Breedlove Oregon Concertina CE Acoustic Electric Guitar. Myrtlewood-Myrtlewood

The new Oregon Concertina CE is a body size smaller than the award-winning Concert model, delivering surprising projection and more nuanced notes from the smaller Concertina body shape. Engineered for a light play style, this acoustic-electric guitar has become a favorite of players around the world. The Breedlove sound comes through bold and clean with balanced bass, mids, and highs reminiscent of rosewood. Engineered to perfection, this guitar is ideal for strumming and rhythm while equally suited for light and delicate fingerstyle play. Includes a hardshell case!

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 TOP, BACK & SIDES: 
  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 CONCERTINA BODY SHAPE: 
  Breedlove’s distinctive small body guitar delivers a surprisingly clear, crisp sound, and its short scale 12-fret design makes it a joy to play. Extensive Custom Shop engineering and experimentation has resulted in a modern shape that has a bigger sound and a more comfortable profile than a traditional parlor model.
• 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 guitar necks feature a slimmer neck profile, which enables comfortable play, even with smaller hands. Unlike traditional dovetail neck joints that require major surgery for a neck re-set, it is easy to adjust the play action and neck angle with the Breedlove bolt-on neck and single-action truss rod. The hand-rubbed, semi-gloss Breedlove neck finish contributes to ideal playability – the finish process alone takes three days, including precise finish coat applications, fine sanding, and hand buffing and rubbing.

Specifications 

• Body Type: Concertina
• Neck Wood:  Eastern hard rock maple
• Solid Wood Top:  Myrtlewood
• Solid Wood Back & Sides:  Myrtlewood
• Back and Sides: Myrtlewood | Umbellularia Californica | United States
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Back & Side Finish: Semi-gloss
• Fretboard: African Ebony
• # Frets: 18
• Nut Width: 1.75"
• Tuners Hardware: Breedlove, Nickel
• Lower Bout Width: 14.75"
• Waist Width: 8.64"
• Upper Bout Width: 10.828"
• Body Length: 19.08"
• Body Depth: 3.25" (Neck), 4" (Tail)
• String Gauge: D'Addario EXP 16's
• Pickup: LR Baggs EAS VTC
• Bridge: Delta Bridge, African Ebony
• Binding: Black
• Inlay: Offset Dots
• Case: Deluxe Hardshell
• Scale Length: 25.0"
• Sound Hole: 3.875"
• Crafted In: Bend, OR USA