Are Blueridge SAGA? I will never ever buy anything else from SAGA. I bought quite a nice little mandolin, new, from Andy Perkins, here in the UK. It was a Japanese made kentucky flatiron from SAGA. It had their little sticker in the soundhole about a lifetime guarantee to first owner. WIthout any abuse, the top split from end to end - probably a drying crack. SAGA just plain refused to do anything about it. If I wanted any redress from SAGA I'd have had to get a US lawyer and sue.

IMHO, avoid SAGA like the plague.