The Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-500RE Acoustic-Electric Guitar boasts expert luthiery to rival Epiphone's classic 1930s guitars. You can see it in the precision back, fretboard, and multi-ply top and headstock binding. A light guitar with great volume, projection, and natural warmth made crisp and punchy by solid rosewood back and sides.

Baggs Element pickup system amplifies that great tone with surprising fidelity. Nickel hardware, stickpin inlay, and offset notch headstock add visual elegance.

Features:

• Solid Sitka spruce top
• Solid rosewood back and sides
• Rosewood fretboard
• Mahogany neck
• Gold tuners
• Baggs Element pickup system
• Multi-ply binding on top and headstock
• Full body and fretboard binding

• Everest Rocks: The Highest Concert in the World

  With official Epiphone Everest Rocks acoustic guitar in hand, held high at 18,536 feet atop Kala Pattar at the foot of Mt. Everest, Nepal, (40) legendary musicians, mountaineers, artists, cancer survivors, and supporters celebrated the most momentous climb of their lives—“Everest Rocks"

• PAUL MCCARTNEY CATALOG TO BECOME AVAILABLE ONLINE

  For the first time, Sir Paul McCartney’s entire solo catalog will soon become available online for digital download. Read more...

• Great Reviews for the Epiphone Worn Firebird Studio And Faded Dot Studio!

  Guitar World Magazine reviewed those two beautiful guitars in the June 2007 issue and awarded not one but BOTH guitars the Guitar World Gold Award for Overall Value!

• Tanglewood Range Now on Dolphin Music!

  Selected models from Tanglewood guitars can now be found on Dolphin Music. Tanglewood was recently voted the #1 Acoustic Guitar Brand in the UK and Ireland ...

• Kings Of Leon rock the charts with Gibson and Epiphone!

  Kings Of Leon are currently reigning at the top of the Album Charts for the second week running, thanks to their 3rd album, “Because Of The Times”. And the gospel-rebelling, southern rockers from Nashville love their Gibson and Epiphone guitars...

• NEW TAYLOR 2007 MODELS SPLIT INTO THREE DISTINCT CATEGORIES

  The Taylor booth was the talk of the NAMM Show once again, when they unveiled their brand new 2007 lineup, last month. For the first time, Taylor launched three distinct guitar categories: acoustic/electric, acoustic, and electric. Here’s a recap of the 2007 Taylor Product Lineup.

• THE WORLD'S BEST PORTABLE GUITAR AMPS NOW AVAILABLE FROM DOLPHIN!

  Dolphin Music is proud to introduce to our customers the new range of portable headphone amps by C-Tech – distributed by Fender. Read More...

• ZAKK WYLDE ROCKS HARD WITH ALVAREZ GUITAR!

  Hard rock legend ZAKK WYLDE is on the road throughout February and into March playing Alvarez acoustic guitars at select US radio stations, which can be heard online.

• WATCH GIBSON'S INTERVIEW WITH GREEN DAY'S BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG!

  To promote the release of his fantastic Signature Les Paul Junior, Billy Joe Armstrong has been interviewed by Gibson USA. Find out more...

• NEW BEHRINGER PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE FROM DOLPHIN MUSIC!

  Several new Behringer products recently announced at NAMM 2007 are now available to Pre-Order from our site. View the complete list, which includes Speakers, Mixers, Guitar Packs and new FX Pedals.

• Meet the New Melody Maker!

  Resurrecting one of the most popular guitars in Gibson’s history, the new Melody Maker from Gibson USA is an accurate, ultra-affordable recreation of the original Melody Makers of the late 1950s.

• GIBSON hot P-94 pickups now available from Dolphin Music!

  Dolphin Music is now selling the amazing P-94 pickups. They are basically hot, humbucking-sized P-90s, that can add a different touch (both musically and visually!) to your humbucker-equipped guitar.

• NAMM 2007: Epiphone Debuts The Les Paul Studio "Chameleon" and other great new models, including the Nick Valensi Riviera!

  It's that time of year again... NAMM Time! ... and that means new and exciting models from Epiphone! The following new models for 2007 were introduced at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California this week. Check them out!

• NAMM 2007: BOSS Releases fantastic new pedals

  BOSS, possibly the most respected maker of FX pedals for guitar, has introduced some exciting new models for 2007, at this year's NAMM: the FZ-5 Fuzz pedal, the DN-2 Dyna Drive, the ML-2 Metal Core, the FBM-1 Fender '59 Bassman and finally, the FDR-1 Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb pedal. They seem destined to be hugely popular amongst guitarists - as you'd expect from Boss!

• Music Biographies Now Available From Dolphin Music!

  New "Music Biographies" category added to the Dolphin Music web site.

• Epiphone Colour Chart

  Epiphone Guitars Colour Chart, for your reference.