The standard Blue Ridge guitar has a 14/20-fret rosewood finger board with pearl dot inlay, a black pick guard, and full black body binding. Gibson introduced the line in 1968 as a 'no frills,' stripped-down, rosewood, more economically friendly version of Gibson's famed J-45-something like the “Working Man” series which would replace the J-40 in the 1980s.
Note: I also have a 1968 Gibson Blue Ridge 12-String listed on Gbase with similarly gorgeous Brazilian Rosewood back and sides they would make a really impressive-and collectible-pair!Īccording to George Gruhn’s Guide to Vintage Guitars, the Gibson Blue Ridge is a jumbo-style guitar with a solid spruce top and laminated rosewood back and sides (with maple showing as the inner layer), and a mahogany neck.