nothin but the blues
03-22-2005, 05:05 PM
Ok, so my Gretchen Wilson Redneck... I mean Epiphone Masterbilt arrived today, what a great little guitar. I'll be off to buy some strings shortly (the ones on it are absolutely horrible).
The Burst is much darker than shown in other pictures, which I actually prefer. It is also Satin finished as you can probably tell by the pictures. The neck is the V shape, and it even feels a little chunkier than the necks on my EC Martins. Fit and finish is top notch. It sounded louder than my Martin 000's even on the el cheapo strings. I think its going to grow into a great little guitar.
The other guitar in the pictures is a Tut-Taylor Resonator. He's a custom builder down in Tenn. (some of our Tenn folks, or Country players may have heard of him as he has built instruments for many big name Country Artists.) It's a real sweet sounding Resonator, with tons of sustain... putting the slide to it makes the hair on my back... I mean arms stand up :lol:
Enjoy, I'll post a new "family" picture as soon as my 000-ECHF comes back home from the Luthiers (tomorrow).
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/6739/mbbodyfront5wr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/7504/mbheadstock5rs.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/9601/ecmbtt0jg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)
The Burst is much darker than shown in other pictures, which I actually prefer. It is also Satin finished as you can probably tell by the pictures. The neck is the V shape, and it even feels a little chunkier than the necks on my EC Martins. Fit and finish is top notch. It sounded louder than my Martin 000's even on the el cheapo strings. I think its going to grow into a great little guitar.
The other guitar in the pictures is a Tut-Taylor Resonator. He's a custom builder down in Tenn. (some of our Tenn folks, or Country players may have heard of him as he has built instruments for many big name Country Artists.) It's a real sweet sounding Resonator, with tons of sustain... putting the slide to it makes the hair on my back... I mean arms stand up :lol:
Enjoy, I'll post a new "family" picture as soon as my 000-ECHF comes back home from the Luthiers (tomorrow).
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/6739/mbbodyfront5wr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/7504/mbheadstock5rs.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/9601/ecmbtt0jg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)