Anyone know anything about these?

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat May 22, 2010 5:40 pm

Furch guitars - sold as Stonebridge in the UK.

They look pretty sweet but I was just seeing if you guys have heard anything about them.

I've been looking at this:

spec:

http://www.furch.cz/eng/furchdurango/radaa17.php

It looks tasty and I will be able to get it soon, but before I make a trip to one of the very few dealers that sell them, I wanted to know if any of you had any experience with them.

Cheers
Gabe

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Sat May 22, 2010 6:08 pm

that looks really attractive. it reminds me of a gibson es-150

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:10 pm

Its lovely isn't it? It grows on you as well when i first saw it I wasn't too impressed but now I think its gorgeous.

It will be mine

haha

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:22 pm

wow, I like it. Quite expensive but the specs seem to justify the price.

I like the black pickup on the light wood. Really looks good.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:23 pm

I think it looks terrible, like linoleum or something. That's natural finishes in general though, specific ones seem to either really appeal or disgust pretty much arbitrarily.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat May 22, 2010 9:19 pm

it looks wank to me.

just my opinion....if it floats your boat and finds your lost remote then power to you. I bet it sounds and plays fantastic.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat May 22, 2010 10:12 pm

Nick wrote:it looks wank to me.

This is why i love the forums after all these years. Gotta lol, the blunt sincerity is only rivaled on a building site.

As for my opinion, it looks okay for that kind of thing. I bet it plays like a dream. Keep us up to date when you get it.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sun May 23, 2010 8:07 pm

Just saw I could get a Peerless Monarch for around the same price. Does anyone have any experience with peerless guitars?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun May 23, 2010 8:27 pm

mrperson wrote:Just saw I could get a Peerless Monarch for around the same price. Does anyone have any experience with peerless guitars?

Progrockabuse.
I played his Peerless Casino model briefly and it was flawless, excellent quality.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun May 23, 2010 8:28 pm

Stonebridge guitars are really good, well made and sound very nice indeed - I have tried a couple of lefty acoustics.
In fact my Dad ordered one about 18 months ago, and it took 3 months from order to it getting to the UK (which was that they said so no delay or anything, but they didn't have any lefties in stock).
Unfortunately, the neck was snapped in transit (how these things happen escapes me), so he never got it and went for something else in the end.
I thought that they were better than equivalently priced Taylors and Martins.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:18 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:I think it looks terrible, like linoleum or something.

haha, my first thought was that horrible laminate flooring everyone had circa 1998.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:19 pm

We had that stuff in our living room in first year. It ended up bubbled and purple because of the puddles of Buckfast.

mongoose69 · Post by **mongoose69** » Mon May 24, 2010 5:46 pm

DanHeron wrote:wow, I like it. Quite expensive but the specs seem to justify the price.

I like the black pickup on the light wood. Really looks good.

Like how expensive are we talking here? It really is a relative thing, after all!

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Mon May 24, 2010 5:53 pm

mongoose69 wrote:
DanHeron wrote:wow, I like it. Quite expensive but the specs seem to justify the price.

I like the black pickup on the light wood. Really looks good.
Like how expensive are we talking here? It really is a relative thing, after all!

I can only find it on one UK site, listed for Â£849.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon May 24, 2010 7:53 pm

DanHeron wrote:
mongoose69 wrote:
DanHeron wrote:wow, I like it. Quite expensive but the specs seem to justify the price.

I like the black pickup on the light wood. Really looks good.
Like how expensive are we talking here? It really is a relative thing, after all!
I can only find it on one UK site, listed for Â£849.

I found it on two sites one for Â£850 (rattle and drum) and another for Â£950 (richard's guitars).