Tried my first Furchs today

BigPaulie

I'm on the lookout to replace my LL16 ARE as I can't really get on with its big chunky neck. I prefer slimmer necks (favourite profile is Martin MLO) and 43mm nuts (or so I thought).

I noticed GG had a few Furchs in and had time to kill, so tried a few:

Green D SM
Green DC SR
Vintage 1 D SR

All I can say is WOW! The build quality and sound from all 3 guitars was immense!

The soft v profile is a VERY soft v, if a v at all. The 45mm nut posed no problems for me. It's a very comfortable neck indeed.

The Greens were lovely. The Vintage 1 had nicer appointments and slightly fancier timbers. It also had a little more bottom end.

I'd he happy to own any of them, but the thing that put me off was the satin finish on these 3 examples. Don't get me wrong, it was flawlessly applied. But if I'm paying £1100-£1700 for a guitar I want a gloss top at the very least.

Back to the drawing board...

chromatuna

Glad to hear you had a positive experience with them. I haven’t added it to the ‘big birthday’ thread but I have related here previously how I set out to buy a Martin with a lump sum for my 60th and after trying half a dozen was blown away by and settled on a Furch saving about a grand in the process. The guitar and not the money was the deciding factor though. Three and a half years later it’s still all that I want an acoustic to be. Cedar top grand something or other.

Tannin

Furch make lovely guitars, no doubt about it. And their "Soft V" neck is divine. Best neck I've ever played. 

They certainly do make guitars with gloss finishes if that's your thing. Give Richards a ring, the'll be able to tell you which models come with a gloss top.

bertie

@BigPaulie

shame you dont live closer,  and want an OM 

33SR, mint £1500

BigPaulie

I'm seriously tempted to pull the trigger on the Vintage 1 D SR at Project Music for £1499. That seems like a great price! Theirs have "vintage hand brushed" finish.

But I'd rather see and play the guitar in person...

drofluf

Tannin said:

Furch make lovely guitars, no doubt about it. And their "Soft V" neck is divine. Best neck I've ever played. 

They certainly do make guitars with gloss finishes if that's your thing. Give Richards a ring, the'll be able to tell you which models come with a gloss top.

I think it’s the Yellow, Orange and Red ranges that come in gloss

BigPaulie

drofluf said:

Tannin said:

Furch make lovely guitars, no doubt about it. And their "Soft V" neck is divine. Best neck I've ever played. 

They certainly do make guitars with gloss finishes if that's your thing. Give Richards a ring, the'll be able to tell you which models come with a gloss top.

I think it’s the Yellow, Orange and Red ranges that come in gloss

Thanks.

From what I can tell the spec has changed recently.

Pretty sure the Green series used to be full pore high gloss.

Project Music have one in stock in that finish for the same price as the Vintage 1.

I know it's all about personal preference, but I feel fully satin guitars look unfinished and slightly downmarket.

Tannin

BigPaulie said:

 fully satin guitars look unfinished and slightly downmarket.

But so do I.

JonnyBgoode

BigPaulie said:

From what I can tell the spec has changed recently.

Pretty sure the Green series used to be full pore high gloss.

Project Music have one in stock in that finish for the same price as the Vintage 1.

I know it's all about personal preference, but I feel fully satin guitars look unfinished and slightly downmarket.

I actually think the opposite, glossy = cheap, *but* my satin finished Furch was so bloody noisy with the slightest brush of clothing across the top SSSHHSHHSCGHRSHHHH. Ended up selling it even though it was a very good guitar (incredibly light too)

My glossy G23CRC is a keeper though, wonderful tones, a fingerstyle beast.

BahHumbug

There’s gotta be a joke in here about your first furch

ian7777

Furch make great guitars. They are based in chezh republic i believe. I had a furch stanford OM a few years back, had a very chunky neck and the sound had a real throaty bass response which i liked..

tweedphan

Just discovered I need reading glasses. 

drofluf

tweedphan said:

Just discovered I need reading glasses. 

Best I don’t related the tale of when I picked up my first Furch I separated its neck from its body, put the pieces in a bag and hid it under the bed then?

ian7777

O my...F.U.R.C.H. me, this thread is getting into be a riddle now? lol no offence to anyone, i just wanted to share my 2 cents...

drofluf

@ian7777 her name was Jane, I think. 

It’s their travel guitar https://furchguitars.com/us/instruments/travel-guitars/lj10-cm/

ian7777

The little jane with the western cedar and a african mahogany? Sounds like a title of a porn tbh.


Not really interested..no more poems youve probably got english class.in the morning. prefer russian rap than the riddly hanky panky Lol

ian7777

drofluf said:

tweedphan said:

Just discovered I need reading glasses. 

Best I don’t related the tale of when I picked up my first Furch I separated its neck from its body, put the pieces in a bag and hid it under the bed then?

Its just that half of what is being said in this thread cant be digested by my small brain. I mean i thought I was a lunatic, but it seems that there are supermen batmen and spidermen are in the forum..ill be gone now.

BigPaulie

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ian7777

still chatting wham? Jog along, Hulk. 

You’ve got avengers in the morning, lol enough now. 

BigPaulie

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bertie

BigPaulie said:

I'm seriously tempted to pull the trigger on the Vintage 1 D SR at Project Music for £1499. That seems like a great price! Theirs have "vintage hand brushed" finish.

But I'd rather see and play the guitar in person...

drive to Exeter............but take a detour off M5 at J14 and convince yourself you need an OM on the way   

it'll save you 200 miles to boot