Better Guitar

player opinions

Name: Perry Mattingly
Band: -----
Model Year: -----
Price Paid: $399
Performance
I am Amazed. Action is great, intonation is almost great. It is far above anything Epiphone has ever made as far as I know. It blew me away. I believe a Taylor 810 is a little better, and certainly holds a better resale, but for $1000 this is the best I have EVER seen. When Mars put it up for $399 as a special promo, well let’s just say they didn’t stay in the store long. After the employees were done there were few to be had, some had neck warp (2), but all the others sounded better than most high end guitars.
Performance Rating: 10
Sound Quality
Acoustic, no pickup.
Sound Quality Rating: 8
Construction
Two piece solid Rosewood back and sides, nice checkerboard inlay down back, solid Spruce top, satin finish, not high gloss, frets are jumbos, Rosewood bridge and fretboard, snow flake inlay on board. Looks every bit as good as my Tony Rice, and let’s not forget the cost, I can’t. But you can try.
Construction Rating: 8