Sold!....Up for sale is one of my Epiphone Masterbilt DR500MCE Dreads....All solid woods with a sweet, sweet, sound, both unplugged & plugged-in....It comes equipped with one of the best dual source pickup systems (Esonic2) on the planet & that system works perfectly in these guitars.
The best plugged-in tone that I have heard & I have tried whole bunches...
This guitar is in excellent condition with a very nice set-up and very little fretwear...Open-geared Grover Sta-tite tunes work perfectly & the guitar has excellent intonation...
Now $395.00 shipped CONUS with very nice Gator Polyfoam case
Here are the specs:
Solid Sitka Spruce top
Bone nut and saddle
eSonic2™ preamp
Grover® Sta-Tite™ machine heads
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)
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Now $395.00 shipped CONUS...
I can hardly believe that so many players refuse to give this particular Epiphone model a chance...I have had so many players say: "that sound was coming from an Epiphone?"
This pickup system in this model will blow away almost everything out there.
Time and time again, I have seen Martin & Taylor players realize that the Epiphone DR500MCE kicked their keister in a plugged in setting....
Folks, you can buy this guitar for little more than many high end pickup systems and have awesome live sound in any setting, instead of playing games with an aftermarket system that is not matched well with your guitar.
I wish you could see and hear it...then maybe you would believe....