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woodruff wrote:

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real thick tone.
sweet.
bass notes really shine.

Thanks Woody.....

Yes, very heavy. I had an older and pretty sweet sounding Martin D-35 at my house to install a pickup in for a friend several months ago. With new strings on the Martin, my Blueridge still sounded pretty darn good by comparison. Unfortunately I had lousy equipment for recording at that time and didn't make a demo clip of the 2 . Maybe I'll borrow Jim's D again sometime. Would love to stack it up against my Performer PSD-28 for the fun of it as well.....

woodruff wrote:

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i would reall like to hear that test.
i had an old D-35 for mover 10 years.
Those babies growl.
way better than it's more popular D-28, imho.

Agreed generally. I've found that the D-35 always seems to have lots of growl (thinner top maybe?) in old and new models I've played. D and HD-28's can fluctuate more IMO. I've played really good (lively) and sort of tame ones. As they say with Martins, try to play what you're buying first. Of course that's a good rule for any guitar but often not an option, especially on the harder to find imports.

Ranger1964 wrote:

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Wow! Everytime I play or hear a Blueridge I'm blown away, but alas, that thin neck is not for me.

Well Roy....

When you start gassing for a Blueridge just remember that they make a BR-140A2 and 160A2 that have a 1-3/4 nut. Maybe you can trade one of your Taylors in on one.........