Breedlove Performer Concert Bourbon CE Torrefied European-African Mahogany, Acoustic-Electric

A player's guitar, the Performer Concert Bourbon CE is ready to step upin any musical style. The sheer versatility of the venerated BreedloveConcert shape finds full expressive voice in the outstanding tonewoodcombination of African mahogany and European spruce. The torrefactionprocess adds instant vintage power, sustain and clarity, which is idealfor fingerpickers sketching out difficult passages along the slim,easy-playing neck, or for rock and rollers strumming late into thenight. The contrast of the exotic African ebony fingerboard and bridgewith the high gloss Bourbon Burst finish is striking on stage or off.You won't find a better guitar, or a better bargain, anywhere. Step up.
Specifications

• Body Type Concert
• Neck Wood African Mahogany
• Solid Wood Top Torrefied European Spruce
• Solid Wood Back & Sides African Mahogany
• Back and Sides African Mahogany/ Khaya anthotheca/ Republic of Congo
• Top Finish Bourbon Burst High Gloss
• Back & Side Finish Bourbon stain High Gloss
• Fretboard African ebony
• # Frets 20
• Nut Width 1.69"
• Tuners Hardware Premium Breedlove Gold w/ Black buttons
• Lower Bout Width 15.37"
• Waist Width 9"
• Upper Bout Width 11.28"
• Body Length 19.875"
• Body Depth 3.75" (neck), 4.5" (tail)
• String Gauge Olympia light (.012"-.053")
• Pickup Breedlove Natural Sound (Microsonic VT HD 2-AAA)
• Bridge African Ebony
• Binding Tortoise (6mm)
• Inlay 3mm Brass Dots Offset
• Case None
• Scale Length 25.5"
• Sound Hole 4"

Features

Sustainable & Clear Cut Free
Made from sustainably-sourced exotic and native tonewoods. No clear-cuttrees are used in these instruments. Breedlove uses salvaged andindividually harvested timber and has deep relationships withresponsible suppliers around the globe. As we move towardssustainability across all lines, owner Tom Bedell has visited 15countries to discover exactly where the wood comes from, how it isselected and harvested, and how this affects the wildlife, thecommunity, the forest and the planet.

African Mahogany

Sometimescalled khaya, African mahogany has a familiar crisp, clean and warmvoice and boasts an impressive versatility, taking well to fingerpickingas 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 ofCongo) offer a natural compression that delights blues players, folkiesand singer/songwriters.

Concert Body Shape

TheConcert is our most popular body shape, favored by players because itis well-balanced, compact, comfortable to play, and offers all thequalities of a great sounding guitar. It generates a wonderfullyarticulate range of tone with an ample low end that is never boomy, butalways felt. The Concert works well when played fingerstyle, as vocalaccompaniment, or at a full strum.

Real Solid Tonewoods for Superior Sound

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

Natural Sound Electronics

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

Torrefied European Spruce

Asa guitar top, European spruce is powerful like Adirondack, clear likeSitka, and complex and responsive like Engelmann, all of which areemployed in various Breedlove guitar lines. Torrefied European sprucegraces the Artista, Performer and Signature Series in Breedlove's newOrganic Collection of sustainably sourced, all solid wood guitars atrevolutionary prices. Torrefaction, a thermal process that artificiallyages the wood while also turning it more resilient, makes theseinstruments explode with vintage tone, singing like an old friend that'sbeen played by a master for 30 years. With the Organic Collection threeyears in the making, Breedlove owner Tom Bedell literally climbed amountain to be positive that the exotic FSC-certified tonewoods used inthe assortment are harvested in responsible ways that respect the earth,while providing for superior tone that will last a lifetime. High inthe windblown Swiss Alps, Bedell watched as European spruce trees wereindividually selected each yielding many dozens of top sets with an eyetowards keeping the old growth stands robust for decades to come.

African Mahogany

Sometimescalled khaya, African mahogany has a familiar crisp, clean and warmvoice and boasts an impressive versatility, taking well to fingerpickingas 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 ofCongo) offer a natural compression that delights blues players, folkiesand singer/songwriters.

Concert Body Shape

TheConcert is our most popular body shape, favored by players because itis well-balanced, compact, comfortable to play, and offers all thequalities of a great sounding guitar. It generates a wonderfullyarticulate range of tone with an ample low end that is never boomy, butalways felt. The Concert works well when played fingerstyle, as vocalaccompaniment, or at a full strum.

Real Solid Tonewoods for Superior Sound

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

Natural Sound Electronics

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

Performer Concert Bourbon CE Versatile Play Style

TheBreedlove Play Style system was created to help you, the player, selectyour sound and playing style. Finding the most appropriate guitar tofit your sound requires finding not only the correct body shape, but theproper tonewood combinations to fit your style of play. Each Breedloveguitar is designed for a specific play style and sound, the Play Stylesystems assign a playing style icon to each instrument.

V Versatile Play, Multiple Styles:Breedlove crafts most guitars with a versatile all-purpose sound andfeel œ well balanced between strumming and fingerstyle play.