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(More customer reviews)As a lifelong finger-style guitarist it takes a lot to impress me. Looks, sound, intonation, action, string spacing, the works. I found a factory 2nd EF-500RCCE that had some visual blems, and a pickup only under the saddle (earlier model), but after playing it for 3 hours straight the day it arrived I knew that it was THE guitar I had been looking for.
I have relative pitch so I can really tell when an instrument sounds off-pitch or has audible issues. The intonation all the way up and down the fretboard of the EF-500RCCE is as good as I could ever hope for with ANY guitar. I rarely have to adjust the tuning because it stays in tune day after day after day. I keep it humidified while in its case, and always wipe it down after playing (body, neck, and fretboard/strings).
The EF-500RCCE sounds like a dream; beautiful rich tone, surprisingly decent bass, mids that just fill the air, and higher tones that ring like a bell. Great overall projection with wonderful overtones. Epiphone (Gibson) really nailed this design! On my particular guitar the action was just a little low and the outer ends of the frets needed some smoothing, but these were minor refinements. I can play so much better and faster on this guitar than any other acoustic I've ever played - even a $3500 Martin guitar for finger-style guitarists.
I play this guitar VERY often, and it just keeps sounding better and better. I'll be getting another EF-500RCCE eventually, one that has a nicer fit and finish - and with the E-Sonic2 preamp and pickups. That way I can keep one at home as my studio acoustic.
Note: The nut is advertised as 1.75" wide. It actually measures at 1.70" using a digital caliper.
Also, the wide string spacing at the compensated saddle measures 2.37" - for finger-style guitarists.
Further, the neck contour is not the advertised "V" shape. It's actually more of a "D" shape with a perfect rounded thickness. I find its design to be absolutely perfect for me.
The EF-500RCCE has a neck thickness of .953" on the 5th fret (including strings). For comparison, a Gibson Les Paul Special (circa 2001) measures .905" thick on the 5th fret (with strings). The EF-500RCCE neck, overall, is a little fatter than the Les Paul.
Even at $1000 (street), this guitar is a great value. At this price, though, it's a no-brainer!!
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The ultimate cutaway electric/acoustic! The Masterbilt EF500RCCE may have a lot of letters in its name, but that's because it is feature packed beyond belief.Start with an all-Solid Rosewood slightly smaller "parlour-size" body with a generous cutaway, add wide- X 30's style scalloped bracing design supportinga warm-sounding, Solid Cedar top with a super-thin finish to promote maximum acoustic resonance and tone. It has a Rosewood bridge and fingerboard, Bone nut and Bone saddle and offers increased fingerboard comfort from slightly wider string spacing for fingerstyle playing and vintage "V" neck profile for better leverage and control. The Mahogany neck is set with real hide-glue into a hand-cut, hand-fit, solid wood dovetail neck joint, like premier guitars should be. It is voiced by theShadow eSonic2 preamp,featuringthe revolutionary Shadow NanoFexand NanoMag pick-up systems with stereo output and built-in electronic tuner.The EF-500RCCE is the ready to play to any size crowd, anywhere and make other guitar players very envious.
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