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wartzy

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wartzy Newbie

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To all you guru's out there....I have decided to go with a Blueridge BR160 series or the Breedlove AD25....For the money, they sound like awesome guitars....can anyone add to why I might decide for one over the other....Much Appreciated!!

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Buck62 Newbie

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I've never played a Blueridge guitar, but I recently bought a Breedlove AC25/SR Plus. This guitar looks, feels and sounds like it was made by God himself. I haven't seen anything out there that even comes close for the money.

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If you have any opportunity to play either/both before buying, I'd strongly suggest doing so.

 

If you want the electronics, I'd say go Breedlove. Otherwise - and bear in mind this is merely the personal leaning of only one guy with no physical exposure to Blueridge - I'd definitely take a look at Blueridge. You may want to take a look at the reviews for the BR-160 in HC. Solid raves. There are some spec differences as well. The Breedlove has laminate sides while the BR-160 is all solid wood, & the bracing on the BR-160 is scalloped.... If you go to the Folk of the Wood website - I do NOT recommend buying from them - you can hear several sound demos of the BR-180, which I've been told is strikingly similar to the BR-160, with the differences being largely relegated to appointments.

 

I've played a few of the Atlas Series Breedloves and they didn't do anything for me, but these guitars are widely loved and praised by many players, including a previous poster in this thread, so I wouldn't weigh my opinion on them too heavily. I'm also terribly biased at the moment because I'm very, very close to deciding to purchase a BR-180 or BR-183 myself...

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Originally posted by wartzy

To all you guru's out there....I have decided to go with a Blueridge BR160 series or the Breedlove AD25....For the money, they sound like awesome guitars....can anyone add to why I might decide for one over the other....Much Appreciated!!

 

 

 

 

 

I am all for the Blueridge 160. I was guitar shopping for next month and I played Taylors and Martins,all in the $500-$750 price range,and a guy walked in one store I was in and he had a Blueridge 160,which were not at these stores. I WAS IMPRESSED!

If you ever wanted a Martin D-28,but never had the money,this is your guitar. The Breedloves might be good ,I never played one,but this guitar sounded better then the $750 Martins,and it's better built.

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black blade Newbie

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The Breedlove Atlas series is hit and miss.

I own a AD 20/SM and it's wonderful.

Very rich and warm sounding with a big bottom.

For the price it's outstanding. But I had to play 3 of them before I found one I liked.

Some just have setup issues. Some worse.

But all in all if you find a good one they're a great value.

I've heard good things about the AD25 series.

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guit30 Newbie

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Blueridge Br-160

This is one of the nicest guitars in that price rangs that you will ever find, nice looking too,

Bone saddle and nut, sounds more like a Taylor than a Martin

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My friend, go with the Breedlove.

 

Don't know much about Blueridge guitars, so I'm not putting them down, all I can comment on is what I know, and I KNOW the Breedloves are terrific!

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J. Newbie

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I've played a couple of the newer import Breedloves and to be perfectly honest I was disappointed. There was nothing wrong with them, but I had really high expectations and it was kind of a letdown. They seemed to be built well enough, but they didn't impress me any more than the other imports in that price range. Average sound, average playability.

 

I loved the BR-160 I played though. It was in crap condition and actually had a couple cracks in the top, one of which you could slide a heavy guitar pick through without trouble. Despite this it sounded great. Lots of projection and volume yet balanced across the range.

 

My vote is for the Blueridge.

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