other guitars as well. If you get the chance to play one, you won't be disappointed. PS: My thanks as always to the staff at L&M Sudbury. Neil leads a fantastic team of people; it's always a pleasure to be there.
Posted by Karl Muttenthaler on Feb 10, 2019
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Likes and dislikes 6 of 7 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Burlington, Ontario
Versatile walnut tone is great and opening up. 4" slim body body is the slimmest of all the other brands which equals most comfort (2.5 lbs as well). Maple neck is very smooth for moving up and down the neck vs most typical porous mohogany necks. Great sustain which could be rooted to the enhanced bracing over the "W Model". Guitar has held up to mulitple all day sessions. Work horse as advertised. See myself playing this guitar for the next decade or more. Dislikes, fret board dried up fairly quickly and had to be redressed. Loose washer on "A String" peg; aesthetics, not sure what the technician did when changing the strings? Warranty coverage included.
Posted by Charles on Jan 16, 2018
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Great Modern Release 11 of 11 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Hamilton, Ontario
Gibson hit a home run with this one. Checks all the boxes for me; modern slim design (4? vs 4 5/8? Taylor) easy playability and perfect tone of warmth, brightness and clarity. Quality build. Walnut is perfect. Falls between rosewood/mohagany and mohagany/maple which means you will cut thru in a performance setting. I wanted a non traditional back and sides woods which are typically rosewood (bassy, reverb and overtones), mohagany (midrange, punchy and woody) and maple (bright but you lose sustain, midrange and bass). I'm a long time Taylor owner. Obviously bias towards Taylor, tried Martin's and left with the Gibson. There's tremendous value over a Taylor and Martin in this Gibson in terms of solid Sitka source top, solid walnut and sides, walnut saddle and fretboard, enhance internal bracing, with a LR Baggs pick up which means no cuts into the body all translate to a pure sounds as walnut my can be picky in combinations. Believe me, the comparable Taylor guitar was $4k but you are settling for crummy grand auditorium body shape and ugly inlays vs a modern J45 Gibson which is another big plus.
Posted by Chuck on Dec 28, 2017
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