Out here in the Pacific Northwest, late summer is blackberry season. Those dense, thorny walls of shrubbery transform into trailside produce stands overflowing with sweet-tart fruit. The color of this guitar reminds us of purple, juice-stained fingers and jars of jam ready to be put up for the winter. You can bet this Blackberry jewel sounds just as good as it looks, especially with Breedlove’s sustainable, new earth-conscious, sonically superior EcoTonewood technology. Scalloped European spruce Cascade Bracing boosts clarity and definition. The equally popular, pioneering soft cutaway Concert body shape is comfortable, easy-playing and supremely versatile. Explore myrtle’s rosewood-like bass and clear maple-like treble with thumb and fingers or rock its mahogany-like mids with a flatpick. You’ll get just the right response either way, with tone, sustain and projection to spare.
Made from sustainably-sourced exotic and native tonewoods. No clear-cut trees are used in these instruments. Breedlove uses salvaged and individually harvested timber and has deep relationships with responsible suppliers around the globe. As we move towards sustainability across all lines, owner Tom Bedell has visited 15 countries to discover exactly where the wood comes from, how it is selected and harvested, and how this affects the wildlife, the community, the forest and the planet.
Features
Solid myrtlewood body
Soft C-shaped mahogany neck
Ebony fingerboard
Reliable Fishman electronics
Specifications
Body
Body Type: Concert/O
Top Wood: Solid Exotic
Back & Sides: Solid Exotic
Bracing Pattern: Cascade X Bracing
Body Finish: Gloss
Neck
Neck Shape: Soft C
Nut Width: 1.687"
Fingerboard: Solid Ebony
Neck Wood: Solid Mahogany
Scale Length: 25.5"
Number of Frets: 20
Neck Finish: Satin
Bridge: Ebony
Saddle & Nut: Bone
Electronics
Pickup/Preamp: Fishman
Other
Tuning Machines: Sealed
Orientation: Right-Handed
Number of Strings: 6 String
THE CONCERT BODY SHAPE
The Concert is our most popular body shape, favored by players because it is well-balanced, compact, comfortable to play, and offers all the qualities of a great sounding guitar. It generates a wonderfully articulate range of tone with an ample low end that is never boomy, but always felt. The Concert works well when played fingerstyle, as vocal accompaniment, or at a full strum.
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.
BREEDLOVE PINLESS BRIDGE
Breedlove’s pinless Delta bridge is a distinctive element, alright, with a sleek, modern contour that adds an extra bit of unexpected beauty to every instrument, from Discovery to Legacy. But it also adds welcome functionality while anchoring great sound. Beginners love the fact that string changes are much easier without having to wrestle a traditional pin bridge. Pros love it for the same reason! No more looking for lost pins during a fast backstage string swap. And its low profile makes for perfect right hand damping.
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.
ECOTONEWOOD BACK & SIDES
With EcoTonewood, Breedlove makes laminate technology sustainable, introducing a resonant core tonewood layer of clear-cut free, individually harvested African mahogany in place of the typical tone-robbing softwoods used in standard acoustic guitar manufacture. Coupled with Breedlove’s deep research into revolutionary body shapes; building to target tonewood weight adds to the optimized, natural sound of each guitar in the ECO Collection. And, Breedlove creates these better sounding laminate guitars while being kind to the earth while maintaining an accessible, entry-level price-point.
Breedlove EcoTonewood—it’s where music meets the trees.
