Solid Sitka spruce top with scalloped braces gives you clean articulation and a crisp tone
Santos rosewood back and sides for rich, well balanced sound and projection
Slim mahogany neck offers fast, easy action and inherently long-lasting stability
Choice East Indian rosewood fingerboard ensures silky smooth playability
Fishman Presys Plus pickup system with on-board tuner sounds great, whether in your garage or on stage
Carrion C-1504 hardshell case included for maximum protection
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Technical Details

Product Details

Product Dimensions

Package Dimensions
Width : 20 inch
Height : 8 inch
Length : 46 inch

Item Weight: 12 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping Weight: 17 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

ASIN : B00GVE4FOG

Product Description

Presenting the BR-73CE Contemporary Series Cutaway Electric OOO Acoustic Guitar by Blueridge
Many players consider the 000 14-fret guitar to be the ideal body size. With its relatively wide lower bout and shallow depth it gives the most tone & volume in an easy-handling package. Blueridge Contemporary Series guitars feature tops of select, solid spruce with parabolic, forward x-bracing. A popular option is the cutaway model with on-board electronics by Fishman. Traditional Look Distinctive DesignBody Wood Selections
Solid Sitka spruce, one of the world’s strongest and most durable woods, is used for the tops of our Contemporary Series guitars. When combined with the prewar forward-X bracing pattern, the top has the perfect balance of strength and flexibility to promote the ideal tone. For the back and sides, you have a choice of select mahogany or nicely figured Santos rosewood. The entire guitar is finished in a high gloss natural shade that displays the beauty of the woods employed. Add to that, cutaway options, and our Contemporary Series has just the right guitar for any musical need! Fingerboards and Fittings
Every Contemporary Series guitar features a fingerboard and bridge of East Indian rosewood?chosen for its hardness and stability as well as its beauty. The standard models feature pearl position dots while the top models of the BR-70 series have hexagonal outlines of abalone pearl to complement the matching pearl inlaid border of the top and the central sound hole rosette ring. A traditional teardrop-shaped pickguard of black ABS is used on all models, and the mahogany models are bound in black ABS while the rosewood models feature white ABS binding. Vintage-style, open-back tuners with butterbean buttons are used on all models. These 14:1 ratio gears turn smoothly and easily and will give years of trouble-free service. They are heavily nickel-plated, with gold-plating used on the BR-70 series. Construction
Every feature of construction that has made the prewar instruments so great is used on these new Contemporary Series guitars. The dovetail neck/body joint is the strongest known and all interior blocks and braces are just big enough to combine sufficient strength with the least possible weight. The nut width of 1 11 ?16˝ is designed to please both acoustic and electric guitar players and the neck profile is small and properly shaped for the ultimate in playing ease and comfort. The Details
With the top being the single most important factor in the production of tone, the combination of a solid top with laminated back and sides offers a great sounding guitar that can be priced so affordably as to be within the means of virtually ANY guitarist?even the aspiring student. An added bonus is the crack-resistant nature of the laminated wood, which, though strong, is still thin enough to add resonance to the tone. Blueridge offers in these Contemporary Series guitars the perfect balance of tone, playability and affordability that has made us the true benchmark that all other makes strive to emulate. Blueridge guitars offer you the most value for less!Attention to DetailBlueridge Contemporary Series Unbelievable sound and build quality at an affordable price!
The Blueridge Contemporary Series offers guitarists instruments priced easily within the means of the serious student, but have all the features that the pro player demands. A solid top of close-grained spruce, braced with the time-honored forward-X bracing pattern, offers tone and volume that you won’t find anywhere else at such an affordable price! The slim, low-profile mahogany neck is designed for the modern player and the adjustable truss rod keeps the neck in perfect alignment at all times. The styling is tasteful and understated with delicate black and white lines of ornamental purfling on the standard models and the top model has a top border and sound hole rosette of genuine abalone pearl. Incorporating all the accepted construction methods that made the prewar guitars so great, these guitars sound fabulous right out of the box. With select models featuring Fishman electronics and a cutaway options, our Contemporary Series has just the right guitar for any musical need!
Key Features Select, solid Sitka spruce top with hand-carved parabolic braces in the authentic Pre-war forward X-pattern Choice Santos rosewood back, sides and peghead overlay Carved mahogany, low profile neck with dove-tail neck joint Natural high-gloss finish 000 cutaway body style with 14th-fret body joint East Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge Maple bridge plate Ornate M-O-P peghead inlay Intricate Abalone Pearl inlay on soundhole rosette, top and fingerboard Delicate wood marquetry center strip on back Bone nut and saddle Black pickguard Accurate vintage-style 14:1 ratio gold-plated open-back tuners with butterbean-style buttons Fishman Presys Plus pickup system Nut width: 1 11/16 inch Scale length: 25.6 inch (650 mm) Shop Adjusted