The BR-40 Blueridge guitar is certainly the workhorse of the Blueridge Contemporary line. Every detail makes for easy playability and a big, powerful tone. Features like a select solid Sitka spruce top, mahogany back, sides, neck and rosewood fingerboard and peghead overlay combined with a host of other gorgeous accouterments like multi-ply body binding, M-O-P inlays, and nickel-plated Kluson style tuners really make this a professional-level guitar at an extremely affordable price. Authentic prewar bracing ensures tone and volume just like the finest guitars.
Top: Solid Sitka spruce
Back & Sides: Mahogany
Neck: Carved mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood with mother-of-pearl dot position markers
Body Shape: Dreadnaught LH
Scale Length: 25.6˝ (650mm)
Binding: 5-ply top purfling (B/W/B/W/B) w/ black body binding
Neck/Body Joint: 14th fret
Nut Width: 1 11⁄16˝
Nut Material: Bone
Inlay: Mother-of-pearl
Hardware: Nickel-plated
Electronics: N/A
Finish: Natural high-gloss