Hello AGF.
My name is Johan, and I've decided to visit Czech this august to purchase my very own Furch guitar. I'd love to hear your experiences with these guitars (Lowden gold series/Stonebridge/Furch and whatever guitars they've produced so far).
At my local guitarpusher I was warned that I would be stupid to buy a Furch instead of the Taylor guitars they had for sale. His sales argument was that when it became winter, a lot of guitars became damaged due to temperature differences and that Taylors bracings were enhanced so that this couldn't happen with their guitars.
I tried playing some of the Taylor guitars, but the ones in my price range (everything under 300 series) and I wasn't completely wow'ed, like I was the first time I tried a Furch vintage guitar. Has anyone else had the experience that their Furch guitars bracings just weren't strong enough due to poor design, or was that just his way of getting me to buy one of their guitars?
My plan is to visit Brno for a days visit, see their factory and try all their models in the showroom/store, and pretty much just play untill I found the one. I've mailed them for a pricelist, but are yet to receive one. Have anyone on the AGF forum made the trip to the factory, and seen their store? I'd love if you could tell me of your experiences in this topic, or even better mail me some pictures (if you have any) of the place.
Just to get you guys drooling, I've already chosen 2 models that I'll try out first :
Nr. 1 :
http://furch.cz/?stranka=instrument&...t=22-blackline
nr. 2 :
http://furch.cz/?stranka=instrument&instrument=23-sf
Thanks for the help,
Kind regards - Johan Andersen, Denmark.