mgrasso Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a quick one. DR-500P Only 4 hours left sitting at $300 including gig bag. Not a bad price range. One thing that baffles me is the ANGH after the model number. I imagine AN is for Antique Natural, but GH? Great Hardwood? Gibson Hummingbird? Go Home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPS1976 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a quick one. DR-500P Only 4 hours left sitting at $300 including gig bag. Not a bad price range. One thing that baffles me is the ANGH after the model number. I imagine AN is for Antique Natural, but GH? Great Hardwood? Gibson Hummingbird? Go Home? Gold Hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffmac Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is a quick one. DR-500P Only 4 hours left sitting at $300 including gig bag. Not a bad price range. One thing that baffles me is the ANGH after the model number. I imagine AN is for Antique Natural, but GH? Great Hardwood? Gibson Hummingbird? Go Home? GH gold hardware, but P Is the maple designation not mahogany. Nice guitar though wonder what it sounds like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Also, it doesn't have a Masterbilt soundhole label--standard label. I wonder if it was a prototype or very early example. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffmac Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Also, it doesn't have a Masterbilt soundhole label--standard label. I wonder if it was a prototype or very early example. Red 333 It was a nice looking guitar but there a couple of things. It had the masterbuilt neck inlays. and the guy selling it should have known the difference between maple and mahogany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I wonder if it was a prototype or very early example. That would make sense, since it seems to be an '03, and (according to one source) Epiphone began "reissuing" the Masterbilt line in 2004. So the P's for maple. Yeah, I guess M was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffmac Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 That would make sense, since it seems to be an '03, and (according to one source) Epiphone began "reissuing" the Masterbilt line in 2004. So the P's for maPle. Yeah, I guess M was taken. No Really DR500P is a maple bodied masterbuilt wish I had one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrasso Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Also, it doesn't have a Masterbilt soundhole label--standard label. I wonder if it was a prototype or very early example. Red 333 Good catch Red. I had completely missed the label difference and that it was an 03. Still, with one of our members just spending over $700 for one on e-bay recently, even with the slight markings, $300 with gig bag is a great price for this guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrasso Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 It was a nice looking guitar but there a couple of things. It had the masterbuilt neck inlays. and the guy selling it should have known the difference between maple and mahogany Yeah, but for a trucker using it to pacify long nights on the road, he probably never paid any attention to what the guitar was actually made of. I know it always puzzled me why they used a P for Maple. I understand the M for Mahogany, but an MP, MA or even better - DR-500 Maple NS would have worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffmac Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yeah, but for a trucker using it to pacify long nights on the road, he probably never paid any attention to what the guitar was actually made of. I know it always puzzled me why they used a P for Maple. I understand the M for Mahogany, but an MP, MA or even better - DR-500 Maple NS would have worked And so goes the epiphone letter designation. Does anyone Know what these mean? MC, MR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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