EF-500RCCE

EF-500RCCE

Price Paid: Japanese Yen 54000

Specs:

• Finish (Satin, transparent, quilted top, flamed top, etc...)
  
• Body style (dreadnought, jumbo, cutaway, thinline, etc...)
  
• Tuners (Brand of tuners - Sperzel, Gotoh, Grover, Schaller, etc...)
  
• Neck/Scale (Fat, Thin, Jumbo Frets, Rosewood, Maple, etc...)
  
• Any included accessories? (Case, gig bag, strap, cable, tools, humidifier, etc...)
  
• What year was it made? Where was is made? (Japan, Mexico, USA, etc...)
  
• How many frets?
  
• Solid or laminated top?
  
• Built-in electronics? What type of pickup system?
  
• Onboard tuner?
  
• Onboard EQ?
  
• Body and neck woods? (Maple, Mahogany, Alder, Ash, Basswood, Koa, Plywood, etc...)
  

pickups: lr baggs
hardware:gold
scale: 25.50''
nut width: 1.75''
neck: dove tale
neck mat: mahogany
fb/inlay: rw/diamond
binding:b
body mat: solid rosewood
top: solid ceder
finishes: ns

pickguard
modern v-shape neck
satin finish
cutaway
w/ gigcase
Made in China

Sound :

• How does it suit your music style (and what is that style)?
  
• Rich/full sound? Bright sound?
  
• What kind of sounds can the guitar make? How much variety?
  
• Likes and dislikes?
  

Oh, this is best for finger style guitar playing. With ceder top, that sound is mellow. Not too much bass. Not so much bright. But very expressiveness.
I think that the sound dynamic range is not so wide than ordinal dreadnought gig. But the sound balance is good. So I can express my feeling all the time to my this epi.
I, am true fingerpicker, can enjoy the melody, bass, accompaniment from my guitar.

Action, Fit, & Finish:

• How well was the guitar set-up at the factory? (How was the action?)
  
• Properly bookmatched top? Properly routed bridge?
  
• Did the guitar contain any flaws? (misaligned bracing, poorly filed fretwire, finish flaws, poor quality wood, rusted or oxidized hardware, loose tuning pegs, poorly cut nut, poorly fit saddle, loose controls, etc...)
  

First, I like this body design totally.

Satin finish top is good for me.
Tunig peg is too small.
Gig case is too luxually :-)

The body is not so big and not so heavy. I can hug this very easily.
The slightly wider fretboard is the best for my fingerstyle play.

Overall:

• How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?
  
• Is there something you wish you had asked before buying this guitar?
  
• If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else?
  
• What do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature?
  
• Did you compare it to other guitars? Which ones? Why did you choose this one?
  
• Anything you wish it had?
  
• Anything else you"d like to share?
  

I think this is the best affordable guitar in which I can play. For the long time, I had been worried that nothing is the best guitar for my fingerstyle. Finally I met this. My first guitar (30 years ago) was classical nylon strings guitar. This epi can strike my memories.

Edited from my review at Harmony Central