The classic dreadnought combination is spruce over rosewood, a pairing famed for its deep bass, scooped mids and bright trebles. Breedlove's Artista Concerto Natural Shadow CE acoustic-electric guitar bends tradition, making for an even more distinctive large format guitar.

Its Oregon myrtlewood back and sides boast that familiar rosewood thrum, as well as its blossom of overtones, but tempers it with a warmer middle and airy, strong trebles that balance every chord. This is what your guitar can be!

Decorated, yet understated, with all Artista appointments, and the hypnotic swirl of solid native myrtle, the instrument stands out as the apex of the Organic Collection.

Features:
Sustainable & Clear Cut Free

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.

Sustainable Myrtlewood 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.

Concerto Body Shape

Introducing the new Breedlove Concerto, a new guitar shape created to elicit more volume than a classic dreadnought, and more lush, complex tonal resonance in a comfortable body shape that feels just right. Loud, textured, and supremely satisfying.

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 

As a guitar top, European spruce is powerful like Adirondack, clear like Sitka, and complex and responsive like Engelmann, all of which are employed in various Breedlove guitar lines. Torrefied European spruce graces the Artista, Performer and Signature Series in Breedlove’s new Organic Collection of sustainably sourced, all solid wood guitars at revolutionary prices.

Torrefaction, a thermal process that artificially ages the wood while also turning it more resilient, makes these instruments explode with vintage tone, singing like an old friend that’s been played by a master for 30 years.

With the Organic Collection three years in the making, Breedlove owner Tom Bedell literally climbed a mountain to be positive that the exotic FSC-certified tonewoods used in the assortment are harvested in responsible ways that respect the earth, while providing for superior tone that will last a lifetime.

High in the windblown Swiss Alps, Bedell watched as European spruce trees were individually selected—each yielding many dozens of top sets—with an eye towards keeping the old growth stands robust for decades to come.

Specifications: 

• Body Type: Concerto
• Neck Wood: Hard rock maple
• Solid Wood Top: Torrefied European Spruce
• Solid Wood Back & Sides: Myrtlewood
• Top Finish: Natural Shadow Burst High Gloss
• Back & Side Finish: Natural Shadow Banded Burst High Gloss
• Fretboard: African ebony
• # Frets: 20
• Nut Width: 1.69"
• Tuners Hardware: Premium Breedlove Gold w/ Black buttons
• Lower Bout Width: 16"
• Waist Width: 9.37"
• Upper Bout Width: 11.745"
• Body Length: 20.695"
• Body Depth: 3.93" (neck), 5" (tail)
• String Gauge: Olympia medium (.013"-.056")
• Pickup: Breedlove Natural Sound (Microsonic VT HD 2-AAA)
• Bridge: African Ebony
• Binding: Dark Walnut
• Inlay: 3mm Brass Dots Offset
• Scale Length: 25.5"
  
• Sound Hole: 3.75"
• Designed in Bend, OR USA. Crafted in China