Product: Epiphone AH500rc 12 fret
Price Paid: USD 600
Submitted
01/13/2007
at
02:37am
by
fmplautus
Features
:
10
Satin finish, small, slope shouldered dreadnought. Waverly gold slot loaded tuners. 25.5 inch scale. Medium frests, beefy mahogony neck with rosewood fretboard. The neck joins the body at the 12th fret, which extends the usable realestate on the solid, cedar top. Solid rosewood backs and sides. Nice wood!
Sound
:
10
This is a beautiful sounding guitar. It is meant to be played fingerstyle. 1 3/4 inch neck with a traditional feeling radius. Think of the Martin 12 fret slotheads, but now think cedar top and rosewood backs and sides. Strong, but not bloated bass. Very clear midrange. Slightly rolled off high end. Very mellow. Wonderful for cord melody. VERY LOUD. Not a lot of compression going on, so it is not so great for strumming with a flat pick. This is a guitar with a lot of colors and a lot of dynamics and it rewards an accomplished fingerstyle player.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
This is the best contemporary, Asian manufactured guitar I have played. I understand that Gibson/Epiphone set up their own factoy with their own people in China. Amazing quality control.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
This is a very taut, very dynamic guitar. It is not fragile but it's not built to be a tank. The slot head peghead with the ebony finish makes you want to baby it.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No idea. Nice case though that is built like a combo gigbag/case and it has a built in hygrometer.
Overall Rating
:
10
Amazing guitar period, but when you consider the price, you'll swoon -- if you can find one. Rare, rare, marvelous beast! Thank you forward thinkers at Gibson/Epiphone!
