Product: Epiphone Bisquit Resonator
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
09/20/2008
at
02:08pm
by
travis crum
Features
:
8
This is a round-neck Epiphone Biscuit Resonator with a simple mahagony non-gloss finish with 14 frets before it joins the body, which is important to me because I use the guitar for country-blues slide and it I need to be able to play around the 12th fret easily. Also, it has nice big fat grover tuners which are my hands-down favorite. Came from musician's friend in a cardboard box with no case, strap or anything else but the price was right. I believe it was made in Korea, but I really don't care where an instrument was made, just how it turned out.
Sound
:
9
For old school country blues a lot of the musicians were poor, itenerant african-americans who couldn't afford an expensive Dobro or National steel...thus this guitar sounds perfect for old blues, or other open-tuning stuff i mess around with...sounds great open-tuned for slide, but also plays nicely in standard tuning with a flatpick, which is not always the case. i've played expensive dobros at 5 or 10 times the price with worse action and mediocre tone...maybe I just got a good one...
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Believe or not, i didn't have to set this inexpensive guitar up at all, and I am a stickler for set-ups...I wish new Gibsons were set up this well. No flaws on the guitar I can see, as it is simple and solid.
Reliability/Durability
:
No Opinion
I've played this guitar live in small coffee shops with no amplification and had great results...it only came with one strap button so i've got to add another if I want to play this guitar standing up...haven't had it long enough to know how it will hold up
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
i don't send in warranties as I usually modify guitars,I have no idea about their customer support
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing almost 20 years, I own a lot of guitar, some of which are quite expensive, I got this guitar to replace a Regal which I sold when i was broke and this thing is ten times better in the cheap resonator category...I would recommend this guitar to anyone who likes playing slide ... a great instrument for the price and thus the 10 overall
Product: Epiphone Bisquit Resonator
Price Paid: USD 147.002
Submitted
01/20/2007
at
08:32pm
by
johnlg - Erin WI
Features
:
9
Bisquit resonator with laminated mahagony top, sides and back. Grover tuners. F-holes. White body and neck binding. Rosewood fretboard. Simple - retro - basic - what I wanted.
The Grovers are nice; it stays in tune when you dig in and make the bisquit cone honk.
Sound
:
8
An "8" is really generous but here is where I'm coming from...I'm 42 and I've played since I was 9. I have 6 Martins and 1 Larrivee guitar. I wanted a "good" starter resonator to learn, have fun and maybe record a couple song parts with.
The Epi bisquit fits the bill. I'm not Jerry Douglas. I've played National Resophonics that are simply outstanding next to this Epi but for me, this is a "good" reso. It sounds great with a stainless slide. I can do some fingerstyle stuff or chicken picken and really dig in with the right hand and it speaks like a dobro. I am very happy. I can play lighlty and it sounds like a muted OOO. I can dig in and it sounds honky tonk.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
It's good. I actually bought an Epi Second from an ebay merchant who sells hundreds of seconds from Denver. My Epi has a small nick on the back of the neck (hence the "Second" stamp. The mahagony is like a satin rubbed stain like my Martin D-15. It's not glossy. It's understrated and you can feel the woodgrain. I trust this finish more than I trust the thick plastic cheap coating that they spray on many imports. It feels like an honest wooden guitar even though it is laminated.
The bisquit is chrome and shines. It's a nice looking dobro - retro.
My wife even digs it.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Everything appears to be rock solid. You can see the cedar ribbon through the F-Holes. Solid. No sloppy glue work. It looks very nice inside. I looked with a flashlight. The cone looks well made.
The neck is joined nicely. Nice fit.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No clue. I can't imagine calling Epiphone for anything. It's simple.
Overall Rating
:
10
I've very happy. No fret buzz or trouble when I play light fingerstyle. It sounds like a blues dobro when I dig in with the right hand. The satinless Dunlop slide that I bought really brings out the cone tone. I got a heck of a deal....$147.00 for a new second with tags and I found an Epi Classical padded bag from Music 123 for $20. If I ever take it out of the house it will fit in a Martin 300 series OOO case (I have three of those).
It's fun. I'm learning some slide. I've got a new recording toy. Very nice STARTER Reso.
