what guitar do you all take out to the honky tonk and beat on, spill beer in and let the "hey man u wanna jam?" beaters bang on? do you all take your good guitars out and play? im a snob and dont much like imports thats why i got the omcx1ke martin. ive been seeing a few import parlors and slotheads. any one tried one? roscoe
I take out the one that sounds best for the gig - they're meant to be played, banged and drenched in beer - so in most cases it's my Fine Resophonic tricone. No point in having a guitar you are afraid to play.
ive been seeing a few import parlors and slotheads. any one tried one?
Blueridges are insanely good for the money. You can get a solid East Indian Rosewood, solid spruce top 000 shape that plays nicely and sounds as good as the higher price spreads for around $650. If I had money I'd buy ten stick them in cold storage and pull them out in twenty years or so.They're made in China under the supervision of an ex Martin employee. Nothing wrong with Chinese craftsmanship btw, they were doing far more sophisticated things with wood far earlier than anyone in the west.
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A Made in China small mahogany body, spruce sunburst Guild GAD-series I played today, $650, if I were shopping right now. Which I am definitely not doing, no way. Amazing value for money, played great, loud and I hate to say it probably sounded better all round than my Martin. Neck was a tad low profile, and nut was 1 11/16", but otherwise...
I take my Martin 000-16 everywhere. Must... not... weaken...
I agree with MR.OMuck....you can't beat the Blueridges. Greg Rich recently left Blueridge and designed a slothead for Recording King....the RK 626...also produced in China. I picked one up several months ago and haven't quit playing it. I like it better than Blueridge's slothead parlor. Both are unbeatable for the money though.
I'm curious. What are the Blueridge necks like? I thought they were narrow (less than 1 3/4") and had a shallow profile. The only one I've played before fit that bill, as I recall.
I believe my BR-163 has a 1 11/16" nut and shallow profile also seems accurate. I learned to play on a similar neck, so it's never been an issue for me.
Yeah the necks do feel slightly anemic but certainly not out of the range of normal. Its a $3000 guitar for $650.. Whaddaya want? Perfection?
Yes.
Well, my problem is I get tendinitis in both hands. It has mostly been the right hand but increasingly I get left hand issues as well. The shallow neck profile seems to aggravate this. I've got a guitar that's great which I'm I'm not afraid to toss on a plane, but it too has a modern shallow neck. So I keep my eye out for bigger necks.
While most BR guitars have that 1 11/16ths neck they do have a new series out that has 1 3/4 and I beleieve that parlor mentioned about has a 1 13/16th neck....I'd love to try one out myself...they seem to get great reviews...but no one in VT carrys them!