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That SOB at the West Edmonton Rock Shop is trying to get even more of my hard earned money! Stopped in for new strings and picks last night and thought I would do a little side by each comparison of the Blueridge models he had in stock. I am seriously thinking new Blueridge at this point.
Buddy pulls out the $5000 Taylor to give me a frame of reference and then demos a Stonebridge guitar for 1/3 the price. The fingerstyle sound is unbelievable...but not quite what I had in mind because I am still thinking hillbilly flatpicking music. So then, he pulls out the old Stonebridge Bluegrass SM-32 and leaves me alone in the guitar room for 30 minutes. This guitar is amazing too and really has the vintage guitar sound down pat...which it should as the design and construction features appear to be based on the Martin D-18.
Anyways, the Stonebridge is twice the money of the Blueridge...this is going to take some soul searching. I see on the Stonebridge website that their guitars are played by some fellow Canucks. Anyone else here ever played one?
Czech (har har har) them out here...
http://www.stonebridgeguitars.com
Buddy pulls out the $5000 Taylor to give me a frame of reference and then demos a Stonebridge guitar for 1/3 the price. The fingerstyle sound is unbelievable...but not quite what I had in mind because I am still thinking hillbilly flatpicking music. So then, he pulls out the old Stonebridge Bluegrass SM-32 and leaves me alone in the guitar room for 30 minutes. This guitar is amazing too and really has the vintage guitar sound down pat...which it should as the design and construction features appear to be based on the Martin D-18.
Anyways, the Stonebridge is twice the money of the Blueridge...this is going to take some soul searching. I see on the Stonebridge website that their guitars are played by some fellow Canucks. Anyone else here ever played one?
Czech (har har har) them out here...
http://www.stonebridgeguitars.com