The Masterbilt Epiphone DR-500MCE acoustic-electric guitar is a rarity: a new instrument with a distinctly vintage vibe, big, balanced tone, and buttery playability. But it gets even better: the DR-500MCE is all solid wood — and it's amazingly affordable! Oh, yes — one more thing — Epi's loaded this cutaway dreadnought with premium electronics — Shadow's NanoMag neck and NanoFlex bridge pickups, and an eSonic-2 stereo preamp with integrated tuner and feedback zapper switch. Is this all good to be true? No, the Epiphone DR-500MCE is real, and is waiting for you!
All solid wood, for great tone and resonance
In the Epiphone Masterbilt DR-500MCE, solid wood is used throughout the instrument, giving you big, balanced sound and unmatched resonance. In it's price range, you'd be hard pressed to find acoustic guitars with solid wood backs and sides. Epiphone — happily — has a different approach: they built the DR-500MCE with a solid mahogany body, a Solid Sitka spruce top, and a glued-in, dove-tailed neck joint. The result? A brand new instrument with rich robust lows, balanced, lucid mids, and bell-like, shimmering highs. We've all heard the expression, "they don't build 'em like they used to." Well, Epiphone does!
Masterbilt Epiphones: a grand lineage
The Epiphone Masterbilt DR-500MCE stems from a renowned lineage. Since their first release in June of 1931, Masterbilt Epiphone acoustics have been coveted by guitarists of all genres for their easy playability and exceptional tone. The company stated in the original Epiphone Masterbilt catalog: "The possessor of an Epiphone instrument has the assurance that every possible precaution has been taken to build instruments for lifetime performance and pleasure." This promise is backed up by their Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Stage-ready, with superior onboard electronics
With Epiphone's Masterbilt DR-500MCE acoustic-electric guitar, you're always ready to take the stage. Epiphone has fitted this fine guitar with Shadow's NanoMag neck pickup and NanoFlex bridge pickup, and the eSonic-2 stereo preamp. This combination gives you natural-sounding amplification and outstanding ease-of-use. the system features stereo output and a built-in tuner. To control your sound, you get a master volume, separate EQ controls for the NanoMag and NanoFlex pickups, a phase switch for killing feedback, and a tuner activation switch with output mute.
Features:
- Masterbilt all solid wood cutaway dreadnought
- Solid Sitka spruce top; solid mahogany back and sides
- One-piece mahogany neck, SlimTaper "D" profile
- Neck joint glued-in, dove-tail with hide glue
- 25.5" scale; adjustable truss rod
- 14" radius rosewood fingerboard with 20 medium frets and pearloid Split-Diamond Inlays
- Shadow NanoMag neck pickup; Shadow NanoFlex bridge pickup
- eSonic-2 Stereo Preamp
- Binding: Body: 6-ply, Neck:1-ply, Headstock: 3-ply
- Rosewood bridge; bone saddle
- 1.68" wide bone nut
- Nickel hardware
- Grover Sta-Tite 18:1 machine heads
- Epiphone's Limited Lifetime Warranty
- 24/7/365 Gibson customer service
- Shadow's 5-year warranty on the electronics