Breedlove Pursuit Exotic Concert CE Acoustic-Electric, Spruce, Indian Rosewood

Breedlove Pursuit Exotic Concert CE Acoustic-Electric, Sitka Spruce, Indian Rosewood

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This Breedlove Pursuit Exotic Concert CE Acoustic-Electric has never been owned and is an in-store display model with one cosmetic imperfection. A noticeable ding on its back near the treble-side lower bout was professionally repaired by our master luthiers, but this flaw is cosmetic in nature only and does not affect the functionality of the instrument. Very structurally sound! Looks, plays and sounds great!

If you're looking for a guitar with deep, boomy low end and sparkling highs, both acoustically and plugged in, the Pursuit Concert CE Sitka - Indian Rosewood Acoustic-Electric Guitar fits the bill. Like all other Pursuit Exotic Series guitars, it's a true reflection of Breedlove’s Distinctively Crafted Sound found in a stunning appointment package at a price that won't kill your budget. The Pursuit Concert CE Sitka - Indian Rosewood Acoustic-Electric Guitar also comes with a built-in L.R. Baggs EAS electronics for accurate plugged-in performance.

Body Wood

Indian rosewood has been the standard rosewood choice for decades. It is often associated with the great dreadnoughts, and is an amazingly neutral wood that takes its personality from the player. Well-balanced lows, mids, and highs make it a natural for many styles. Well-balanced lows, mids, and highs. Famous for rich basses and clear treble response. Slightly less dense with more even grain than Brazilian rosewood. Black-streaked wood with coloration that usually leans toward purplish brown, and then oxidizes to a rich brown color.

Top Wood

Sitka spruce is grown in the northwest, and has been the primary top wood for U.S.A. instruments for many decades. It is strong, light and gives an extended harmonic content and nearly equals the power of Adirondack. Strong, focused tone with a solid fundamental — perfect for flatpicking styles. Usually takes a slightly longer period of playing time to open up. When compared with Eurpean spruce, Sitka delivers warmer, more fundamental sound, largely free of overtones. Not so cleanly defined as European spruce but, instead, a warmer, more fundamental, and largely free of overtones. It’s a good, solid sound and bluegrass flatpickers and folk-musicians tend to like it a lot. Straight uniform grain. Coloration ranges from white to pink to light brown.

Body Shape

The Breedlove Concert is the original Breedlove shape. It first appeared in 1992, and has been the best-selling Breedlove body shape ever since. Designed specifically for the fingerstylist to be well balanced, compact, and comfortable to play, it generates a wonderfully articulate range of tone with an ample low end that is never boomy, but always felt. The unique construction also allows the Concert to sing even at a full strum. If you’re a fingerstylist, or are seeking an instrument to use as vocal accompaniment, this is the shape for you. The Concert is engineered to provide exceptional sustain with a pronounced bass response, both of which can be achieved with a light touch. The graduated top works in harmony with the Breedlove Bridge Truss to provide an even response throughout the lows, mids, and highs, with sustain, and clear, concise, note-for-note projection.

Breedlove Bridge Truss

The Breedlove Bridge Truss (BBT) reduces tension on the soundboard of the guitar, so the top wood is able to vibrate more freely, producing remarkable sustain, balance, and clarity. The BBT also allows for a thinner graduated top, thereby allowing Breedlove craftsmen to bring out the optimal sound from the top wood without sacrificing structural stability. Relieving much of the string tension from the bridge prevents “bridge belly,” ensuring top stability for decades. Guitar strings can exert up to 230 pounds of pull from the nut to the bridge. Traditional methods for preventing top bowing at the bridge usually involve heavy internal bracing and thicker tops. The BBT compensates for this pressure in an innovative way: The BBT is mounted to the bridge from the inside and is connected into the tail block of the guitar, pulling downward on the underside of the bridge to distribute some of the tension, relieving pressure on the top. The resulting tonal effect on BBT-equipped guitars is more resonance and livelier sound with enhanced overtones.

Breedlove Pinless Bridge

The Breedlove Pinless Bridge helps maintain the integrity of the top by eliminating the need for six drilled string holes. The fewer holes in your soundboard, the more evenly the sound wave can move across the interior, without any loss of energy. The Breedlove Pinless Bridge also provides a gentler string-break angle from the bridge to the top of the saddle, reducing saddle strain. This innovative bridge also makes string changes a breeze, especially on 12 strings. Plus, you’ll never again have to worry about lost, worn-out, or broken bridge pins.

Breedlove Neck

Breedlove guitars feature a slimmer neck profile, which enables comfortable play, even with smaller hands. The hand-rubbed, semi-gloss Breedlove neck finish also contributes to ideal playability. The labor-intensive finish process includes precise finish coat applications, fine sanding, and hand buffing and rubbing.

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4/15/22

Specs & Features

• Body type: Concert/O
• Cutaway: Single
• Top wood: Sitka Spruce
• Back & sides: Indian Rosewood
• Body finish: Natural Gloss
• Orientation: Right handed
• Neck shape: C Soft
• Nut width: 1.687 in. (42.8 mm)
• Fingerboard: East Indian Rosewood
• Neck wood: Mahogany Okoume
• Scale length: 25.5 in.
• Number of frets: 20
• Neck finish: Semi-gloss
• Pickup/preamp: Yes
• Brand: L.R. Baggs
• Configuration: Undersaddle pickup
• Headstock overlay: East Indian Rosewood
• Tuning machines: Chrome Closed Gear
• Bridge: East Indian Rosewood
• Saddle & nut: Bone
• Number of strings: 6-string
• Case/Gig Bag: Sold separately
• Country of origin: China
• Actual weight: 4.6 lbs.

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