Product Description

Three quarter guitar for smaller hands. Rosewood fingerboard. Single coil pick up with second lipstick pickup. Hannah Montana themed graphics. 3-way tone switch.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52 in Musical Instruments
• Brand: Disney
• Model: HMDE34
• Released on: 2008-05-21
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 36.00" h x 3.00" w x 12.75" l, 8.25 pounds

Features

• Disney Hannah Montana Branded
• D 0.024, 3/4 scale body
• Includes: cable

From the Manufacturer
Manufacturer's Description (April 30, 2009)
Plug in and rock out with this 3/4-size electric guitar that will have your secret star beaming. Fully functioning, just like the full-size instrument, it's the note-perfect gift for the guitar hero in your family with smaller hands.

A perfect starter for your secret star. Click to enlarge.

Super-fun Hannah Montana graphics. Click to enlarge.

Star inlays for extra pop appeal. Click to enlarge.

Construction
Featuring a hardwood body, maple neck and easy-to-fret rosewood fingerboard, this is a great starter guitar for your own Hanna Montana.

Built to last, it will get them started early so they're ready for a full-sized instrument when the time comes.

Hardware and Electronics
Stay in tune with chrome-covered metal die cast tuners and a telecaster-style bridge.

One lipstick and one single coil pickup provide great output, and a three-way pickup switch and volume/tone controls let you dial in just the right sound.

Your future rock star will enjoy full-sized sound in a pint-sized instrument.

Hannah Montana Graphics
Washburn and Disney joined forces to make an exciting instrument for fans of the show. Just like Hannah Montana, your child can enjoy the "best of both worlds," leading a life as an everyday kid at school during the day, and a pop star by night.

Fans will love the fun Hannah Montana star graphics, cool body style, and star fretboard inlays.

What's in the Box
Washburn Hannah Montana 3/4 Electric Guitar, Instrument cable 

Customer Reviews

Hannah Montana Washburn 3/4 size guitar
I've been playing guitar for 30 years, and I'm very impressed with this guitar! The neck is very similar to my San Dimas Charvel (no kidding!) in that it's very slim and low profile. Perfect for little hands. My daughter is 7 and she loves this guitar. I plugged it in to my Marshall Vintage Modern and was amazed at the pro sounds I was able to coax out of it. The pickups are wired so that when the switch is in the middle, the pickups are out of phase and it sounds like a wah wah pedal cracked half-way open a-la Michael Schenker. The pickups do not sound like single coils although they appear to be. I replaced the tuning keys with some grovers, but other than that, this thing rocks. I might even buy one for me!

Best value for the price
Purchased for $55 including shipping from Sam Ash, an Amazon retailer. I ordered the item on a Saturday morning; the item arrived well packaged the following Wednesday. I bought the guitar for my seven 1/2 year old daughter. It is her first electric guitar.

The guitar was in A- condition when I took it out of the box. Everything was intact and seeming well assembled - however, there is a visible flaw on the neck at the joint on the underside of the fretboard - nothing that will affect playability. Also, the neck itself is unfinished - I knew this before I ordered it - but there was a slight rough patch that could have been sanded better. Two minutes with a piece of 100-grit sandpaper and the problem was solved.

The guitar has a nice tone for what it is. It reminded me somewhat of the tone you might get out of a knock-off Telecaster.

About the only con I can think of is that the guitar is a little on the heavy side - it's difficult for a little girl to handle. The guitar would probably be better served if they could have pared the overall weight down a little. But for what it is, this is probably the best overall value for the money.

I would definitely recommend this product for any little girl starting out for their first guitar - and I give the retailer two-thumbs up for sure.

Not too bad...
I'll say first off I bought this at the discounted price, and that makes it a particularly sweet deal.

The worst thing about this guitar is the fact it says Hannah Montana on it, and for those of you who are curious -- it's not a decal you can just peel off. Luckily for me, I work in product development and have access to both acrylic and laser cutters. So, I replaced the pick guard with one that covers the name of the shrill and annoying Disney Mutant Hell Spawn which is Hannah Montana.

As I had this thing apart briefly, I can assure you that, despite some rumors on the web, the neck is not plastic -- it's wood, probably maple. The body is wood also, but I can't say what type. So -- this is a fairly solid constructed guitar. It's light enough for a kid, but it is not built like a toy.

I can't vouch for the hardware, it seems pretty basic. I had a musician friend tune it for me, and he had some difficulty tuning all the way up the neck. He suggested taking it to a tech at a place like Guitar Center and paying for a thorough tune-up. That would bring my expense pretty much up to full retail, however that may not be such a bad thing.

Some better strings are also recommended.

I plugged this into my amp at home and played around -- it has a pretty good sound, I'm definitely happy with it. Strumming along, I had a vision of the future -- wherein my grown-up niece was onstage at the Grammy's -- thanking her aunt for buying her first guitar and changing her life forever.