All Solid Wood Quality and Tone
When it comes to acoustic guitar tone and quality, nothing performs like an all-solid wood instrument. Harking back to the 1930's and our heritage as masters of acoustic guitar design, the Epiphone Masterbilt Collection combines traditional construction methods and historic features with premium all solid tone woods to bring you a new "vintage" instrument with deep rich lows, shimmering highs and a balanced mid-range. While many other guitars in this price class use pressed backs, spliced neck joints and even artificial wood backs and sides, you can be assured that every Masterbilt holds true to its all solid wood promise.
The Masterbilt Story
First released in June 1931, the original Epiphone Masterbilts made a big impression on musicians from all styles of music and the new Masterbilts have done the same. The original Epiphone Masterbilt catalog made the promise: "The possessor of an EPIPHONE instrument has the assurance that every possible precaution has been taken to build instruments for lifetime performance and pleasure." And we still make that promise!
Epiphone, Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Masterbilt DR-500MCE -Vintage Sunburst
SPECIFICATIONS
Top Solid Sitka Spruce Body solid mahogany Side solid mahogany Neck mahogany; 1-piece plus heel Neck Shape Options SlimTaper™ “D” profile Neck Joint Glued-In, Dove-Tail with hide glue Truss Rod Adjustable Scale Length 25.5" Fingerboard Material rosewood with pearloid Split-Diamond Inlays Neck Pickup Shadow NanoMag™ Bridge Pickup Shadow NanoFlex™ Electronics eSonic-2™ Stereo Preamp Controls eSonic2™ preamp with built-in tuner, stereo output, Master Volume Pot, NanoMag™ EQ Pot, NanoFlex™ EQ Pot, Phase "Anti-Feedback" Switch, Electronic Tuner Activation w/Output Mute Switch Binding: Body: 6-ply; Neck:1-ply, Headstock: 3-ply Fingerboard Radius 14" Frets 20; medium Bridge rosewood Saddle Material Bone Nut Width 1.68" Nut Material Bone Hardware Nickel Machine Heads Grover® Sta-Tite™ 18:1 ratio Color Vintage Sunburst (VS), Natural (NA) Typical Weight (+/- 5%) 5.1 lbs Strings D’Addario® 12, 16, 25, 34, 41, 53