Presenting the BR-43 Contemporary Series 000-size Acoustic Guitar by Blueridge! 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. Traditional Design Attention to Detail Body 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. and a cutaway options, 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 andstability 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 rosettering. A traditional teardrop-shaped pickguard of black ABS isused on all models, and the mahogany models are bound inblack 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-plate 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 andthe neck profile is small and properly shaped for the ultimate inplaying 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 laminatedback and sides offers a great sounding guitar that can be priced soaffordably 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 thinenough 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 allother makes strive to emulate. Blueridge guitars offer you themost value for less! Blueridge 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-patternMahogany back and sidesCarved Mahogany, low profile neck with, dove-tail neck jointNatural high-gloss finish000 body size with a 14th-fret body jointBlack multi-ply body binding (B/W/B/W/B)M-O-P dot position markersEast Indian Rosewood fingerboard and bridgeMaple bridge plateOrnate M-O-P peghead inlayBone nut and saddleBlack pickguardAccurate vintage-style 14:1 ratio nickel-plated open-back tuners with butterbean-style buttonsNut width: 1 11/16 inchScale length: 25.6 inch (650 mm)Shop Adjusted