You are correct Chazmo. It does not reference BR anywhere on the guitar but I've owned a few of those and this seems like the same thing.For the record, I think we've seen all combinations of flat/arched mahogany/spruce soundboards in the transitional D-25s, of which this is one. I think the soundboard grain looks like mahogany (agreed, hard to be sure), so this is identical to the original "BR" model.