DISCOVER YOUR GUITAR

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1 DISCOVER YOUR GUITAR

2 DISCOVER YOUR GUITAR DISCOVER YOUR BODY SHAPE THE BREEDLOVE BODY SHAPES DISCOVERY YOUR SOUND THE EXOTIC TONEWOODS DISCOVERY YOUR BREEDLOVE BUILT IN THE USA DESIGNED IN THE USA At Breedlove Guitars, our Mission is to help you sound better, play better and enjoy playing more. This simple guide will help you discover the Breedlove guitar that is right for you.

3 THE AUTHORITY ON ACOUSTIC SOUND The pursuit of acoustic perfection is the driving force behind why we do what we do. Our MISSION is to provide the player with the best sounding, best playing, most enjoyable acoustic guitar possible. With our Sound Optimization process we challenge everything and take nothing for granted. This is where design meets science, where craftsmanship challenges the status quo, where age-old wisdom is expressed and quantified, engineered and channeled into acoustic perfection. Doing it the right way. This is the future of guitar. This is Breedlove.

4 Discovery Your Guitar DISCOVER YOUR BODY SHAPE Guitars come in various sizes and shapes. As a general rule, the larger the body, the bigger the sound. But with Breedlove s Sound Optimization, all three proprietary body shapes provide a profound, full sound. So, the choice should be made according to the size and design that feels most comfortable to you. 04

5 BREEDLOVE REVOLUTIONARY BODY SHAPES Shaping the Future of Guitar From its beginning, Breedlove s passion has been the pursuit of acoustic excellence. Breedlove s mission is to design and craft the finest sounding, most comfortable playing, handcrafted guitars. Instead of adopting traditional body shapes, Breedlove has designed three distinctive shapes sized to fit the uniqueness of each player each with a unique sound and tone, targeted to advance both projection and tonal complexity. THE CONCERTO BODY SHAPE Breedlove s largest body shape. With its wider lower bout and deeper body, the Concerto delivers a huge voice with beautiful complex tone. It is a larger instrument to rap your right arm around, although the defined waist makes it more comfortable than traditional dreadnoughts. THE CONCERT BODY SHAPE THE CONCERTINA BODY SHAPE Breedlove s original and by far, most popular body shape. The ideal size for most players, the Concert is a universal design that can accommodate all playing styles. For most players, this is the choice for their first guitar, branching out to other body shapes as a variety of sounds and playing styles become part of their repertoire. Breedlove s newest design, this smaller body guitar is really comfortable to hold and play. The neck joins the body at the 12th fret instead of the 14th, shortening the reach and enabling a more spontaneous action. Where traditional smaller body parlor designs can be muted in their sound projection, the Concertina is loud, crisp and clear in balanced tone. 05

6 Discover Your Guitar DISCOVER YOUR SOUND The world s forests provide a variety of tonewoods that produce a broad palate of sounds. The two most commonly used traditional woods for guitar backs and sides are mahogany and rosewood. At Breedlove, through our Sound Optimization process, we have perfected the application of a broad array of exotic woods for guitar backs and sides such as Australian blackwood, Bigleaf maple, Brazilian rosewood, cocobolo, East Indian rosewood, Hawaiian koa, Honduran mahogany, myrtlewood, ovangkol, striped ebony, walnut and ziricote. Preparing each of these to their own music dimension enables a variety of tonal balance and projection. The most commonly used top wood is Sitka spruce, preferred for its high strength to weight ratio and robust sound. Breedlove has branched out to achieve playing style and tonal variety by using Sound OptimizationTM in top woods including: Adirondack spruce, Sitka spruce, Englemann spruce, Hawaiian koa, Honduran mahogany, myrtlewood, Port Orford cedar, redwood and Western red cedar. Typically, lower-priced guitars are built with a combination of mahogany and Sitka spruce. Rosewood instruments are more expensive. Guitars crafted with exotic woods will be the most expensive. We recommend you begin your guitar journey with the traditional tonewoods and branch out to exotic wood instruments as your playing and sound preferences become more nuanced. 06

7 APPLYING BREEDLOVE S SOUND OPTIMIZATION PROCESS TO MAXIMIZE THE TONAL NUANCE OF TONEWOODS With Breedlove s breakthrough Sound Optimization process, we re able to benefit from the variability of the world s exotic tonewoods. The result: a broader palate of sound nuance and stunning instrument designs. THE EXOTIC TONEWOODS TOP WOODS Myrtlewood Honduran mahogany Sitka spruce Port Orford cedar Redwood Pure, powerful bold tones (heavy strumming) Harmonic, dynamic tones (light touch) Hawaiian koa Adirondack spruce European spruce Western red cedar BACK & SIDE WOODS Pure, clean tone Cocobolo Kauri Bigleaf maple Bass response Brazilian rosewood Myrtlewood Honduran mahogany Treble response East Indian rosewood Bubinga Striped ebony Ziricote Australian blackwood Black walnut Hawaiian koa Textured, earthy tone (A larger version of this diagram can be found at BreedloveGuitars.com) 07

8 Discovery Your Guitar DISCOVER YOUR BREEDLOVE The finest crafted guitars are made in the United States we build our USA models in Bend, Oregon. The retail prices begin at $1,500 and go as high as $10,000. All of our USA built guitars are crafted with all solid woods, one-piece necks, and African ebony fretboards and Delta pinless bridges. Different from other production guitar companies, we individually sand all our tops to their ideal thinness and match them to a back selected and refined by using frequency analysis for optimizing the sound. Of course, this hand voicing makes our USA crafted instruments more expensive to build, results in giving your music better sound, and makes your guitar more enjoyable to play. Breedlove also designs guitars which we have built in a contract factory in Asia. While using the design features that make Breedloves play and sound better, we can offer them at lower prices from $299 - $1,199. While all Breedlove guitars are crafted with all solid wood tops, our instruments priced at $799 and below are built with laminated wood back and sides. These guitars cost less to produce, yet deliver great sound. Being more dependable, laminate wood back and sides have the advantage of being less sensitive to changes in air temperature and humidity and are therefore commonly used by musicians on-the-go. 08

9 BUILT-IN BEND, OREGON USA USA-made with pride in Bend, Oregon. These instruments are all solid woods, one piece necks, African ebony fretboards and bridges. CUSTOM SHOP & MASTERCLASS SERIES Design your own true custom or custom Masterclass. $4,999 - $5,299 for Masterclass. LEGACY SERIES Exotic tonewoods in a Concerto, Concert and Concertina. $2,999 - $3,299. PREMIER SERIES Sitka spruce and Indian rosewood in all body shapes. $1,999 - $2,199. FRONTIER SERIES All Honduran mahogany body in all body shapes. $1,899 - $2,099. OREGON SERIES Myrtlewood or Sitka spruce tops; myrtlewood back & sides. $1,799 - $2,199. USA SERIES Sitka spruce or Honduran mahogany tops; Honduran mahogany back & sides. Concerto & Concerts. $1,599 - $1,

10 DESIGNED IN BEND, OREGON Designed, set-up and inspected in Bend, Oregon USA. STAGE EXOTIC SERIES Solid exotic woods in Concertos and Concerts. $799 - $1,199. STAGE SERIES Performance ready, solid woods in Concertos and Concerts. $799 - $899. SOLO SERIES Red cedar and ovangkol in a variety of instruments with a side sound monitor port. $799. PURSUIT EXOTIC Exotic laminate tonewoods in 6 different Concerts. $599 - $1,049. PURSUIT SERIES Broad assortment of exceptional utility instruments with mahogany back & sides. $499 - $599. DISCOVERY SERIES Sitka spruce and mahogany guitars to begin your guitar journey. $299 - $