Artista Concert Natural Shadow CE

Truly, the Artista Concert Natural Shadow CE represents the pinnacle of Breedlove’s Organic Collection. This 6-string acoustic-electric guitar is adorned with notable upgrades from its 100% sustainable brethren. First and foremost, the Artista’s tonewood pairing of solid myrtlewood with European spruce gives it a spirited and dynamic tone that showcases characteristics of mahogany, rosewood, and maple. The Hard Rock Maple neck is topped with a premium ebony fingerboard, gold frets, and stylish brass dot inlays. The guitar is equipped with Breedlove Natural Sound electronics, which give you an excellent plugged-in tone. Like all of the Organic Series guitars, the Breedlove Organic Artista is made with sustainably harvested, non-clear-cut, all-solid tonewoods. This ensures that you and other musicians will enjoy the sound of myrtlewood for decades — and even centuries — to come. If you’ve been dreaming of a solid tonewood guitar, but don’t want to harm the environment, the Artista Concert Natural Shadow CE is the one for you.

CONCERT BODY SHAPE

The Concert is Breedlove’s most popular body shape, favored by players because it is well-balanced, compact, comfortable to play, and offers all the qualities of a great sounding guitar. It generates a wonderfully articulate range of tone with an ample low end that is never boomy, but always felt. The Concert works well when played fingerstyle, as vocal accompaniment, or at a full strum.

FEATURES of the Artista Concert Natural Shadow CE

TORREFIED EUROPEAN SPRUCE

As a guitar top, European spruce is powerful like Adirondack, clear like Sitka, and complex and responsive like Engelmann, all of which are employed in various Breedlove guitar lines. Torrefied European spruce graces the Artista, Performer and Signature Series in Breedlove’s new Organic Collection of sustainably sourced, all solid wood guitars at revolutionary prices. Torrefaction, a thermal process that artificially ages the wood while also turning it more resilient, makes these instruments explode with vintage tone, singing like an old friend that’s been played by a master for 30 years. With the Organic Collection three years in the making, Breedlove owner Tom Bedell literally climbed a mountain to be positive that the exotic FSC-certified tonewoods used in the assortment are harvested in responsible ways that respect the earth, while providing for superior tone that will last a lifetime. High in the windblown Swiss Alps, Bedell watched as European spruce trees were individually selected—each yielding many dozens of top sets—with an eye towards keeping the old growth stands robust for decades to come.

GUITAR PORTRAIT

Signature Concert Copper CE Specifications