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(More customer reviews)This is a beast of a guitar. The tone is absolutely remarkable with strong clear low and middle with sparkling clear higher tones. It came with D'Addario light strings which I played on some then promptly replaced them with Elixir Nanoweb Mediums. The guitar sounds way better with medium strings.Play it soft and it sounds sublime but it sounds just as good played loud; and believe me this guitar is loud. Out of the box the guitar was nearly unplayable for me however. The frets are very tall and just chewed up my fingers, I like my fingertips to feel the fretboard and the tall frets prevented that. Also, while the neck width is identical to a Martin, the strings were spaced closer together which really threw me. I felt like a total klutz playing this thing. I took it to my luthier and he milled the frets down to match my Martin and installed a new nut that matched the string spacing to my Martin. After these modifications, this guitar plays so well I'm amazed every time I pick it up. It almost plays itself. The neck now feels fast and easy like playing on a fender stratocaster. My luthier says it sounds better than the HD-28's he's worked on. Hate to say it, but I enjoying playing this axe more than I do my beloved Martin. You would have to spend a ton money to get a Martin that sounds this good. Some people can pick up any guitar and play it like a pro, not me. If fretboard ergonomics are important to you and you are bugged by tall frets and string spacing closer than normal, spend the $150 or so to have a good luthier set it up to your liking.
As to construction, the fit and finish are excellent. Lots of abalone inlay and its beautifully done. I can't find any flaws at all. I probably should give this guitar a 5 star rating but am knocking off one star because of the dreadful tall frets and skinny string spacing. If you buy from Amazon, it doesn't come with a case. It was inside of its original box from the manufacturer which was inside of a slightly larger Amazon box when it arrived on my doorstep. It arrived in fine shape but I would never pack an instrument I was shipping this poorly. If you buy from Amazon, don't fool around, spend a few extra bucks an get overnight shipping. Ground shipped items get handled a lot more and are jostled around much more whereas overnite shipping lowers your chances of it getting dropped or banged hard. Besides, when you give that credit card # you're gonna want this thing fast.
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Blueridge Historic Series guitars are exceptionally well-made, all-solid wood construction.The handcarved parabolic top braces are in authentic, PreWar, forward-X position.
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