Best under the radar brand?

bertie

DiscoStu said:

 Richards Guitars. Top bloke. 

that the infamous  Richard ? as discussed at length a few weeks ago 

DiscoStu

bertie said:

DiscoStu said:

 Richards Guitars. Top bloke. 

that the infamous  Richard ? as discussed at length a few weeks ago 

Possibly? I've not been on here much the last few weeks so must have missed something. I'm going to guess it was about spam email from his forum? 

bertie

DiscoStu said:

 I'm going to guess it was about spam email from his forum? 

 more how he dealt with it,  and past 'communications'

DiscoStu

bertie said:

 more how he dealt with it,  and past 'communications'

Aye I've had emails from his forum right enough.

But from a buyer's point of view, I found him highly enthusiastic and very helpful when making my purchase. Plus I got him down on price!

birdo

I tried to buy a stonebridge off him . I sent a couple of questions by e mail got nothing back , tried again still nothing but now I get at least an email a day off his forum. Anyway back on subject . Stonebridge are suppose to be great which model did you get?

grungebob

ICBM said:

IanSavage said:

The three major Canadian brands (Simon & Patrick, Art et Lutherie and Norman, in decending order of personal preference) - all part of the Godin group, real quality at good prices (STUPIDLY low prices secondhand, quite often).

Unfortunately, although they sound great and are very good value for money when they're new, they don't last. They're not very well made and very often have structural problems, or just seem to 'wear out' and go dead-sounding rather than maturing. They also have the highest rate of broken headstocks I know of other than Gibsons. I wish it wasn't so, since when they first came out they seemed to have solved the problem of making good-sounding guitars cheaply by getting rid of all the fancy stuff you don't need.

Ive had my Simon & patrick for 8 years now and its still together and playing great, I carry it around in a soft gig bag too, tooks some knocks but nothing showing.

DiscoStu

birdo said:

I tried to buy a stonebridge off him . I sent a couple of questions by e mail got nothing back , tried again still nothing but now I get at least an email a day off his forum. Anyway back on subject . Stonebridge are suppose to be great which model did you get?

That's a shame. He was cool with me.

I bought a Stonebridge DS23CR and I loves it I does.

GuitarMonkey

bntylr said:

Played a couple of these that were quite lovely

http://www.turnerguitars.com/

A friend of mine has one and gigs it regularly and as far as I know he's had no problems with it so reliability seems to be good. 

I have a Turner acoustic, bought at a guitar show years ago. I picked out of five or so of the same model and am very happy with it.

crunchman

Guitar Village stock Stonebridge these days.  Was near Farnham last month and needed some strings urgently so I popped in there to buy strings.  Happened to be Boss Gone Mad Sale day - took home a Stonebridge!

It's an OM size with mahogany back and sides.  Got it in having a pickup fitted so can't get any pics at the moment.

bertie

GuitarMonkey said:

bntylr said:

Played a couple of these that were quite lovely

http://www.turnerguitars.com/

A friend of mine has one and gigs it regularly and as far as I know he's had no problems with it so reliability seems to be good. 

I have a Turner acoustic, bought at a guitar show years ago. I picked out of five or so of the same model and am very happy with it.

no stockits round these parts worse luck..........where are they based/made anyway ? 

GuitarMonkey

No idea where mine was made - somewhere east of here certainly.

http://www.turnerguitars.com/dealers.aspx

bertie

yeah I checked that, hence I knew there werent any dealers around here  

I assumed they were a British maker........ then realised, just an importer of far east ones.

I quite like their cases

luscombe

I'd say the Japanese Yairi is consistently brilliant across the range. Monte Montomery always plays one. Here he is:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjpkVv9OrZQ

ChrisMusic

Great video clip @luscombe, he's got some awesome chops, and a truly naturally relic'ed guitar, which is not surprising with what he puts it through.  Brilliant.

So the build quality must be pretty good then.  

I would love to have an acoustic again, which is why I am following and enjoying this thread, thanks all, keep it up 

birdo

There seems to be a couple of yairi brands out there. K and S . Plus there is alverez which appears to be to yairi what squire is to fender. Alverez also do a masterworks series. I tried a little alverez parlour and thought it'd was great so moving up the food chain I bet there's some great stuff.

luscombe

Yairi (with a signature on the label) is the one to have. Ivor Maraints used to stock the full range.

 

Bogwhoppit

£40 buys you this laminated Mahogany folk thingy....

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbcg45.htm

 

 

 

Evilmags

Lowden are an obvious addition, as are breedlove