Eastman, with qualifiers
I have great affection for both of my maple/englemann Eastmans, an AC608ce GC and an AJ816ce jumbo - big/little brother siblings in appearance and sonically, but love my BR-361 Blueridge parlor with equal fervor. That little box has the most wonderfully complex and musical tone I could imagine. Very much in the "Goodall" vein. It is a great fingerpicker. The Eastmans are superior all-around instruments IMHO, though. Construction quality is impeccable on all three.
(Thanks to patticake for the suggestion to use silk & steel strings to refine the tone on "brash" parlors!)
Unfortunately, I have no experience with Recording King instruments, but will remedy that some day.
Last edited by CheeseheadSteve; 01-03-2012 at 09:34 PM.
Reason: Add Recording King to comment.
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