The Breedlove Premier Concertina CE Sitka Spruce–Redwood is a professional-grade acoustic-electric guitar delivering a surprisingly alive, balanced and resonate sound from a guitar designed for a light playing style. The smaller body Concertina is comfortable to hold and play, yet loud and full of unexpected, room-filling projection. Using Breedlove’s Sound Optimization process, their craftsmen found the right frequency separation between the Redwood top and East Indian rosewood back and sides to maximize the classic robust sound desired by the professional touring artist and the studio musician, to the collector or weekend hobbyist. With a shorter neck—12 frets to the body—it has a string tension that makes playing so enjoyable, will not want to put this guitar down. All Breedlove Premier models come standard with the highly reliable LR Baggs EAS VTC electronics and can travel safely in a Breedlove hardshell case specially designed for each Breedlove revolutionary body shape. will sound better, play better and play more on a Breedlove Premier Series acoustic-electric guitar.Sustainable & Clear-Cut FreeBreedlove uses no clear-cut woods in its Made in Bend models. It’s that’s simple. This model features 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.Concertina Body ShapeBreedlove’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.Redwood TopRedwood sounds vintage from the start, with rich overtones and a dynamic complexity drawn out by skilled fingers. Each string speaks, with strong note separation and a deep, crisp timbre.East Indian Rosewood Back & SidesThe familiar scooped sound profile of a classic dreadnought comes largely from East Indian rosewood, which emphasizes round bass tones and clear trebles, leaving a valley custom made for the human voice. The same carefully sourced qualities offer presence and definition to smaller bodies, along with great dynamic range.Sound Optimization & Hand VoicingWhy do Breedlove guitars sound so good? It’s simple, Breedlove guitars are made with care, with the goal of allowing to play better, sound better and play more. But it’s also complex, with art, inspiration, craft and science merging together in a process called 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 tonewood 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 NeckBreedlove 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.Limited Lifetime WarrantyBreedlove players around the world can attest: With consistent, proper care, Breedlove will give a lifetime of service – and inspiration
Product Highlights
- Solid Redwood top, solid East Indian rosewood back and sides, Sound Optimized X-bracing
- Soft C Honduran mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard and bridge
- LR Baggs Element active soundhole-mounted preamp system with volume and tone control, Breedlove logo satin gold tuning machines
- Natural gloss-finished body, semi-gloss-finished neck