Acoustic Guitar Review - Blueridge BR-143

We review the Blueridge BR-143 as part of a mid-size guitar review in which we tested six medium-size guitars ranging from $250 to $5,000. For the full review, visit http://www.acousticguitar.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=23448

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[roger2517]

"A martin rip off" The words of an uninformed idiot who has never played a Blueridge. Probably has never even seen one.

[Radiohead54321]

That is a beautiful guitar. The one Blueridge guitar that I've played was incredible, and I would've bought it had it not been so expensive. So I'm really digging Blueridge now.

[popoaggie]

@EpiphoneArchtopLover I have a Br-140 A with an 1 11/16" Nut. It was a "New Old Stock" guitar with an Adirondack top and the gaudy and ugly old peg head inlay. (I took that all off and put an ebony peghead overlay on it with a small mother of pearl inlay. The new ones are now made with an 13/4" nut and a plain banner inlay with the word Blueridge across it. Great sounding D-18 copy at a low price.

[Nit2RockU]

@jazzpsalti exactly why is that? In ancient times the Martins were a niche guitar, now its another commercial brand name. Look at people like James Taylor play, hand crafted Olson guitars...

[TheDancingSaxophone]

@ryanbrooke777 However, most of the adi wood models do have a bigger string spacing I think. It's not the reason for the A but it's just another aspect.

[dianalovesjesus2]

I totally love my Blueridge!!

[wildwestpoint]

what's the difference between BR-143 and BR-163? it looks the same

[ryanbrooke777]

the "A" at tthe end of the serial number means it has an adirondack top, i have a 160-A. it has nothing to do with the nut.

[jazzpsalti]

I think that every guitarist who doesn't see music on a molecular level would have just as much fun with a Blueridge as with a Martin. But eventually every guitarist gets to the point where only a Martin will do :)

[bjow]

My teacher brought this guitar with him to class today and when I played it, I instantly fell in love. Gonna buy one of those in the future.

[EpiphoneArchtopLover]

@DuskY1991 the Models with an A after the model name hare 1 3/4 nut widths.

e.g. the BR-183 has a 1 11/16 nit width, and the BR-183A has a 1 3/4 nut

[chesspro22k]

eastman guitars are also very good.