I own a Blueridge BR-243. This is from the Pre-war series, one of their tops. What an amazing guitar. I used to have a $2500 Santa Cruz PW-OM, very nice guitar. The Blueridge does not compare to it (the Santa is rosewood, the Blueridge mahogany). But what a gorgeous sound of the Blueridge, louder than the Santa. I have a recent gig recorded with it using a K&K Pure Western passive pickup. Amazing.

Chinese guitars are starting to shine. I also own an Ibanez PM35, the Pat Metheny model, made in China. It was love at first play. What an extraordinary guitar, a sweet jazzbox for under $1000 CDN. Take that, Gibson!

I really don't miss the american guitars. It's time that they come off their pedestal. And people still support them. I have a Gibson doubleneck, and the finish on both Blueridge and Ibanez is way superior than the Gibson's. Martin is now making garbage. They have totemized a lie. Welcome China, indeed.