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Hey Ya’ll Happy Monday!
So here’s the poll for this month. I want to know your thoughts and answers about these.
What’s your favorite?
And why do you like it?
I Can’t wait for Ya’lls Opinions!!! 
Feel free to ask me any questions, ( I’m not Chicken 
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God Bless ya’ll!
Chicken Wing,
I’ve never owned any of these, but here are my impressions based on the guitars that I’ve tried and what I like:
Bourgeois: I’ll be honest, every Bourgeois I’ve played was a good, or even a great guitar. I was particularly impressed by an Aged Tone mahogany Bourgeois that was probably the most “cutting” guitar I’ve played. I wouldn’t want that kind of sound in my main guitar all the time, however, and besides that one most Bourgeois haven’t jumped out to me as a particularly impressive-sounding guitar. I do think the Banjo Killers are very cool guitars, if only because of Bryan.
Collings: I think they are the most consistent of these brands. Every Collings I’ve played felt and sounded great, and remarkably consistent. From the first time I played one, I thought they were awesome, but I don’t think I would like to own one as my main guitar. I just can’t see myself spending that much on a guitar that has thousands of others that look and sound extremely close to it. I do love the vibe of Jake Workman’s satin D2HAT and Julian Lage’s OM.
Martin: Probably my favorite of these brands, if only for “cool factor” (as @Mason_Crone describes it). Lots of my favorite artists played Martins (including, but not limited to: Tony Rice, Bryan Sutton, Kenny Smith, Julian Lage, Joshua Lee Turner, Eric Johnson, Dan Fogelberg, Jim Croce, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, and many more guitarists from the folk era). Of course, if prewar Martins count, then they are definitely the best guitars I’ve ever heard/played. I can’t say Martins are overall the most consistent guitars, and I have played some old and new Martins that I wasn’t impressed with. However, I most of all like guitars with character, and I think a lot of Martins are just that (even the ones that aren’t the $150,000 kind). As Kenny Smith puts it, it’s like finding “your sound”. I’d love to play on some '50s Martins sometime soon.
What guitar do you own?
It’s always heartwarming when a phrase I penned starts catching on.
It’s an Eastman E6D (2019) from the General Store. Easily my favorite sub-1K guitar I’ve ever played, and that includes guitars of the same model… I also prefer it over many botique guitars I’ve played. It’s a good one.
Cool! Eastman’s “ED” Are some of my Favs!
I’ve even considering buying an Eastman in the future.
No Gallagher on the poll??? Just kidding, I understand-there’s tons of brands and thay can’t all make it on the list 
When I was looking for a new guitar I played a few Martins (D28 HD28 D18 etc), an Eastman E20D TC, Taylor… The HD28 and the E20d were actully pretty comparable in my opinion… but I’m not very experienced, so with some it was hard to tell the difference. But I can say I’m quite happy with the Gallagher G-70 I got from BBGS (yeah, I ended up ordering a guitar form a brand I never tried). But I think it beats all the guitars I played. But obviously at a certain point it comes down to personal preference. That’s my two cents worth. If I picked one on the list it would probably be Martin.
-Jonathan
Martin guitars have been my top choice for the longest time. Even though my current new and favorite guitar is a handbuilt Randy Wood, I’m still really partial to Martins. I think you can’t beat the old ones, and some of their newer Custom Shop models (like my D-18 Sinker) are incredible and very consistent too. I know Collings is definitely a top brand in bluegrass these days, but I think you might be paying for the name on the price tag too. Just my thoughts. I don’t own a Collings, Bourgeois, or Edmonds though so I suppose I’m biased.
@Flatpickin_Libby I’m very biased when it comes to guitars!! 
And food!
I agree!! especially when it comes to those big brands!
what guitar do you own? 
Yep, sitka over mahogany.
2018 Sinker mahogany Martin D-18
1968 Brazilian rosewood Martin D-28
2024 custom D-18 style Randy Wood
@Chicken_Wing, never heard of these except for Martin. Maybe I will upgrade to something like Martin someday, but until then these are beyond folks like me (I do believe I have company here! ).
@Flatpickin_Libby Ooh! good choices. I actually got to try my friends 2016 standard D18. It was awesome!
@JohnM There beyond me too! 
I just like to ask questions about stuff I can’t afford!
OOH!!! I always wanted to find guitars that are like martin but are affordable to the common man.
That’s bad. I play for fun, so I’m just waiting until I get to level to justify playing high end guitars. But you guys are coming up and playing well, so I hope you manage to afford one soon to accomplish what you want to do in music!
Questions and responses are great though to learn a bit more on how each brand stand apart from the other! 
Yes! that’s how we learn!