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Epiphone Masterbilt EF500RCCE Acoustic-Electric Guitar

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Epiphone Masterbilt guitars are built to such great specifications that they rival overly expensive “higher-end” guitars. The EF500RCCE is crafted with a solid rosewood body and topped with solid cedar wood providing both warmth and character that only gets better with age. A rosewood fingerboard on a mahogany neck provide smooth playability. Masterbilt guitars provide quality to last for years whenever, wherever, or however you use them.

Epiphone Masterbilt EF500RCCE Acoustic-Electric Guitar Features…

Hardware: Gold

Scale: 25.5 in.

Nut width: 1.75 in.

Neck: Dove Tail

Neck material: Mahogany

Fretboard/Inlay: Rosewood/Diamond Inlays

Binding: B

Body material: Solid Rosewood

Top: Solid Cedar

Pickup System: eSonic2

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Oh, this is best for finger style guitar playing. With ceder top, that sound is mellow. Not too much bass. Not so much bright. But very expressiveness.

I think that the sound dynamic range is not so wide than ordinal dreadnought gig. But the sound balance is good. So I can express my feeling all the time to my this epiphone.

I, am true fingerpicker, can enjoy the melody, bass, accompaniment from my guitar.

pickups: lr baggs

hardware:gold

scale: 25.50''

nut width: 1.75''

neck: dove tale

neck mat: mahogany

fb/inlay: rw/diamond

binding:b

body mat: solid rosewood

top: solid ceder

finishes: ns

pickguard

modern v-shape neck

satin finish

cutaway

w/ gigcase

Made in China

The body is not so big and not so heavy. I can hug this very easily.

The slightly wider fretboard is the best for my fingerstyle play.

First, I like this body design totally.

Satin finish top is good for me.

Tunig peg is too small.

Gig case is too luxually

jgkmm554 (04/05/2007)

I really dig it. I really like the slightly wider fretboard – a tad wider than my Martin DM. Makes it easier to chord cleanly and get out those individual notes when cross picking or finger picking. Using it mainly through a Yamaha DG Stomp into a Marshall acoustic amp. Sounds great just into the amp as well. Sounds fantastic acoustically. Very evenly balanced output across the strings. The bass is very tight, only slightly less than a dred. This guitar is going to record very well.

2004. Made in China, setup in US. 14 frets to the body. Cutaway. Solid cedar top. Rosewood back and sides. Neck mahogany. LR Baggs Element Pickup with soundhole thumbwheel volume control. Satin finish. Grover gold open-gear tuners. Fairly deep V-shaped neck. 1.75" nut spacing. I believe you'd call it a "grand auditorium" body style. Epiphone doesn't give much description of their own on their website. In fact, as of this review – 11-6-04 – this model was not even mentioned or pictured on the Epiphone website. I bought it on a lark after reading the description on Musician's Friend web site. They had no pics as well. Comes with hard foam gig bag/case.

Set up well. I may lower the action a smidge. The new strings that it came with were deceiving at first – the guitar was overly bright. But after playing with it awhile, the sound has evened out and the bass and mids are projecting nicely. Great woods, inlay & binding… has a rather small, basic looking bridge. I'll swap the plastic bridge pins with wooden ones. I accessed the LR Baggs end pin jack – pulled it out the soundhole a bit – to see about attaching a lead to the ring connector for adding a second pickup according to LR Baggs directions. I've got an LR Baggs M1 soundhole magnetic pickup and tried it in this axe and really like it. Adds a great jazz-box tone when put through a tube amp. I plan on splitting the output from the end pin jack – M1 into a Reverend Goblin and the Element into my acoustic amp or PA. Only thing I wasn't happy about was the way the internal wiring was clamped down, using those little wire clamps with two sided tape, to the underside of the cedar top. Not to the bracing mind you, but to the cedar itself. I've installed several pickup systems and I always leave the top intact, tying down any loose wiring to the bottom bracing. It was no problem to correct this.

Never had to deal with them…though I am still amazed that this model is not presented on their website – not even a pic – but yet is on sale at on-line music stores. Go figure.

Gary Phillips (11/06/2004)

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