Hi Fort....With this thread in mind, I stopped this evening at the small guitar store in Lancaster (I really admire this guy to have gotten the store off the ground in Lancaster, and he's doing pretty fair). He has a lot of copies and a few nice pieces too and I drop in and talk every few weeks. He's had the BR's for awhile now and likes them himself but has problems in fitting them into the budget market around here which is flooded with real crap. John is left handed and has been a Martin nut for years, but he liked the sound of the BR's and ordered a lefty in to better demo the product.

I didn't play one because he sold the 7 a few weeks ago and has three ordered. But he played for me and the thing has a nice sound and is indeed very close to a D-28. John has an old 28 lefty and we tried the comparison and it was damn good. In just looking, you can see the action is well set and overall finisn level is qquite good. We had a mirrored look inside and I had to get going.

Personal opinion? This guitar is very reminiscent of my "Lawsuit Tak." The top is a Grade Two Spruce, but looked good and again, sounded great. Looking at the inside was most telling........VERY clean and what appears to be fine workmanship. No glue to be seen anywhere with an almost "sanded" look.....very smooth, very neat. There's a lot of guitar here for the money. John was asking more than Elderly, but that's irrelevant. The extra attention to detail here is what makes it very much like the "Lawsuit Taks" and you know how nice those were. I frankly would like to have one of these myself.

And for you Seagull nuts (nice guitars I agree)......These are a good bit above Seagull in workmanship and to me at least, in sound quality as well. Big sound here Fort.....really. John says he ought to have them in in a week so I'm looking forward to stopping back and playing one.

Spaw