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Product Description

THE GUITAR IS A DISPLAY MODEL AND HAS 2 SMALL DINGS TO THE TOP. Blueridge Contemporary series BR-40 dreadnought acoustic guitar. The guitar features a solid sitka spruce top with 5 ply mahogany back and sides, Carved Mahogany, low profile neck with Mother-of-pearl dot position markers complete with rosewood fingerboard and bridge and a bone nut and saddle. This creates a well defined full tone with bags of warmth from the mahogany body ideal for fingerpicking. The guitar has vintage Kluson style tuners.
Blueridge acoustic guitars are superb looking quality sounding instruments at a fraction of the cost of an American instrument. Do yourself a massive favour try one. Whenever we visit The Worlds two largest music shows Los Angeles and Frankfurt the most interesting and busy stand is Blueridge where most of the guitarists seem to hang out.
The Contemporary range offers great value for money with original forward x bracing, solid sitka spruce tops and carved mahogany low profile necks.

Specification
One of the best selling models in the Blueridge range, this dreadnought model from the Contemporary range has a solid Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides. Guitar Buyer Magazine gave this guitar a healthy 4/5 and said "The BR-40D model plays great straight out of the case". Total Guitar also awarded 4/5 and said "This is the kind of guitar beginners would go ape for, and more experienced players will enjoy its many charms too".

The BR-40 Blueridge guitar is certainly the workhorse of the Blueridge Contemporary line. Every detail makes for easy playability & a big, powerful tone. Features like a solid Sitka spruce top, mahogany back, sides, and peghead overlay. Gorgeous accoutrements like 5-ply body binding, mother-of-pearl inlays, and nickel-plated Kluson-style tuners. Authentic pre-war bracing ensures tone and volume just like the finest vintage guitars.
Select, solid Sitka spruce top with hand-carved parabolic braces in the authentic prewar forward X-pattern
Mahogany back and sides
Natural high-gloss finish
Black 5-ply body binding (B/W/B/W/B)
Carved Mahogany, low profile neck with Mother-of-pearl dot position markers
East Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge
Dovetail neck/body joint
Ornate mother-of-pearl peghead inlay
Bone nut and saddle
Black pickguard
Accurate vintage-style 14:1 ratio nickel-plated open-back tuners with butterbean-style buttons
Nut width: 1 11/16"
Scale length: 25.5"