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Blueridge BR-160 Historic Series Dreadnought Guitar
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Brand | Blueridge Guitars |
Color | Yellow |
Top Material Type | Spruce Wood |
Body Material | spruce;East India Rosewood |
Back Material Type | Rosewood |
Neck Material Type | Mahogany |
Fretboard Material Type | Rosewood |
String Material Type | Phosphor Bronze |
Hand Orientation | Right |
Guitar Bridge System | Rosewood |
About this item
- Solid Sitka spruce top with scalloped braces gives you clean articulation and a crisp tone
- Solid Indian rosewood back and sides guarantees deep bass and strong cutting power
- Slim mahogany neck offers fast, easy action and inherently long-lasting stability
- Choice East Indian rosewood fingerboard ensures silky smooth playability
- Distinctive tortoise style pickguard recreates that 30's vintage look
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hand orientation | Right | Right | Right | Right | Right | Right |
number of strings | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
fretboard material | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood |
back material | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood | Mahogany | Mahogany |
top material | Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood | Spruce Wood |
string material | Phosphor Bronze | Phosphor Bronze | Phosphor Bronze | Phosphor Bronze | Phosphor Bronze | Phosphor Bronze |
body material | spruce;East India Rosewood | Mahogany | Wood | Wood | Wood | Sitka-Spruce;Mahogany |
neck material | Mahogany | Nato Wood | Mahogany | Mahogany | Mahogany | Mahogany |
guitar bridge system | Rosewood | Fixed | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood | Rosewood |
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Product information
Item Weight | 4 pounds |
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Product Dimensions | 40 x 16 x 5 inches |
Country of Origin | China |
ASIN | B001NLHOCC |
Item model number | BR-160 |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #24,225 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments) #73 in Steel-String Acoustic Guitars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | July 10, 2007 |
Back Material | Rosewood |
Body Material | spruce;East India Rosewood |
Color Name | Yellow |
Fretboard Material | Rosewood |
Scale Length | 25 5/8" |
String Material | Phosphor Bronze |
Top Material | Spruce Wood |
Neck Material Type | Mahogany |
Number of Strings | 6 |
Guitar Bridge System | Rosewood |
Size | Dreadnaught Sitka |
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Product Description
This prewar inspired Herringbone dreadnought has it all. The BR-160's great sound and great looks are just part of what will make it one of the more desirable vintage style acoustic guitars in production today. It starts with a solid Sitka spruce top and handcarved parabolic top braces that respect the prewar forward x-pattern. Indian rosewood back and sides add a strong bass to the spruce top's already full sound. The slim mahogany neck is comfortable and features a dovetail neck joint and adjustable truss rod. Beautiful appointments include a Dalmatian tortoise style pickguard and mother-of-pearl neck and headstock inlays.
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This prewar inspired Herringbone dreadnought has it all!
This prewar inspired Herringbone dreadnought has it all. The BR-160's great sound and great looks are just part of what will make it one of the more desirable vintage style acoustic guitars in production today. It starts with a solid Sitka spruce top and handcarved parabolic top braces that respect the prewar forward x-pattern. Santos rosewood back and sides add a strong bass to the spruce top's already full sound. The slim mahogany neck is comfortable and features a dovetail neck joint and adjustable truss rod. Beautiful appointments include a Dalmatian tortoise style pickguard and mother-of-pearl neck and headstock inlays.
Quick Specs
- Top: Select Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides: Select Solid Santos Rosewood
- Finish: Vintage Toned High Gloss
- Neck: Select Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Santos Rosewood
- Nut Width: 1 11/16"
At a Glance
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Solid Sitka spruce top with scalloped braces gives you clean articulation and a crisp tone |
Solid Santos rosewood back and sides guarantees deep bass and strong cutting power |
Slim mahogany neck offers fast, easy action and inherently long-lasting stability and Gotoh vintage-style open-back butterbean buttons to always keep you in tune |
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 present, the Historic Series combines more readily available tone woods from Canada for an already broken-in, vintage flavored tone. The slim, fast-playing necks and easy action makes these guitars truly professional-quality instruments—although they are priced within the reach of students and amateurs! Elegant pearl and abalone inlay on peghead, fingerboard and all borders characterizes our top models as well as the finest solid East Indian rosewood and solid Sitka Spruce. All tops are carefully braced with the same forward-X bracing found on costly Prewar Originals and the tone of our new guitars greatly resembles those old masterpieces. Our mid-line features traditional herringbone binding on top and back strip and delicate, tasteful pearl inlay on fingerboard and peghead. The mahogany series is noted for its power and clarity, making these guitars equally suited for lead and rhythm playing. Every Historic Series guitar features a slim mahogany neck with an adjustable truss rod to maintain perfect alignment.
Body Wood Selections
After WWII tone woods like Adirondack and high-end Brazilian rosewoods were no longer available to use for the production of acoustic guitars. Over-forestation and other factors encouraged guitar makers to find more abundant 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, Santos rosewood was selected to replace South American varieties and more readily available species of mahogany were also substituted.
In more modern acoustic guitars made by the best, traditional American makers, Santos 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.
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 and incorporates the sought-after forward shifted X-brace pattern for the top. Conversely, this series also uses the more modern nut width of 1 11/16” for easier fingering for modern players.
With every Blueridge guitar, what makes each of them special is found in the details. In this series, we also combine rosewood backs and sides with traditional white binding and delicate herringbone or exotic abalone purfling, while 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.
NOW EVERY HISTORIC SERIES BLUERIDGE GUITAR COMES WITH IT'S OWN SPECIALLY DESIGNED BLUERIDGE PRO TOUR BV-1012 DELUXE DREADNAUGHT GUITAR GIG BAG!!
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Customers like the quality and sound of the guitar. They mention that it's a superb guitar made from top quality tone woods, and has excellent craftsmanship for the price. Customers also appreciate the rich overtones and the sounding board is light and active.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the guitar. They mention that it's a superb instrument made from top quality tone woods, with excellent craftsmanship for the price. It has an amazing tone and sustain, and is one of the best they have ever heard. The solid Indian Rosewood and Spruce top are beautiful, and the sound is amazing. The gig bag is a work of art, and it has a nice hard case.
"...The first guitar sounded awesome, very open, deep bass, crisp and loud! It has a wide grain spruce top with some heavy silking in the center...." Read more
"...This gig bag is a work of art. Anyway, to the guitar. The spruce top has a tinted finish to it that is fantastic...." Read more
"...Nice and bright. It is not a D-28." Read more
"It’s a fine musical instrument and an awesome value for the sound and quality that you get...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the sound of the guitar. They mention that it has a very nice finish, sounds great, and is consistent. The sounding board is light and active, giving it a nice resonance and transmitting harmonics. Customers also appreciate the rich overtones.
"...The first guitar sounded awesome, very open, deep bass, crisp and loud! It has a wide grain spruce top with some heavy silking in the center...." Read more
"...It is a wonderfully balanced and classic acoustic sound that will probably match the one you've been carrying around in your head...." Read more
"...The sounding board is light and active; it gives nice resonance and transmits harmonics to the other strings..." Read more
"...This guitar has an amazing tone and sustain, one of the best I ever heard.Beautiful solid Indian Rosewood and Spruce top." Read more
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We have two BR-160's and both are fantastic guitars. I originally intended just to purchase one, and decided to have a replacement sent, because of a small issue with the fingerboard. The first guitar sounded awesome, very open, deep bass, crisp and loud! It has a wide grain spruce top with some heavy silking in the center. The fretboard and bridge were also very dark, almost like ebony. The second one sent was even nicer looking! The top is VERY tightly grained with heavy silking over the whole top (FWIW, the fingerboard is a more traditional shade). While the second sounded very nice as well, I preferred the first by a slight margin. I have a luthier across the street, so walked over and showed him the first guitar, and the issue I was concerned about. He told me not to worry about it, and agreed that it would be ok to keep the one I liked best. Decision made. Before shipping back the second, I showed it to my wife one more time, because it has such an amazing silked top, and she said she wanted to keep it for herself!
Anyway, we now have two! Both sound great, the one with the wide grain is a bit louder, crisper, deeper bass, and a great tone. The tight grained top 160 also sounds very nice, with good volume, nice articulation and rich overtones. They are both strung with D'addario EJ-16's, the wide top now has ebony pins (Martin) and the tight topped one has bone pins. Its interesting to have two of the same model to compare! Both guitars have a very nice finish and sound great, very consistent. I also was able to spend some time with a BR-180 and was prepared to buy it if it sounded better, but with that particular guitar, at least, I preferred the tone from the 160.
OTHER GUITARS FOR COMPARISON:I sold my Martin DX1AE, that I bought in February; I greatly prefer the Blueridge! We also have a Yamaha FG700 (wife's prior guitar), which is great for what we paid, but the tone, volume and beauty are not nearly as nice as either of 160's! I've spent time at guitar center with the D35s and D28s. Though I'll surely still own one of them one day, (craftsmanship is just so nice) , the Blueridge guitars hold up pretty well tone wise, and are put together well. I also briefly considered the Epiphone Masterbilt 500MCE, but it didn't do it for me.
The Blueridge BR-160s are great guitars! I recommend them!
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2014
We have two BR-160's and both are fantastic guitars. I originally intended just to purchase one, and decided to have a replacement sent, because of a small issue with the fingerboard. The first guitar sounded awesome, very open, deep bass, crisp and loud! It has a wide grain spruce top with some heavy silking in the center. The fretboard and bridge were also very dark, almost like ebony. The second one sent was even nicer looking! The top is VERY tightly grained with heavy silking over the whole top (FWIW, the fingerboard is a more traditional shade). While the second sounded very nice as well, I preferred the first by a slight margin. I have a luthier across the street, so walked over and showed him the first guitar, and the issue I was concerned about. He told me not to worry about it, and agreed that it would be ok to keep the one I liked best. Decision made. Before shipping back the second, I showed it to my wife one more time, because it has such an amazing silked top, and she said she wanted to keep it for herself!
Anyway, we now have two! Both sound great, the one with the wide grain is a bit louder, crisper, deeper bass, and a great tone. The tight grained top 160 also sounds very nice, with good volume, nice articulation and rich overtones. They are both strung with D'addario EJ-16's, the wide top now has ebony pins (Martin) and the tight topped one has bone pins. Its interesting to have two of the same model to compare! Both guitars have a very nice finish and sound great, very consistent. I also was able to spend some time with a BR-180 and was prepared to buy it if it sounded better, but with that particular guitar, at least, I preferred the tone from the 160.
OTHER GUITARS FOR COMPARISON:I sold my Martin DX1AE, that I bought in February; I greatly prefer the Blueridge! We also have a Yamaha FG700 (wife's prior guitar), which is great for what we paid, but the tone, volume and beauty are not nearly as nice as either of 160's! I've spent time at guitar center with the D35s and D28s. Though I'll surely still own one of them one day, (craftsmanship is just so nice) , the Blueridge guitars hold up pretty well tone wise, and are put together well. I also briefly considered the Epiphone Masterbilt 500MCE, but it didn't do it for me.
The Blueridge BR-160s are great guitars! I recommend them!
I would strongly suggest trying to buy one of these from a local shop. Why support big tech when your buddy down the street with a shop could use your business? Also, if you can afford it, buy a brand not made in China. Ethnic and religious persicution and slave labor is not acceptable.
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2021
I would strongly suggest trying to buy one of these from a local shop. Why support big tech when your buddy down the street with a shop could use your business? Also, if you can afford it, buy a brand not made in China. Ethnic and religious persicution and slave labor is not acceptable.
-awesome bass from the rosewood back and sides
-forward x bracing lets the top sing--this dreadnought is a real cannon! harmonics seem to vibrate much longer, hammer-ons and pull-offs are easier. really in love with the sound...
-poor man's Martin--i got mine for $600
Stock setup was fine, no buzzing and low/medium action. The no-name open-back tuners look vintage and do their job--nothing special here.
However, there are some things that I didn't care for:
-neck feels too thin! it's a D-shape that's shallower than my Mexican Strat and Big Baby Taylor, but combined with the nut width and string spacing, everything feels a bit cramped. if possible, sample this guitar in a store first before buying.
-the aesthetics: 'vintage' finish is too orange and looks like a fake tan. headstock inlay is way over the top. dalmatian pickguard seems tacky compared to the standard black/tortoise.
Try the Silver Creek D-170 instead if these issues might be important to you. Because it doesn't have the fancy headstock and fretboard work, it's much cheaper ($250 now) and has the same deep rosewood sound. I have the T-170 (000 body version), and the neck is much more playable because it isn't as cramped. I suspect the D-170 will have the same neck and be just as playable.
If you don't mind these issues/features of the BR-160, then this is a stupendously good sounding guitar for the money.
This guitar has an amazing tone and sustain, one of the best I ever heard.
Beautiful solid Indian Rosewood and Spruce top.