Presenting the BR-163A Historic Craftsman Series OOO Acoustic Guitar by Blueridge
This BR-163 000-sized guitar is packed with value – with a tone to challenge any similar guitar at four times the price. Genuine, Adirondack spruce for the forward X-braced top guarantees the best tone and volume, and the back and sides are of the finest solid rosewood. The slim, fully adjustable mahogany neck makes playing fast and easy and the delicate Herringbone top purfling adds a touch of class.


Body Wood Selection
The finest, solid Adirondack spruce is combined with either select, solid mahogany or choice solid East Indian rosewood of just the right thickness and density to provide consistent, excellent tone in every Blueridge guitar. The highest models feature a neck in one piece, solid mahogany selected for its stability as well as beauty. A super-strong, traditional dovetail neck/body joint is a feature of every model of Blueridge. With the finest selected tonewoods and careful construction techniques, each Blueridge guitar will provide musical enjoyment for generations.
Fingerboards and Fittings
The finest East Indian rosewood is used for fingerboards and bridges while select, solid ebony is reserved for the highest models, the BR-180A series. Tuning machines are vintage-style, open back models with Butterbean buttons, plated in either nickel or gold on the top models. These 14:1 ratio tuners turn easily and hold securely. They replicate the prewar original tuners but with much improved turning action, precision and longevity.
Construction
Prewar structural features are replicated throughout in every phase of these guitars’ construction. A small, maple bridge plate reinforces the underside of the top, and the spruce top bracing is scalloped to provide the perfect balance of strength and light weight to ensure the best tone and volume. The forward-X top bracing pattern has been the preferred method of top bracing for almost 100 years. It gives these brand-new guitars a true, vintage tone right out of the box.
The Details
All of the pearl inlay designs are rooted in the old traditions and executed with taste and skill. The distinctive Dalmatian tortoise teardrop-shaped pickguard is a Blueridge innovation – already widely copied by other makers. You’ll find small details like the carved neck volute on the back of the BR-180 series headstock that reflects the hand-craftsmanship of a bygone age. All these details of proper design and craftsmanship resemble costly boutique guitars retailing for 3 or 4 times the affordable price of a Blueridge.
Legendary Tone Woods And Clean Lines
The Blueridge guitars of the Historic Craftsman Series possess a tone unequalled by any other brand and the reason is the use of a legendary tonewood – Adirondack spruce. Each guitar in this series has a top of this exclusive, costly tonewood—graduated to just the right thickness to allow the best tone and volume. When combined with a back and sides of select solid mahogany or select rosewood, Adirondack spruce guarantees a tone that really resembles a fine, old collectible. All structural details closely follow the finest prewar examples, while the slim, easy-playing necks are a decided improvement that will please the modern player. A fully adjustable truss rod guarantees that each neck will stay in perfect alignment and can always be quickly adjusted. All cosmetic details are styled in the true vintage manner to please the collector, aficionado and the average player. The higher models are decorated with delicate wooden Herringbone trim or borders of sparkling abalone pearl with lavish pearl inlays in fingerboard and peghead. Any guitarist can experience the quality and style of a costly vintage collectible for a very moderate price in these Historic Craftsman Series guitars!

Key Features
- Select, solid Adirondack spruce top with hand-carved parabolic top braces in authentic Prewar forward-X pattern
- Solid, Select Indian rosewood back and sides with center strip of delicate wood marquetry
- White body binding with delicate herringbone inlay around top
- Slim mahogany neck with dovetail neck joint and adjustable truss rod
- Rosewood bridge
- Maple bridge plate
- Rosewood peghead overlay
- Saga’s exclusive Dalmatian-style pickguard
- High-gloss lightly toned top finish
- Accurate Vintage-style 14:1 ratio nickel-plated open-back tuners with butterbean-style buttons
- Nut and saddle are made from bone
- Nut width: 1 ¾ inch
- Scale length: 25.6 inch (650 mm)
- Shop Adjusted
$ 820.77
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This review is from: Blueridge BR-163A Historic Craftsman Series 14-Fret 000 Guitar (Electronics)
I am very happy with this guitar. The build quality is outstanding. The setup was great on arrival with low action. It is a very attractive guitar(I have even learned to like the pickguard). The sound is crisp and uncluttered. I was worried when the box arrived pretty banged up, but the guitar was well wrapped in a second box within and was in great shape. Having only owned dreadnoughts before, I really like the little bit smaller size. I would highly recommend this guitar for sound, workmanship, and playability.
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There is a lot that is great about this guitar. I’ve only had it a couple of days, and have played it often. It stays in tune, has a great resonance because of the adirondack spruce top. It plays fairly easily too, and I have small hands so that is a big plus for me. This afternoon, though, the button on the bottom that had been factory installed just fell out. I am going to have to take it to a shop and maybe take the opportunity to have a pickup installed. That should not have happened, especially for a guitar in this price range.
Otherwise I would have given it five stars. 0
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I own several guitars so I can say with experience that this a great guitar. The sound is defined from lows to highs. The guitar is loud and rings like a bell. Also the action was great right out of the box.
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