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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Epi AJ-200SCE NA, September 18, 2011
This review is from: Epiphone AJ-200SCE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Natural (Electronics)
I may have gotten lucky picking this guitar out of everything on the floor. It was new but it had been dropped. I skipped by it a few times but kept coming back. After finally picking it up and playing it, I quickly took it to the counter and bought it!
I've been a guitar player for a very long time. I play gigs. I record music. I've had expensive acoustics and I've had not so expensive acoustics. I recently sold off my Takamine and my Cordoba because I just never played them anymore. This is my go to guitar. It has been for about 4 or 5 years now.
It has a very comfortable neck. Compared to the Takamine, the neck is more shallow. This allows my meaty fingers to get around the neck, to the fretboard with ease. The action (string height) is just right on the fret board with no buzzing. However there is a dead spot on the third fret of the high "E" string. I deal with that by fingering closer to the fret before the "G" note. The cutaway allows for fretting very close to the body way beyond the 14th fret.
The sound is great either plugged or unplugged. When I record it, I use both to layer and it has a wonderful warm tone. Recently I have been using heavier gauge strings for my own sonic tinkering in lower tunings which this guitar handles very well. I've tuned down a whole step in an "Open G" tuning and still no buzz.
There are some players out there who are adamant about quality equaling high price but I'm not a subscriber. I couldn't really give a s**t. I could get a Taylor,Gibson (Epi is a offspring of Gibson but made overseas), Takamine , Martin or whatever but I would most definitely go back to my Epi. In fact all of the Epiphone acoustics are awesome plays. To me, this one is a jewel.
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