Product Description

Presenting the BR-140 Historic Series Dreadnaught Acoustic Guitar by Blueridge Traditional bracing with solid mahogany back and sides give the BR-140 a pure vintage sound. This understated yet, perfect guitar is the right choice for any style of acoustic music. Fine black body binding along with black and white top purfling, accented by original design abalone and pearl inlay work on the headstock are all touches of fine art. Other features include all solid mahogany back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top to combine for a deep rich and pleasing tone. Guitars of this type are well noted for power and clarity, making them perfectly suited for lead and rhythm playing, too. The slim, fast-playing neck with an adjustable truss rod maintains perfect alignment and is factory setup with easy action. The BR-140 sounds great and is a real dream to play. Traditional Look Distinctive Design Body Wood Selection After WWII tone woods like Adirondack and high-end Brazilian rosewoods became less and less available to use for the production of acoustic guitars. Over-forestation and other factors encouraged guitar makers to find more abundantly available 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 that incorporate features like the legendary forward shifted X-brace pattern used for the top. Additionally, this series also uses the more modern nut width of 1 11 16 for easier fingering for modern players. The Details With every Blueridge guitar, what really makes each one of them special can be found in the details. In this series, we combine rosewood backs and sides with traditional white binding and delicate herringbone or exotic abalone purfling, while other 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 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 the present, the Historic Series combines more readily available tone woods from Canada for an already broken-in, vintage flavored tone.

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