I’ve been noticing a nice little trend in the acoustic guitar market that has been evolving for several years now. That is the creation of guitars specific to bluegrass and “back-porch pickin’”.
This year in particular I’ve seen three brands come to the forefront, Blueridge Guitars, Recording King, and Morgan Monroe.
One of my favorites is the “BLUERIDGE PREWAR SERIES “000″ GUITAR” from Saga Music.
Of course it’s one of their most expensive models; however, they make a variety of really cool acoustics based closely on Martin pre-war designs. (For you kids, “pre-war” means World War II).
http://www.sagamusic.com/catalog/products.asp?CategoryID=2&FamilyID=2&BrandID=5
From Morgan Monroe, my favorite is more on the country blues side with the “Blues 32″:
http://www.morganmonroe.com/Blues-32_903bfcf888dc15d09654295.html
Another one is Recording King.
I dunno the name just resonates “Memphis Sun Studios” to me. Doesn’t have anything to do with that place - but it sure is a good name. Their abalone series piques my interest.
