Epiphone Songmaker DR-100, Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - Vintage Sunburst
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Brand | Epiphone |
Color | Vintage Sunburst |
Top Material Type | Spruce |
Body Material | Mahogany |
Back Material Type | Mahogany |
Neck Material Type | Mahogany |
Fretboard Material Type | Rosewood |
Guitar Pickup Configuration | S |
Hand Orientation | Ambidextrous |
Scale Length | 25.50 |
About this item
- Additional Details: SlimTaper C-profile neck, Epiphone Sloped Dovewing headstock, and Premium Die Cast tuners
- Mahogany body
- Dreadnought body shape
- Rosewood fingerboard
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Value for money | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | — | 4.5 | — |
For beginners | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | — | 4.6 | — |
Craftsmanship | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | — | 4.1 | — |
Sound quality | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | — | — | — |
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hand orientation | Ambidextrous | Right | Right | Left | Right | Right |
number of strings | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
fretboard material | Rosewood | Rosewood | Walnut Wood | Mahogany Wood | Torrefied Engineered Hardwood | Rosewood |
back material | Mahogany | Rosewood | Mahogany | Mahogany Wood | Layered Mahogany | Mahogany |
top material | Spruce | Spruce Wood | Mahogany | Engineered Wood | Spruce Wood | Spruce |
string material | — | Phosphor Bronze | Bronze | — | — | Nickel |
body material | Mahogany | Mahogany | Mahogany | Mahogany | Layered Mahogany | Wood |
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Product information
Item Weight | 8 pounds |
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Product Dimensions | 42 x 18.5 x 5.5 inches |
ASIN | B0002F7IV2 |
Item model number | EA10VSCH1 |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #9,661 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments) #29 in Steel-String Acoustic Guitars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | July 10, 2007 |
Back Material | Mahogany |
Body Material | Mahogany |
Color Name | Vintage Sunburst |
Fretboard Material | Rosewood |
Guitar Pickup Configuration | S |
Scale Length | 25.50 |
Top Material | Spruce |
Neck Material Type | Mahogany |
Number of Strings | 7 |
Material Type | 100% Polyester |
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Product Description
The DR-100 features a Select Spruce top; Mahogany back and sides; and Rosewood fingerboard and bridge.
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Epiphone's Most Popular Acoustic
The Songmaker DR-100 has long been Epiphone's most popular acoustic guitar and has the look, sound, and build quality that first time players and professionals expect when choosing an Epiphone. Featuring a select spruce top, premium tuners, and a mahogany body. Hardshell or EpiLite case sold separately. Epiphone - For Every Stage.
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Customers like the value, performance, and quality of the guitar. For example, they say it's a great value for the money, works perfectly, and is impressed with the quality. Customers are also happy with appearance. That said, some complain about the durability, saying that the neck was warped or came scratched right out of the box. Customers also disagree on action, and ease of use.
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Customers are impressed with the quality of the guitar. They say it's well-built, has a nice sound, and is easy to play. It's a great beach/camping/cabin guitar and an amazing one for beginners. They also mention that the sustain is amazing and it works for someone learning.
"...purchased the Epiphone Les Paul Special II and was very happy with the quality for the price, so when I was looking to get another acoustic I went..." Read more
"...or a beginner, this is the perfect guitar and most bang for your buck at $100... plus it's a Epiphone with a..." Read more
"Well this is a great one to start with. It sounds really good. And it’s beautiful overall" Read more
"...The sound is much better and it's easier to play. This guitar is pretty decent. But, at this point, I don't find myself wanting to play it now...." Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the guitar. They mention that it is perfect for the right price, the quality vs. price factor makes this an ideal guitar for beginners, and it is in prime condition.
"...the closest match to what I was learning on before and it was reasonably priced...." Read more
"...or a beginner, this is the perfect guitar and most bang for your buck at $100... plus it's a Epiphone with a lifetime guarantee and not..." Read more
"...web searching this seemed to be a good guitar for beginners for a cheap price...." Read more
"...It's twice the price but it's such a popular guitar that it has good resale value, whereas this guitar might get me $30 - $50 if I tried to sell it...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the guitar. They appreciate the quality and color of the product. They also appreciate the darker color and the variation. The details are nicer, and the lacquer finish is more consistent. The tone is pretty clear and bright with the new strings.
"...is clearly better The details are much nicer, the lacquer finish is more consistent, and if you look inside the body the workmanship is clearly..." Read more
"...They didn't cut corners on the finish-- the finish is very nice and glossy and the binding is very nice and has a lot of great details such as the..." Read more
"It's basic. But it looks great and sounds great. I don't need a $500+ acoustic... I'm not playing live shows...." Read more
"...It sounds really good. And it’s beautiful overall" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the performance of the guitar. They mention that it works perfectly, is surprisingly good, and is set up well with playable action. Some customers also mention that the guitar is great value and works with Rocksmith 2014 remastered.
"...electric I tried previously, the body was solid, the tuners were perfectly functional and the finish was decent...." Read more
"Played well, the tone is totally Gibson which I love...." Read more
"...The tuners work well, and it holds tune okay.Sound: The guitar sounds okay...." Read more
"...If your expectations are for a playable, rugged, affordable guitar you won't be disappointed...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the action of the guitar. Some mention that it is perfect, very low, and responsive, making it easy to play chords. Others say that the action is high and makes playing difficult, especially for beginners.
"...Really great projection/volume too when you do full strum, and clear articulation and voice at any volume...." Read more
"...For the record, with this tone, this could not play in concert. The sound that resounds out of the body is just not... "nice"...." Read more
"...The action on this Epi is nice and low, which is fantastic for a beginner like me - I can practice for hours every day and I don't have to press..." Read more
"...I've had compliments on how good it sounds for the price. The action is high, but it helped to strengthen my hand and build up those callouses...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the guitar. Some mention that it holds tuning well, even after being stored for months, and the tuning pegs aren't bad. However, others say that they have to tune it a lot, and it won't stay in tune. The original tuners were not very accurate.
"...Intonation was off, it wouldn't stay in consistent tune, the finish was imperfect and had bubbles and chips, and worst of all the edges of the..." Read more
"...That improved the tone a bit, but marginally. The tuning pegs aren't bad, but the strings waver in pitch by about +- 20 cents no matter how hard you..." Read more
"...Now, I'm paying more attention to it. The guitar does not stay tuned for longer than 1 minute, whether it's being played or not." Read more
"...It's easy to tune, stays in tune for a while, and I like the factory strings, although I'll probably change them eventually...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the durability of the guitar. They say that the strings broke, the neck was warped, and came scratched right out of the box. Some customers say that some of the strings were rusted and needed to be replaced. Customers also mention that the materials are not the best and that there are very tiny bumps and scratches.
"...Fourth was there was excess glue on the nut and it didnt fit perfectly flush to the fingerboard...." Read more
"...neck closest to the body were no longer functional because the neck was so warped. Only the frets closest to the head work as designed...." Read more
"...It looks high quality, and has been resistant to pick scratches. The neck plays well, but the edges of the frets could use a little bit of filing...." Read more
"...The finish did scratch, but they are light scratches, and it's what I would expect from the price of the guitar and the type of finish..." Read more
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All in all I'm very happy with this guitar and have no reason to spend more money on something better right now. It's a great guitar for learning and lacks nothing that prevents you from progressing. Something I've learned over the years is you really just want a nice quality instrument to learn on. You don't need perfect quality high end, but really low end instruments have deficiencies that can cause distractions and hinder your learning.
I purchased this guitar after I gave away my Rogue RA-100D. I had previously purchased the Epiphone Les Paul Special II and was very happy with the quality for the price, so when I was looking to get another acoustic I went with the brand I knew.
Now the Rogue was by no means an awful guitar. It was my first guitar, and I was lucky in my purchase of it and was actually surprised by the quality for the money. I had originally paid $70 on sale, and the 100D is two steps up from the "starter" and RA-090D, all Dreadnought style guitars made by "Rogue". The frets were smooth and didn't chew up my palm like an awful electric I tried previously, the body was solid, the tuners were perfectly functional and the finish was decent. Perfectly suitable for learning and the sound (to me) was fine once I replaced the strings. Problem is Rogue is just a brand name, I have no idea who the actual company that makes them is, they don't seem to have a website and nobody to contact if I had an issue with it. That said, it's a $70 guitar, what more do you want?
As I said I had tried a cheap budget electric guitar from here so I could learn with Rocksmith 2014, so I bought the "Legacy Solid Body Electric", and it was awful. Intonation was off, it wouldn't stay in consistent tune, the finish was imperfect and had bubbles and chips, and worst of all the edges of the frets were sharp and would scrape up my palm as I played. Sound was terrible as well, so I sent it back within a week.
So having one good and one bad experience with these cheap knock-off guitars, I decided to go with what I knew should be good and looked for another Epiphone. The Epiphone DR-100 was the closest match to what I was learning on before and it was reasonably priced.
Compared to the $70 Rogue RA-100, what does the extra $30 for the Epiphone DR-100 get you? Well, the body of the Epiphone is not quite as thick/deep, which is something that affects the sound slightly, but not very much. Overall I'd say the Epiphone is more consistent in tone, a little less rich than the bigger, more bulbous Rogue. That said, I think I like the size of the Epiphone better, it sits in my lap better, easier to get my arm around it, but I think the Rogue had the ability to get a little louder due to the body size.
Build quality - The Rogue wasn't bad, but the Ephiphone is clearly better The details are much nicer, the lacquer finish is more consistent, and if you look inside the body the workmanship is clearly more clean and consistent with the Epiphone.
Features - Tuning machines feel virtually the same to me between the two. The nut is plastic on both guitars, I don't know enough to say one is better than the other. The Epiphone has a strap pin on the heel, something the Rogue did not have, which means if you use a strap with the rogue you'll need a head strap loop. The truss is adjustable on the Epiphone, not on the Rogue. Both have the same number of frets. A nice detail for beginners on the Epiphone are the marks on the edge of the head to note frets when you look down. I replaced the strings on both guitars shortly after I bought them, but just to note the strings on the Rogue appeared like they were corroded or old when I got it. Not a big deal, it's usually a safe bet to just put fresh strings on a brand new guitar anyway, but just something to note.
Really great projection/volume too when you do full strum, and clear articulation and voice at any volume. I keep saying to myself, how do they make any money off this thing? Almost all "beginner" or budget guitars that I've played sound very shallow and "boxy" (like the sound is coming from a small cardboard box). They all do this-- any cheap Yamaha, Takamine, Washburn, whatever. But this DR-100 (also known as PR-100 if sold by Guitar Center/Musician's Friend) is just miles above those other guitars in sound quality and voice. I would say this sounds like a $500-800 guitar. Whether you're an experienced player looking for a backup guitar (which is why I bought mine-- wanted a laminate guitar that I don't have to worry about and just leave out and play whenever at the office or take with me outside), or a beginner, this is the perfect guitar and most bang for your buck at $100... plus it's a Epiphone with a lifetime guarantee and not some no name brand...
Of course, a guitar can't be perfect at this price range, so I'll tell you where they cut corners. They didn't cut corners on the finish-- the finish is very nice and glossy and the binding is very nice and has a lot of great details such as the nice big headstock. But here's where it needed some work: The frets. Ouch. They needed to be dressed BADLY. They were so sharp that I think you can really cut and bleed sliding up and down the neck... I spent a good 30 minutes just filing it down and smoothing it out as best as I could and now it's so much better. You can tell these were just pressed in by machines in a factory and that's it-- no one hand dressed them and filed them down and finished them-- that sort of manual hand labor is where it costs money and this easily can be a $500+ guitar... The other part that they cheaped out on are the tuner machines. They are not terrible, and fairly usable, but they aren't the best. If I had to modify one thing on this guitar, it would be to swap out the tuning machines with some good Grovers and call it a day. Specifically, when you turn the tuner, for the first 1/16 of a turn, it doesn't do anything, and then it turns and then sometimes it doesn't do anything... So it's not a 1:1 translation of turning it and the turning changing, which makes tuning the guitar a bit cumbersome. I was lucky to have bought the guitar and it didn't need a truss rod adjustment and the action was fairly good. I did file down the saddle nut about .5mm to lower it a bit more, but that's really it. Even with the crap strings that come with the guitar, it sounds good and that's what I'm basing this review on, so obviously with a better set of strings (I like the Elixir Polyweb in Light or Medium) it only sounds better. The stock strings corroded easily (noticeably changed colors) so I took off the strings from one of my other acoustic guitars and put them on this one.
In short, based on just the sound of the guitar-- I'm amazed that a laminate guitar sounds like a mid-level solid wood guitar. At this price, I don't have to worry about it getting dinged up or whatever, and yet it plays beautifully. I believe the Tak Jasmine S35 also gets good reviews for its sound, but I haven't had a chance to play it in person, so I can't compare...
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2016
Really great projection/volume too when you do full strum, and clear articulation and voice at any volume. I keep saying to myself, how do they make any money off this thing? Almost all "beginner" or budget guitars that I've played sound very shallow and "boxy" (like the sound is coming from a small cardboard box). They all do this-- any cheap Yamaha, Takamine, Washburn, whatever. But this DR-100 (also known as PR-100 if sold by Guitar Center/Musician's Friend) is just miles above those other guitars in sound quality and voice. I would say this sounds like a $500-800 guitar. Whether you're an experienced player looking for a backup guitar (which is why I bought mine-- wanted a laminate guitar that I don't have to worry about and just leave out and play whenever at the office or take with me outside), or a beginner, this is the perfect guitar and most bang for your buck at $100... plus it's a Epiphone with a lifetime guarantee and not some no name brand...
Of course, a guitar can't be perfect at this price range, so I'll tell you where they cut corners. They didn't cut corners on the finish-- the finish is very nice and glossy and the binding is very nice and has a lot of great details such as the nice big headstock. But here's where it needed some work: The frets. Ouch. They needed to be dressed BADLY. They were so sharp that I think you can really cut and bleed sliding up and down the neck... I spent a good 30 minutes just filing it down and smoothing it out as best as I could and now it's so much better. You can tell these were just pressed in by machines in a factory and that's it-- no one hand dressed them and filed them down and finished them-- that sort of manual hand labor is where it costs money and this easily can be a $500+ guitar... The other part that they cheaped out on are the tuner machines. They are not terrible, and fairly usable, but they aren't the best. If I had to modify one thing on this guitar, it would be to swap out the tuning machines with some good Grovers and call it a day. Specifically, when you turn the tuner, for the first 1/16 of a turn, it doesn't do anything, and then it turns and then sometimes it doesn't do anything... So it's not a 1:1 translation of turning it and the turning changing, which makes tuning the guitar a bit cumbersome. I was lucky to have bought the guitar and it didn't need a truss rod adjustment and the action was fairly good. I did file down the saddle nut about .5mm to lower it a bit more, but that's really it. Even with the crap strings that come with the guitar, it sounds good and that's what I'm basing this review on, so obviously with a better set of strings (I like the Elixir Polyweb in Light or Medium) it only sounds better. The stock strings corroded easily (noticeably changed colors) so I took off the strings from one of my other acoustic guitars and put them on this one.
In short, based on just the sound of the guitar-- I'm amazed that a laminate guitar sounds like a mid-level solid wood guitar. At this price, I don't have to worry about it getting dinged up or whatever, and yet it plays beautifully. I believe the Tak Jasmine S35 also gets good reviews for its sound, but I haven't had a chance to play it in person, so I can't compare...
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Reviewed in Germany on July 9, 2020