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Originally Posted by ChalkLitIScream
I did extensive playing comparing the models top to bottom, and I too came to the same conclusion. I have no experience with the vintage series (no interest) and only compared the coloured series.
I did a lot of playing with the Cedar and rosewood models (Yellow, Green, Red, Rainbow) but same conclusion. If you were a blind man or a person who didnt care about the visuals, I would always suggest getting the yellow series for a CR guitar. No significant difference between it, the orange or red series guitars. I actually expected the yellow and orange to sound similar, with a significant difference with the reds, given that they go extra voicing on the back as well.
Not so. it wasn't a difference that warranted almost 2x the price.
I will say that there is a difference between the blue CM and green CM models, and I would attribute that to the finish? Blues are all satin, greens all gloss.
Really wonderful instruments though.
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Thanks for your feedback. If we were to just look at Green and Yellow while including discontinued models, we'd have quite a selection of guitars:
Furch Green SR
Furch Green Plus SR = Furch 22 SR
Furch Green Master's Choice
Furch 23 SR (Can't find anything about it online, yet there are German shops offering it)
Furch 24 SR ~ Yellow/Orange
Furch 25 SR ~ Red/Red Plus
Yellow SR
Yellow Plus-SR
Out of all of those, I've only played the Furch Green SR as a Grand Auditorium with a Cutaway; this one I liked very much - felt great to play, strumming sounded a bit like I was playing a 12 string the way the higher notes were noticeable while still providing a great balance across the "spectrum".
The only Yellow I've played so far was a Grand Auditorium with a Cedar top, which I didn't like (the first time that happened to me with a Furch instrument). Its sound was "over the top": At first I thought that one of the strings was out of tune, but then I realized that the 5th string was so dominant, it was muddying up the whole sound. Maybe it was the Cedar top instead of Sitka or maybe it was just a dud, but I'd still be willing to try a SR Yellow if I could get my hands on one.