Blueridge BR-163 Historic Series 000 Guitar

Presenting the BR-163 Historic Series OOO Acoustic Guitar by Blueridge

The Historic Series offers authentic style, paying close attention to the details of the most sought after pre-war instruments. The BR-163, built in the comfortable 000-sized body makes not only a truly enjoyable guitar to play, but the ultimate finger picking guitar in its price range. Crafted with a select solid spruce top, hand-carved x-bracing, choice solid rosewood back and sides, with herringbone top trim and a traditional dovetail neck joint.

Traditional Look Distinctive Design Body Wood Selections

After WWII tone woods like Adirondack and high-end Brazilian rosewoods were no longer available to use for the production of acoustic guitars. Over-forestation and other factors encouraged guitar makers to find more abundant tonewoods that would perform just as well. In this series we use Sitka spruce for the top to impart an already aged sound that has made it the most popular top wood used to date by any maker. For the backs and sides, Indian rosewood was selected to replace South American varieties and more readily available species of mahogany were also substituted.

Fingerboards and Fittings

In more modern acoustic guitars made by the best, traditional American makers, Indian rosewood is the most common fingerboard and bridge material used. Its characteristics are perfect for use in these applications because it is very durable, looks great and adds to the desirable, yet complex tone of any instrument.

Construction

It goes without saying that traditional construction techniques used in the making of vintage instruments during the Golden Era of instrument production continue to stand the test of time. Therefore, Blueridge holds fast to traditional construction methods and incorporates the sought-after forward shifted X-brace pattern for the top. Conversely, this series also uses the more modern nut width of 111 ⁄16 ˝ for easier fingering for modern players.

The Details

With every Blueridge guitar, what makes each of them special is found in the details. In this series, we also combine rosewood backs and sides with traditional white binding and delicate herringbone or exotic abalone purfling, while the guitars with mahogany backs and sides will have Black ABS binding. The signature Dalmatian tortoise pickguard is also used for that look of distinction.

Attention to Detail Blueridge Historic Series Traditional American-inspired design assures that vintage tone!

The classic vintage style and modern improvements in playability and construction of the Blueridge guitars that make up the Historic Series have all the traditional features usually found on pricey vintage guitars, but at an amazingly affordable price! Taking cues from guitars produced in the years after WWII to present, the Historic Series combines more readily available tone woods from Canada for an already broken-in, vintage flavored tone. The slim, fast-playing necks and easy action makes these guitars truly professional-quality instruments—although they are priced within the reach of students and amateurs! Elegant pearl and abalone inlay on peghead, fingerboard and all borders characterizes our top models as well as the finest solid East Indian rosewood and solid Sitka Spruce. All tops are carefully braced with the same forward-X bracing found on costly Prewar Originals and the tone of our new guitars greatly resembles those old masterpieces. Our mid-line features traditional herringbone binding on top and back strip and delicate, tasteful pearl inlay on fingerboard and peghead. The mahogany series is noted for its power and clarity, making these guitars equally suited for lead and rhythm playing. Every Historic Series guitar features a slim mahogany neck with an adjustable truss rod to maintain perfect alignment.

Key Features

• Select solid Sitka spruce top with hand-carved parabolic top braces in authentic Pre-war forward X-pattern
• solid, Select Indian rosewood back and sides
• Delicate herringbone top inlay and back center stripe
• White binding
• 000 body style with a 14th-fret body joint
• Dovetail neck joint
• Slim mahogany neck has adjustable truss rod and 1 11/16 inch nut width
• Scale length of 25.6 inch (650 mm)
• rosewood bridge
• Maple bridge plate
• rosewood peghead overlay adorned with a unique M-O-P and Abalone design
• Saga's exclusive Dalmatian style pickguard
• Natural high-gloss finish with aging toner for perfect Vintage look
• Accurate Vintage-style 14:1 ratio nickel-plated open-back tuners with butterbean-style buttons
• Shop Adjusted