ZoSo0789
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Ok, some of you already know whats sort of going on with my acoustic shopping. For those of you who don't, I'm looking for a simple, BASIC, solid top guitar just to mess around on. This'll just be for laying in the bed at night, sittin outside on the porch, etc. Oh, and my budget it around $300
Today, I went to a local shop and found these "Blueridge" guitars. They are decently low budget ($400 to $1200) and the looks and craftsmanship easily rival the lower end Martins and Taylors. I played a BR43 ($371, so I'm kinda stretchin it there) and I must say it was very nice. The body isn't quite the shape I was looking for (000 style). But the fret job was good, comes with bone nuts and saddles, solid sitka spruce top, mahogany sides, nice inlay, binding everywhere, fancy looking headstock, and vintage style tuners. For a pic:
http://www.acousticguitar.net/saga/sagapics/BR-43.jpg
But prior to playing it, I've never even heard of this brand. The guy there (it's a very reputable store in my area) said that they're hand-made in China (China part is bad, but he says they weed out all the bad ones and send 'em back), good quality, hold-up great, and compared to everything else in it's price range, it blows them all out of the water. Even the straightup wood quality was obviously MUCH better than anything I've run across at it's price range too. So my question here is: Does anyone here have any experience with this brand? And even though they're kind of aimed at more of a bluegrass/folk crowd, would this body style and such still work for plain strumming and slow blues alright?
Today, I went to a local shop and found these "Blueridge" guitars. They are decently low budget ($400 to $1200) and the looks and craftsmanship easily rival the lower end Martins and Taylors. I played a BR43 ($371, so I'm kinda stretchin it there) and I must say it was very nice. The body isn't quite the shape I was looking for (000 style). But the fret job was good, comes with bone nuts and saddles, solid sitka spruce top, mahogany sides, nice inlay, binding everywhere, fancy looking headstock, and vintage style tuners. For a pic:
http://www.acousticguitar.net/saga/sagapics/BR-43.jpg
But prior to playing it, I've never even heard of this brand. The guy there (it's a very reputable store in my area) said that they're hand-made in China (China part is bad, but he says they weed out all the bad ones and send 'em back), good quality, hold-up great, and compared to everything else in it's price range, it blows them all out of the water. Even the straightup wood quality was obviously MUCH better than anything I've run across at it's price range too. So my question here is: Does anyone here have any experience with this brand? And even though they're kind of aimed at more of a bluegrass/folk crowd, would this body style and such still work for plain strumming and slow blues alright?
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