Breedlove OREGON CONCERT CE  balanced bass acoustic electric guitar

designed and handcrafted in Bend, Oregon

The Oregon Concert CE Myrtlewood – Myrtlewood is a versatile play style acoustic-electric guitar that has become an instant favorite with players around the world. The Breedlove sound comes through bold and clean with balanced bass, mids, and highs reminiscent of rosewood.

FEATURES

Sustainable & Clear-Cut Free
Breedlove uses no clear-cut woods in its Made in Bend models. It’s that’s simple. Featuring sustainably sourced all solid exotic and native tonewoods handcrafted by skilled luthiers who are as sensitive to the needs of the earth as they are to building the best sounding and playing guitars available anywhere.

Myrtlewood back & side

Popularized by Breedlove, myrtlewood, from the windblown Oregon coast, combines the best elements of rosewood, mahogany and maple—rich bass, warm midrange and clear, bright trebles—for truly versatile guitars. Each sonically distinct instrument is individualized by the gnarled, wildly varied, but always arresting grain patterns.

The Concert body shape

The Concert, Breedlove’s most popular body shape—designed 30 years ago and still going strong—is favored by discerning players for its versatile, balanced, articulate sound and its easy playing ergonomic comfort. This flagship platform performs equally well strummed or fingerpicked, and is perfectly poised for accompanying the human voice.

Sound optimization® & hand voicing

Why do Breedlove guitars sound so good? It’s simple, Breedlove guitars are made with care, with the goal of allowing you to play better, sound better and play more. But it’s also complex, with art, inspiration, craft and science merging together in a process we call Sound Optimization®. These models are hand voiced, with experienced luthiers meticulously tapping, listening and shaving away tiny curls of exquisite tonewood as they target specific, measurable frequencies that will make each unique, individual instrument sound its very best. The tone wood species are carefully milled, weighed and considered, with backs and tops specifically tuned to each other to create light, responsive guitars with superior tone and sustain.

The Breedlove neck

“Breedlove craftsmen often say, “”No neck feels better than a Breedlove neck.” They may be a bit biased, but industry insiders agree. Here’s our big secret: hands-on sculpting. After basic machining, each Breedlove neck goes through a comprehensive, build and finish process, starting with the hand shaping of each and every neck. Next, the perfectly sculpted neck heads into the finish process where it receives a wash coat and sealer. Then, over a three-day period, multiple finish coats are applied, and the neck is level sanded. In the final stage, we perfect the finish by hand-buffing it and rubbing it down to achieve exactly the right thickness for perfect action and playability.”

Wood and Animal Contents

Body Type : Concert

Top : Sitka Spruce

Back & Side    : Myrtlewood ( Umbellularia californica | United States )

Neck wood : Eastern hard rock maple ( Acer saccharum | United States )

Fretboard         :   African ebony ( Diospyros crassiflora ; Republic of Congo )

Finish               :   Gloss ( Top ) ; Semi Gloss ( Back & Side )

Frets                  :   20

Nut Width        :   1.75"

Tuners              :     Breedlove , nickel

Lower bout      :   15.37"

Waist                :    9"

Upper bout     :     11.28"

Body Length   :     19.875"

Body Depth    :      3.75" (neck) , 4.5" (tail)

Sound Hole Diameter : 4"

String              :       D' Addario XT PB Light

Purfling : Basswood ( Tilia americana ; United States )

Binding           :      Black

Bracing          :       Sitka spruce ( Picea sitchensis ; United States )

Fretboard Inlay        :      Offset Dots

Nut Saddle : TUSQ

Scale Length  :       25"

Electronics    :         LR Baggs EAC VTC

Case          :         Deluxe hardshell  case