Czech Republic-based manufacturer Furch Guitars has quietly worked its way to the top of the acoustic guitar game in the last couple of years, with a number of solid builds and game-changing designs that put the company in the same conversation as the greats.
One of the best of these recent top-shelf instruments is the appropriately-named Blue Master's Choice.
This Grand Auditorium-shaped acoustic features a Western red cedar soundboard, African mahogany back and sides, a walnut double ring rosette and artificial tortoise body binding.
Though all those distinct elements give the guitar a uniquely elegant appearance, the Blue Master's Choice really shines sonically, with Furch's proprietary soundboard voicing and an LR Baggs Stagepro Element system, complete with a side-mounted preamp and tuner.
When you put all that together, you get a luxurious acoustic packed with rich, resonant tone and a towering low end that will shine on stage or in the studio.
See our Tech Editor, Paul Riario, explore this guitar's inviting sonics and forward-thinking design in the demo above.
For more info on the Blue Master's Choice, point your browser on over to Furch.
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Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
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