Breedlove Discovery S Concert 12-String CE Acoustic Electric Guitar, Edgeburst

Manufacturer's Description

Discovery S Concert Edgeburst 12-String CE

Who doesn’t love the roar and chime of a 12-string guitar!? Breedlove’s sustainable new earth-conscious,
sonically superior EcoTonewood technology lets you sound better than ever jangling out lush chords from
this balanced, responsive and impressively comfortable Concert body specialty instrument. European spruce
offers dynamic brilliance and singing sustain, while African mahogany provides warmth, precision and a
rich bottom end. Dressed in a tantalizing gloss Edgeburst finish, appointments for the Discovery S Concert
12-string CE, in addition to exacting Fishman Presys I electronics, include tortoise binding, Asymmetrical
headstock, chrome tuning machines and a sleek, easy-playing, satin finish African mahogany neck with soft
cutaway access to every fret. Discover the Breedlove ECO Collection—where the guitar meets the forest.

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.

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.

Mahogany Back & Sides

Long treasured by cabinetmakers and shipwrights for its simple, straight-grained beauty, strength and workability, mahogany—used in tops, backs, sides and necks—is also one of the true classic tonewoods, famous for its clear, strong fundamental; even string-to-string balance; and warm midrange emphasis. Mahogany pairs well with spruce tops as well as with itself in single species guitars—and both combinations define much of American roots music.

European Spruce Top

Starting in late June 2022, this model will transition at retail from Sitka spruce to European spruce as we continually work to update our guitars with the most sustainable sourcing available on the market. Rest assured any ECO Collection guitar uses only fully sustainable, clear-cut free tonewoods.

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.

The 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.

LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY

Breedlove players around the world can attest: With consistent, proper care, your Breedlove will give you a lifetime of service – and inspiration. New Breedlove instruments, purchased through an authorized Breedlove dealer, are warrantied to be free of defects in materials and workmanship throughout the lifetime of the original owner. In addition to materials and workmanship, Breedlove offers a two-year warranty on tuning machines and electronics packages. Cases and bags are subject to a one-year warranty covering defects in structure and hardware.

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.

Solid Wood Tops

Along with its body shape, a guitar’s top is the defining element of its sound, driving, through its vibration, the key aspects of volume, tone, sustain and projection. Spruce will, due in part to its famous stiffness-to-weight ratio, ring loud and clear. A solid wood top translates those vibrations with more immediacy and purity of tone, and reacts more directly with the intent of a player. If you are at an intermediate level or above, you will appreciate the instantly recognizable benefits of a solid wood top.

Guitar Portrait

We are pleased to present these very detailed specifications for your 2021 Breedlove acoustic guitar, which was Designed in Bend. In addition to dimensions, we have listed the tonewoods used in this model: its common name, scientific name, and country where the tree grew. We use no clear-cut wood. We either salvage dead trees or individually harvest to minimize the impact on the forest. You can travel globally with your Breedlove worry free. No permits are needed. That said, it might be helpful to have this information on hand if you are traveling internationally. We suggest printing out this information and carrying it with your guitar to avoid any misunderstanding or timely waits with border customs officials.

Specifications

• Body Type: Concert
• Layered Back & Sides: African Mahogany
• Cutaway: Soft
• Headstock shape: Asymmetrical
• Scale Length: 25.3”
• Frets: 20
• Nut Width: 1.89”
• Lower Bout Width: 15.37"
• Waist Width: 9"
• Upper Bout Width: 11.28"
• Body Length: 19.875"
• Body Depth at neck: 3.58”
• Body Depth at tailblock: 4.2”
• Sound Hole Diameter: 3.94”
• Tuners: Chrome Closed Gear
• Electronics: Fishman Presys I
• String Gauge: D'Addario XT PB Light 12
• Top Finish: Edgeburst
• Back & Side Finish: Natural gloss
• Contents
  
  • Top: European spruce/ Picea abies/ Romania
  • Back and Sides: African Mahogany/ Khaya anthotheca/ Republic of Congo
  • Neck: African Mahogany/ Khaya anthotheca/ Republic of Congo
  • Fretboard: Ovangkol/ Guibourtia ehie/ Gabon
  • Bridge: Ovangkol/ Guibourtia ehie/ Gabon
  • Headstock overlay: Ovangkol/ Guibourtia ehie/ Gabon
  • Body Binding: Black / plastic
  • Bridge Truss: Yes
  • Fretboard Inlay: Plastic
  • Nut: / Saddle PPS/ plastic

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for Breedlove. This Discovery S Concert is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty.

note: The photos above may not be of the exact guitar 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.