Jumbo Sunshade, Music Gear Review - Epiphone Masterbuilt EF-500RA (EF-500RANS) Acoustic Guitar

Jumbo Sunshade - Ezine

Music Gear Review - Epiphone Masterbilt EF-500RA Acoustic Guitar
[for the robots: epiphone masterbuilt ef500 ef-500rans]

        Check this out (click to enlarge)...

        
            Here's the $300 dreadnought that i abuse.  Completely straight 
            neck.
            
            This is the EF-500 that sits in a case with loose strings.  
            Early stages of neck twist.
            
            This is the EF-500 that i keep tuned a half step down and ready to 
            play.  Neck twist to the point of multiple dead spots.

If 
        i'd had somebody else in the room i could've held a straight edge along the board 
        (guitars are upright on a stand), but still even just from these 
        pictures you can totally see the roller coaster below the B & E strings.  
        These guitars aren't even four years old yet.  This just should not 
        happen on a $900 guitar.The other thing this illustrates is something 
        i've heard since i was in my late teens: don't buy (acoustic) guitars 
        that are from the same factory less than a few months apart (time of 
        production).  I didn't have a choice in this one and it is 
        something i *did* worry about.