Zonkers Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 It needed some minor setup work out of the box, but most guitars need some tweaking, especially acoustics, imo. This has a solid spruce top, solid mahogany sides and back, mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard, open back grover tuners, bone nut and saddle. Had it setup with 13's to get a little deeper tone, and this baby has a serious voice to it. It's got the eSonic2 pre-amp system, I've plugged it into my SCXD on channel 16, and it sounds VERY nice. Onto the pics I did a cover of Kashmir using my Zoom H2 set to 2 channel, sometimes you can hear the guitar very clearly, other times it blends in, pretty much like the original. I did several takes on this, sometimes you could just hear the guitar, other times just the backing track. This guitar can have some booming resonance. Thanks for checking it out. This is my first decent acoustic, and for the money, I don't know if it can be beat. Kashmir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diverden Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 If I could keep only one guitar, it would be my AJ500ME VS. Mine is an earlier model with the Baggs Element. These guitars are an amazing value and pass the blind sound test easily against more expensive guitars. Thanks for the clip. Sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanstreak Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Welcome to the masterbilt family! You're dead on at the bang for the buck, I'd say my AJ-500M sounds 90% as good as a Gibson J-45 at just 25% of the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimLahey Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Congrats on the new AJ! I'm really happy with my new AJ-500m too and I got it new at 30% off the commonly advertised price. I agree the set-up was quite good out of the box and the fit and finish is excellent. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.