Wayne Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 The Blueridge 2500 is in town http://www.sagamusic.com/catalog/details.aspx?ProductID=BG-2500 I would love to try one of these, but I dont really need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Wow...they say imitation is the greatest form of flattery......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I think Ill just stick to the J-200 instead, especially when its priced so close to the real thing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Wow...they say imitation is the greatest form of flattery......... I was just about to write the same thing till I scrolled down and read yours! (great minds think alike!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 . No thanks. For $2.5K I'll keep my J-200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinB23 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I saw this a while back, that upside down mustache bridge cracks me up. The Blueridge guitars to not impress or interest me and neither do the eastmans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsech Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Getting close to law suit territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 No thanks - If I wanted a super jumbo other than a Gibson it will be a Guild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuff Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I'd rather just keeping saving for the real thing... Then I'll keeping saving a little longer for the real thing with a sunburst finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 No thanks - If I wanted a super jumbo other than a Gibson it will be a Guild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devellis Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 that upside down mustache bridge cracks me up. Not sure what you mean. In what sense is it upside down? I'm very happy with my SJ-200TV and won't be lusting after one of these by any means. But I bet many others will. There's no mistaking what "inspired" it, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentw Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I like the rorshach test fretboard inlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson101 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 $2495.00 are they serious? I wouldn't even think about paying that for a copy of an SJ-200. Heck I only paid about a grand more than that for my SJ-300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry K Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I haven't played one and have no idea how they sound. My subjective reaction is: looks like a cheap knockoff. Features like the bridge make the imitation a bit too obvious. If you are going to drop some serious coin on a super jumbo, why not get a Gibson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I agree....that MUST be the list price.....I would NEVER pay that price when you can get A REAL jumbo from Gbson for that price....doesn't make sense.......If it sells for 60% of MSRP it will probably have some followers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 Yes of course that's the list price. Still a bit stiff. But I wouldn't knock it too much until you've heard what it sounds like (I haven't) . I like Blueridge guitars and have one of their J-45 knockoffs, and have owned 2 others. Wonder whats next, a BlueHummingbird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry K Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I guess if I were looking for a mid-priced, super-jumbo size guitar, I would want it to look kind of basic, with the idea that they emphasized the sound and invested in the basics: playability and getting a good sound out of a jumbo shape, rather than fancy inlaid bridge, fretboard inlays, fretboard binding with birds beak, flamed back, fancy tuners, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I guess if I were looking for a mid-priced, super-jumbo size guitar, I would want it to look kind of basic, with the idea that they emphasized the sound and invested in the basics: playability and getting a good sound out of a jumbo shape, rather than fancy inlaid bridge, fretboard inlays, fretboard binding with birds beak, flamed back, fancy tuners, etc. Yeah, but... I would go for a J100 made by Gibson first. Or, what I actually did - get a 2 year old SJ200 only played on Sundays by a music minister for several hundred less than the $2,500. I'm biased, but if I were looking for an inexpensive guitar - I'd get an Epiphone, then immediately start putting my quarters in the coffee can until I could afford a Gibson. By the time you had the money, you'd have improved your playing and taste in chosing a guitar that fit your style and ear. I guess I just have a problem with paying big bucks for obvious knock-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I only paid 2300 when I got my J150 new. Some of the imports are decent instruments, but it really would be nice to see them come-up with something original. If I want a Gibson or a Martin, I'll buy another one.......Incidentally, I played three of the new and highly praised Eastmans this morning at Mass Music in Lawrence, Ks. Maybe I've been reading too many hyped articles and comments about them, but I came-away a bit disappointed. They are nice guitars, and there are dozens of other "nice" guitars hanging with them. The three I played did not make me think I had anything special. Maybe my Martins and Gibsons have all come from the batch of a dozen or so that we hear are the only ones worth playing out of all the thousands upon thousands built for decades and decades. Gibson and Martin (especially Gibson) have been criticized and trashed for years on the internet, but they are the what all the competitors are trying to be. I'll stick with the legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenumber2 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 It says laminated neck? For $2500? No thanks. The only appeal for me of these PacRim guitars was that they were pretty good quality for WAY less money than the American makers. Now that the price seems to be creeping up it's not worth it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 It says laminated neck? For $2500? No thanks. The Gibson J-200 has a laminated neck. Most maple necks are laminated. Maple is light weight, but tends to warp. Builders start with a block of wood that they could use to make a solid one-pice neck, cut it in half or thirds lengthwise, and join it back togther with reinforcing strips of a stiffer wood like ebony, walnut, or mahogany (that's what is meant by laminated). The neck is final shaped from that. A laminated neck may be referred to as three or five piece depending on the number of pieces of the various woods used. The finest jazz boxes have laminated necks. It's traditional for those types of guitars, and also for the J-200 (and even some Banner J-45's). Laminated is not to be confused with a two-piece neck, which is when the headstock is grafted onto the neck below the nut. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 For 2.5K you can have my J-200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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