Breedlove Oregon Concert Saddleback CE 2024 - Saddleback

The Oregon Concert Saddleback CE is built for the musician seeking a bold, clean sound with balanced tone. Engineered to perfection, this guitar is equally suited as a strumming and rhythm guitar or as a nuanced fingerstyle masterpiece. This alluring Breedlove is handcrafted from all solid myrtlewood and Sitka spruce, sustainably sourced from the Pacific Northwest. The hard rock maple neck offers accentuated depth and clarity across the spectrum. This elegant instrument, ideal for a versatile play style, is appointed with a classic looking Saddleback color.
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.
For this version of the Oregon Concert CE, Breedlove broke the mold. They chose a solid Sitka spruce top to go over the solid myrtlewood back and sides. Sitka spruce is a popular choice for soundboards thanks to its even tonality and punchy response when pushed hard. On the other hand, myrtlewood is as sonically flexible as a tonewood can be. It offers a blend of the best characteristics found in mahogany, rosewood, and maple. Whether you’re playing fingerstyle, strumming with a pick, or anywhere in between, this Oregon Concert CE delivers an ear-pleasing sound fit for almost any genre.

Every Made in Bend Breedlove guitar benefits from the company’s proprietary Sound Optimization process. Sound Optimization is a data-driven process that accounts for the inherent variability in natural tonewoods and ensures every guitar performs to its full potential. So how does it work? First, Breedlove sands each tonewood to a desired weight (most guitar companies sand to a uniform thickness). Once the braces are glued in, the company’s luthiers use soft mallets, microphones, and specialized software to analyze the top and back frequency response. They then voice the braces by hand and constantly re-measure the frequency response to ensure the top and back resonate to pre-determined target frequencies.

Breedlove’s groundbreaking combination of data-backed technology with the art of lutherie ensures that their instruments sound unlike any other. The guitar comes alive the second you pluck your first note. Each Sound Optimized guitar offers a huge dynamic range with striking note separation and clarity. Plus, the sustain is out of this world. Breedlove believes in their Sound Optimization technology so much that no instrument leaves their Oregon workshop until it performs to its full potential — even if that means carving on the bracing through the soundhole. With a Sound Optimized Breedlove guitar, you’ll experience a level of performance and sonic consistency that you can’t find anywhere else. Not sold yet? You will be once you play one.

If you talk to anyone at Breedlove, they’ll probably say they love the outdoors. And as a global guitar brand, they’ve taken huge strides to reduce their environmental impact and protect the natural world they cherish with the Tonewood Certification Program. Breedlove works closely with local authorities and mill workers to harvest and document each tonewood they use. The Tonewood Certification Program’s documentation is so thorough that they can tell you exactly where the wood on your guitar grew and how it ended up at Breedlove.

From the company’s beginning in 1990, Breedlove has focused a lot of their efforts on reducing their impact on the planet without compromising the quality of their instruments. Their radical approach to sustainability led them to create their Tonewood Certification Program and commit to visit each location where their timber is harvested to ensure that their sustainability standards are met. The company has introduced player-centered innovations, including top-loading bridges, custom voicings, and unique neck profiles. From the Discovery to the Legacy, each and every Breedlove is made with an uncompromising dedication to quality sound, flawless workmanship, and environmental sustainability. Buying a Breedlove is much more than purchasing a top-notch acoustic guitar — it’s buying a guitar that you can feel good about.

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:Oregon Concert CE
• Back & Sides Wood:Myrtlewood
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Saddleback
• Body Bracing:Sound Optimized X-brace
• Binding:Herringbone
• Neck Wood:Eastern Hard Rock Maple
• Neck Shape:C
• Radius:16"
• Fingerboard Material:Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay:Interlocking Diamonds
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut/Saddle Material:Bone/Tusq
• Bridge Material:Ebony
• Tuning Machines:Breedlove, 15:1
• Electronics:LR Baggs EAS VTC
• Strings:D'Addario XT Light, .012-.053
• Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case
• Manufacturer Part Number:ORCN77CESSMY

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