Breedlove Signature Concertina CE Acoustic Electric

Breedlove Signature Concertina CE Acoustic Electric features a marvelous combination  of Torrefied European Spruce and African Mahogany Tonewoods in a precision build small body guitar.

Breedlove has the answer! Your journey to find an affordable small body guitar with a cutaway for easy fret access ends here. With its stylish soft bout, the sustainably-sourced Signature Series Concertina Copper CE offers you all the sweet, punchy sound of a parlor style guitar with unlimited access to the highest frets. Expand your expression, aided by the easy play and singing tone of a short scale neck that joins the body at the twelfth fret. Round bass, creamy treble—get all-solid-wood tone in an intimate design that lets you play better, sound better and play more.

REAL SOLID TONEWOODS FOR SUPERIOR SOUND

No Richlite or resin impregnated softwoods, no glue-heavy plywoods: just solid real tonewoods for real tone.

Made from sustainably-sourced exotic and native tonewoods. No clear-cut trees are used in these instruments. Breedlove uses salvaged and individually harvested timber and has deep relationships with responsible suppliers around the globe. As we move towards sustainability across all lines, owner Tom Bedell has visited 15 countries to discover exactly where the wood comes from, how it is selected and harvested, and how this affects the wildlife, the community, the forest and the planet.

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.

AFRICAN MAHOGANY

Sometimes called khaya, African mahogany has a familiar crisp, clean and warm voice and boasts an impressive versatility, taking well to fingerpicking as well as to a more robust strumming attack without losing clarity. All mahogany instruments—like the Organic Collection Wildwood Series (which features sustainably harvested wood source from the Republic of Congo) offer a natural compression that delights blues players, folkies and singer/songwriters.

CONCERTINA BODY SHAPE

Breedlove’s small body guitar, delivering a surprisingly clear, crisp, loud sound. It’s 12-frets to the body design make it a joy to play. Extensive Sound Optimization™ engineering has resulted in a body shape that has a bigger sound and is more comfortable to play than a traditional parlor.

NATURAL SOUND ELECTRONICS

New Breedlove Natural-Sound electronics with volume and tone controls, and easy battery replacement uses 2 x AAA batteries.

GUITAR PORTRAIT

We are pleased to present these very detailed specifications for your 2020 Breedlove acoustic guitar, which was designed in Bend, Oregon and crafted in China. In addition to dimensions, we have listed every piece of wood in this model: its common name, scientific name, and country where the tree grew. We use no clear-cut wood. We either salvage dead trees or individually harvest to minimize the impact on the forest. You can travel globally with your Breedlove worry free. No permits are needed. That said, it might be helpful to have this information on hand if you are traveling internationally. We suggest printing out this information and carrying it with your guitar to avoid any misunderstanding or time-consuming waits with border customs officials.

SPECIFICATIONS for Breedlove Signature Concertina CE Acoustic Electric

Body Type:  Concertina

Series: Signature

Neck Wood: African Mahogany

Solid Wood Top: Torrefied European Spruce

Solid Wood Back and Sides: African Mahogany

Top Finish: Copper Burst High Gloss

Back and Side Finish: High Gloss (Mahogany Stain)

Fretboard: Indian Laurel

# Frets: 18

Nut Width: 1.69″

Tuners Hardware: Premium Breedlove Chrome w/ Black buttons

Lower Bout Width: 14.75″

Waist Width: 8.64″

Upper Bout Width: 10.828″

Body Length: 19.078″

Body Depth: 3.25″(neck), 4″(tail)

String Gauge: Olympia light (.012″-.053″)

Pickup:  Breedlove Natural Sound (Microsonic VT HD 2-AAA)

Bridge: Indian Laurel

Binding: Black (6mm)

Inlay: 3mm MOP plastic Dots Offset

Case: None

Scale Length: 25.0″

Sound Hole:  3.875″

Designed in Bend, Oregon. Crafted in China.