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I'm not sure of the exact year this model is
but I got it in the summer of 2005. Before that I
had the Biscuit with the wood body but when I saw the
all-chrome (and brass) bodied one, I knew I had to have
it. As I'm writing this, I'm looking it up at the
website Epiphone website too. It's not listed as
The Biscuit anymore, it's now called the MD-100 and
their not quite sure what the body material is.
Anyways, the neck on this thing, which has to be
about 9 pieces laminated, is pretty big but super
playable. It's a treat. And the action is great.
It's way better than the Taylor 310 I had. Honest.
That's why I still play this one and the Taylor's no
longer with me. Also, the frets were done well -
no bleeding on the fingers and not one dead spot on the
neck.
I do keep the the strings light and that's only for
tuning purposes, going in between regular tuning and
open E for slide, but mainly it stays in standard
tuning.
How does it sound? Pretty great actually.
It sounds a lot like a banjo but that makes sense.
I'll go out on a limb and say a resonator cone is a
resonator cone. That's why any resonator sounds
like a resonator. And it's a sound I like to hear.
Volume-wise it's louder but not by much compared to a
regular acoustic.
I think the only drawback, and it's no biggie, is
that I can't mute the strings with side of my right hand
because of the metal piece that sits over the cone, so I
rest my hand on that. It works out better in a way
because that thing ends up making it easier for
finger-picking.
I don't record with it much but that's OK. I do
play it quite a bit though, usually playing along with
Elvis' Sun Sessions CD, or the Chester and Lester CD.
When I'm not playing it, it makes for a great decoration
in my living room.
And very, very hard to take a picture of and very
hard to keep clean unless you're into fingerprints. I
still love looking at it though. It looks even better
without my reflection in it too. |
Year:
2005?
