Epiphone
Masterbuilt AJ500M
submitted 9/24/2008
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Submitter |
illinoishillbilly |
Where Purchased |
Guitar Center |
Year Purchased |
2008 |
Price Paid |
450 ($US) |
Sound
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Loud, warm and well balanced. Excellent tone and very responsive to picking dynamics. All strings, even the B string ring loud and true with good sustain. Tone, tone, tone. This guitar has it in spades. |
Sound Rating |
10 |
Setup
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Setup was average, medium high at the 12th fret. Intonation was spot on. Lowered the action a hair by filing the nut about a 16th of an inch and added Tusq bridge pins. |
Setup Rating |
8 |
Appearance
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Tastefully decorated, glossy polyester finish, no flaws anywhere except slight rub marks from the hanger at the store. |
Appearance Rating |
10 |
Reliability
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Quality Waverly open back tuners, bone nut and saddle. Finish is typical polyester of average thickness, should hold up well. The tone is so good as it is but I wonder how much better it would be with a lacquer finish..... I would never go anywhere without a backup, but this guitar is built as well as anything else out there regardless of price. |
Reliability Rating |
10 |
Customer Service
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Lifetime warranty. Haven't had to deal with them. |
Customer Service |
10 |
Components
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Bone nut and saddle are excellent for tone. The only thing that I didn't like where the bridge pins, poor fitting cheap plastic, replaced them with Tusq pins and may try bone at some point |
Components Rating |
9 |
Overall Comments
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I would recomend this guitar even if it cost more than it did. The tone and quality are outstanding for the price. A lacquer finish would be nice but hard to find at this price. If it was lost or stolen I would cry first and then go buy another. I played a Martin D18, thinking that was what I was going to buy, this guitar blew it away, seriously. I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. Play one and you will see what I mean. |
Overall Rating |
10 |
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