DC-SR GREEN MASTER’S CHOICE

TESTED BY JIMMY LESLIE

FURCH (PRONOUNCED “FURK”) is a well-known European manufacturer that’s been making inroads into the stateside market since 2003. Last summer, the company made a major commitment by opening its own distribution and service center on American soil. So instead of arriving from the Czech Republic, as did the Red Plus OMc-SW reviewed in GP’s Holiday 2018 issue, the new Green Master’s Choice shipped from Tennessee with a First Edition U.S.A. emblem emblazoned inside. Furch uses seven color designations to differentiate the body styles and features in the solid-wood production models that make up the Master’s Choice line: Among them, red represents the top, blue is the most affordable, and green is in the middle. The Green Master’s Choice on review here indicates a dreadnought cutaway body with solid Sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides. Global features in the Green range include L.R. Baggs Stagepro Element electronics, unique soundboard voicing, a full-pore high-gloss finish and a sunburst option.