Blueridge BR-43 Contemporary
The BR-43 delivers super-traditional sound and feel with a modern look and low price. Even at this price point, these guitars are crafted with a solid spruce tops, hand-carved braces, mahogany backs and sides, and have a traditional dovetail neck joint usually found on more expensive instruments. It has beautiful pearl inlay work on the headstock and a 000-sized body and slim mahogany neck making it easy to play.
- Back and Side Material: Select Mahogany
- Back Inlay: Black
- Binding: Black ABS
- Body Type: 000
- Brace Material: Spruce
- Bridge & End Pins: Black ABS
- Bridge Material: Indian Rosewood
- Bridge Plate: Maple
- Fingerboard & Peghead Binding: None
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard Position Inlays: M-O-P Dots
- Finish: Natural High Gloss
- Headstock Style: Solid
- Heelcap: Black ABS
- Logo Inlay Style: M-O-P
- Neck Material: Select Mahogany
- Number of Frets Clear: 14
- Number of Frets Total: 20
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1 11/16″
- Peghead Overlay: Indian Rosewood
- Pickguard: Black
- Plating: Nickel
- Saddle: Bone
- Scale Length: 25.6″ (650mm)
- Side Inlay: None
- Soundhole Rosette: Traditional Multi-Ply ABS
- Top: Select Solid Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern: Pre-war-style Forward Shifted X-Bracing
- Top Purfling: Multi-ply W-B-W
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh Vintage-style / Open-back / Butterbean Buttons