Breedlove Performer Concert Bourbon CE Acoustic Electric Guitar (B-STOCK)

Manufacturer’s Description

Performer Concert Bourbon CE

A player’s guitar, the Performer Concert Bourbon CE is ready to step up in any musical style. The sheer versatility of the venerated Breedlove Concert shape finds full expressive voice in the outstanding tonewood combination of African mahogany and European spruce. The torrefaction process adds instant vintage power, sustain and clarity, which is ideal for fingerpickers sketching out difficult passages along the slim, easy-playing neck, or for rock and rollers strumming late into the night. The contrast of the exotic African ebony fingerboard and bridge with the high gloss Bourbon Burst finish is striking on stage or off. You won’t find a better guitar, or a better bargain, anywhere. Step up.

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.

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.

African Mahogany

Sometimes called khaya, African mahogany has a familiar crisp, clean and warm voice and boasts an impressive versatility, taking well to fingerpicking as well as to a more robust strumming attack without losing clarity. All mahogany instruments—like the Organic Collection Wildwood Series (which features sustainably harvested wood source from the Republic of Congo) offer a natural compression that delights blues players, folkies and singer/songwriters.

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.

Specifications

• Body Type: Concert
• Neck Wood: African Mahogany
• Solid Wood Top: Torrefied European Spruce
• Solid Wood Back & Sides: African Mahogany
• Back and Sides: African Mahogany/ Khaya anthotheca/ Republic of Congo
• Top Finish: Bourbon Burst High Gloss
• Back & Side Finish: Bourbon stain High Gloss
• Fretboard: African ebony
• # Frets: 20
• Nut Width: 1.69″
• Tuners Hardware: Premium Breedlove Gold w/ Black buttons
• Lower Bout Width: 15.37″
• Waist Width: 9″
• Upper Bout Width: 11.28″
• Body Length: 19.875″
• Body Depth: 3.75″ (neck), 4.5″ (tail)
• String Gauge: Olympia light (.012″-.053″)
• Pickup: Breedlove Natural Sound (Microsonic VT HD 2-AAA)
• Bridge: African Ebony
• Binding: Tortoise (6mm)
• Inlay: 3mm Brass Dots Offset
• Case: None
• Scale Length: 25.5″
• Sound Hole: 4″
• Crafted In: Designed in Bend, OR USA. Crafted in China.

Overall Condition

This is a New B-Stock Guitar with the original box and paperwork. Breedlove is very picky on its product quality, a little discolored tiny spot or blemish or little finish run on the finish of the guitar. A lot of times we can’t even tell what is the difference between these and the A-stock guitars, but despite any blemishes, they sound, feel, and look amazing!

note: The photos above may not be of the exact item you’ll receive. The serial number may differ but specs will all be the same. Please feel free to get in touch with us for an in-hand description.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.