Reviews
We are honored to have the following musicians among our customers. Check out their web sites and hear what they have to say about Rockbridge Guitars:

MATTHEW ARCARA | Website
“My brazialian/adirondack Rockbridge is the perfect mix of bright and crisp with lots of chunk and thickness to the tone. It's continually the guitar I reach for and the tone I hear in my head. The Rockbridge guitars are all really balanced and consistent, with great fit and finish. Not to mention the builders are great people too."

- National Flatpicking Champion, Guitarist for Joy Kills Sorrow (photo, Matthew playing his Rockbridge during his winning performance at the 2006 National Flatpicking contest.)

DAN BLETZ | Website

- guitarist for the Biscuit Burners

 

ROLLY BROWN | Website
“My Rockbridge small jumbo, in mahogany and cedar, sounded like a vintage guitar on day one, and it just keeps getting better. In terms of workmanship, playability, and pure tone, Randall and Brian's guitars are hard to beat!”

- Former National Finger Style Guitar Champion

ROY CURRY | Website
"This is hands down the best new guitar I've ever been fortunate enough to own. I feel extremely lucky"

- Two time National Flatpicking Champion, guitarist for lone mountain band.

JESSE HARPER | Website

- Guitarist for Old School Freight Train

JIM HURST | Website
"I get to play music on some great instruments and I am fortunate to own a couple that make me sound as good as I can. I am now endorsing Rockbridge Guitars and I look forward to a long relationship with them. Great luthiers and great people, and let me tell you they are absolutely world class. I have never been more impressed with the sound, look, and feel of a guitar than these hand-made beauties from Virginia. As soon as I heard one of their guitars (from across a hotel lobby), I had to investigate and 5 months later I have one of my own to drool over. I am excited to be working with great new guitar builders, artists really, and a great new guitar (or two). Check them out, you'll be happy you did!"

- 2 time IBMA guitarist of the year.

STEVE KAUFMAN | Website
"The tone woods: curly Brazilian back and sides with a cedar top. The hands of these masters created an instrument of incredible strength, not only in its flawless design but also in its remarkable clarity, sensitivity, and freedom to express any type of music I want to play. A truly gifted duo making a truly awesome instrument"

- 3 time National Flatpicking Champion

LARRY KEEL | Website
"...I was fortunate enough to have the guys at Rockbridge Guitar offer to custom make me the guitar of my dreams. My Rockbridge Guitar is made exactly to my specs with the wood I've always wanted for a dreadnought guitar, high-grade Brazilian Rosewood, spectacularly booked with all the grains matching and mirroring each other all around the back and sides of the guitar. It's a true masterpiece that will prove itself to be one of the greatest guitars ever made. I was amazed with how full and clean it sounded when it was brand-spankin new. Now after just this little amount of time it's already putting out seasoned, rich tones and volume. I'm looking forward to a lifetime of growing with this guitar"

CODY KILBY | Website
"The craftsmanship of the Rockbridge Guitar is exceptional. Its flawless build and brilliant sound encase some of the finest tones to be heard in a new guitar today."

- National Flatpicking Champion, guitarist for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

JAMES LEVA | Website
"Randall Ray and Brian Calhoun are making beautiful guitars. They are beautiful to look at, beautiful to hear, and beautiful to play. I own one of the first half-dozen guitars that Randall made; it's a dreadnought with an Adirondack Spruce top and mahogany back and sides. The sound is tremendous and unique. My other guitars include a 1949 Gibson J-45 and a Bourgeois slope D. My Rockbridge guitar is right at home in that collection of great guitars.Randall and Brian are producing instruments that pickers will treasure or covet for years to come."

VUSI MAHLASELA | Website

- "He was a voice during the revolution, a voice of hope, like a Woody Giuthrie or Bob Dylan of South Africa, and he still is." - Dave Matthews

PETER McLAUGHLIN | Website

- National Flatpicking Champion

DAN MILLER | Website
"This is one of the best sounding new guitars I've ever played." (editor of "Flatpicking Magazine") talking about the Brazilian rosewood and red spruce dreadnaught.

 

 

KEITH SEWELL | Website

- Played his Rockbridge on Stage with the Dixie Chicks and the Sam Bush Band

GEOFF STELLING | Website
President Stelling Banjo Works, Ltd.
"When I first saw Brian's work on his Rockbridge guitars and mandolins, I was quite impressed. The workmanship on his instruments was impeccable. What really caught my attention was his inlay ideas. I have since used some of his original designs on a few of my up-scale banjo models like the Butterfly, the Old Woody, and the 30th anniversary model, the Viking. Brian does the designing and the inlaying. It is always creative and flawlessly done. Hopefully, Brian will be not only very successful in making his own instruments, but he will continue to add his special artistic touch to some of Stelling Banjo Works' finest instruments for years to come."

PEYTON TOCHTERMAN | Website

- Guitarist for High Society.

RHONDA VINCENT | Website
"Quality, beauty, and sound, all in one great guitar! Thanks Rockbridge for my OOO. It's the perfect size and shape for me!"

SAM WILSON | Website

- Guitarist for Sons of Bill