Silver Creek D-170 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural Review

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(More customer reviews)Well I have spent about about three weeks with my Silver Creek Dread and here are my thoughts -
Let me start out by saying if you think you are getting a Martin D-28 clone with this guy - You really are not.
I have read that the Silver Creeks are made in the same Chinese Factory as the Recording Kings - but with lesser appointments - and to be sold through one main retailer.
Out of the box the SC was playable and attractive and the Tone was not bad - So I will break down what I liked and what I did not like. Keep in mind this is my opinion!
1. First of all out of the box the guitar was playable - But Defiantly in need of a set up - action was pretty high past the third fret.
2. After looking up and down and inside and out the only imperfection I could find was about a dime size dust spot on the back under the Laquer - Quality control was a little lacking.
3. The Guitar comes with a Bone nut an saddle - The nut was cut very well but you might need to shave a little off the saddle.
4. The Headstock is a flat top/ Martin Style with a nice Flower Vase/ abalone inlay - Though I must say - after close inspection some of the Letters in Silver Creek are crooked.
5. The Tuners - I have read many complaints here - I find the Kluson knockoffs attractive and useable but again only time will tell.
6. The neck is solid Mahogany with a Dyed black rosewood fretboard - The Fret work seemed surpurb and I felt really shined - Nice Job!
7. The Bridge is solid Rosewood and again dyed black - Well placed and solid adherence to the top.
8. The top is Solid Sitka Spruce or possibly Englemann spruce! Very nice Grain - No run out - It does have vintage Toner applied - I like that - some folks don't.
9. The back and sides are solid Rosewood with very nice striping. Beautiful work with the exception of the blem I mentioned earlier.
10. The back and top are Bound with ivoroid binding - nice work done here. And some nice purfling on the top side.
11. The Rosette is "28" inspired and nicely done.
12. The pickguard is red tortise like and nicely cut- very Martin like.
13. Bridge pins are plastic - White/black dot and totally useable/ Think Gibson - End pin White/black dot totally secure.
14. Internal look over - Foward bracing - scalloped struts and some small wood shavings. Overall pretty clean.
15. Neck Shape - has been refered to as V - If its V - it is a Soft V - Feels more D shaped to me.
16. The Guitar has a nice Gloss finish - not over done like some users have mentioned - I would say on par with Martin Std series Guitars.
Presently I have it strung with Martin Lights - Sounds good but will probely experiment with other Strings.
Sound - Tone -- If your expecting Martin tones to come flowing out of the sound hole you might be a little disapointed. Though the volume and Bass on this model is decent - not really a Cannon though.
Bottomline - The Silver Creek has " Its own Tone" I am sure Great to some and so/so to others - Only you can decide.
I purchased this Guitar mainly because I wanted a well built Dreadnaught Guitar for a very affordable dollar - And If I had the extra money I would have with out a doubt put it into a Martin
Bottom line-- dollar for dollar I don't think you can find a Better Dreadnaught for the Price!!!!

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Blueridge BR-183 Historic Premium East Indian RoseWood 000 Guitar with Abalone Purfling Review

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(More customer reviews)I've owned my BR-183 for at least four years. It is still the favorite performing instrument of my bandmates, despite its smaller size and more intimate tone-- it is preferred over, for example, a top-end Taylor Grand Symphony Koa and a handmade mid-70s Brazilian Rosewood LoPrinzi dreadnought.
The fit and finish on this instrument is top-flight. Out of the case, it had a surprisingly full tone, and over the years of intensive playing and performance, it has only improved in tone. Intonation is excellent up and down the neck. The fingerboard is a bit narrow but I have yet to feel cramped on it, though I'm used to 1-3/4" nut widths. Played fingerstyle it is an absolute joy. Without picks, it has a finger-sensitive quality-- one can hear the smallest changes of finger-angle, the shifts between soft fingers, callouses, and fingernails hitting the string. Up and down the neck, notes glimmer and then arrive with nuance and authority. Strummed, with the action extremely low, it does compress, but in a very pleasing way-- it seems designed to provide a sort of percussive rhythm-guitar quality. "Snapping" the strings gives a delightful pop to the notes and they retain their sonority rather than simply dying, as occurs with the very-young and very stolid Taylor GS. While the Taylor has begun to open up over the year of its life with me, the Blueridge seems more like a 20-year-old instrument.
If there is a complaint to make, it's with the lacquer, which is fairly thickly laid on-- one wonders what the sound would be like with a thinner finish. The detailing is almost gaudy-- the abalone is beautifully inlaid, but there's a lot of it!
This instrument's extraordinary virtues inveigled me into buying a "B-stock" BR-180, the top-of-the-line Blueridge Dreadnought, to keep at a retreat where I travel to write and think. I imagined it to be a sort of on-vacation workhorse, and was delighted to be corrected by its balance, volume, authority, and subtlety. Like the BR-183, it has become a favorite of mine, and of the band's-- requiring that I trek it back for performances regularly. Both these instruments have been fitted with Fishman undersaddle pickups that are led into a Fishman Aura for recording and performance, and the result is amplified sound almost exactly corresponding to the sound of the instruments in rehearsal in a living room-- quite an achievement.

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Blueridge BR-180 Historic Premium All-Solid East Indian Rosewood Dreadnaught Guitar with Abalone Purfling Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been playing the guitar for over 50 years, from rock and roll to church music. And the BR-180 is the finest guitar I have ever owned. The workmanship is beautiful, and the tone has to be heard to be believed. The first time I heard one was a couple of years ago in Kentucky while on vacation. It was a bluegrass group, and as soon as they took a break I ran forward to ask the guitar player what kind of guitar he was playing. It was a BR-180. I've never heard another guitar with the tone of the BR-180, not even Martins or Taylors. As soon as I got home from vacation, I sold three of my other guitars and bought a BR-180. It will be the last guitar I ever buy, as I can't fathom that I'll ever find another one as good, especially considering that it is essentially a D-45 for 1/10th the price. Not to mention, I rarely play my other guitars now. Buy it!

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Blueridge BG-40 Historic Slope Shoulder Dreadnaught Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)I received this as a gift recently (off the Amazon listing) & it's everything I hoped for! After researching potential guitars for a few weeks, I was sold after reading all the reviews over on Musician's Friend. It has a gorgeous tone & the guitar itself is a work of art. Many compared it to the higher-end Martins and Gibsons, and I couldn't agree more - for the price and the quality, it's an amazing value. Beautiful!!! I highly recommend the BG-40!

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Blueridge BR-140 Historic Dreadnaught Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)This guitar is easy to play and has a quiet fullness that's really nice when you don't want the guitar to step on the vocals. The price is coming down to more like where it belongs. The tuning keys are definitely a step above the ordinary - smooth and solid. One negative which maybe they've fixed (mine's five years old): It came with one undersized wooden shoulder-strap button, like a large string button, that fell out when the glue dried, and the hole is too large to replace it with a regular metal button. I keep meaning to re-glue the wooden button but just keep pushing it back in. What draws me most to this guitar is its soft, balanced sound.

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