Breedlove Discovery S Concert 12-String ED12CE - Edgeburst

Breedlove Discovery S Concert 12-String ED12CE - Edgeburst 

European Spruce - African Mahogany

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 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.

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.

GUITAR PORTRAIT
Breedlove is pleased to present these very detailed specifications for your 2021 Breedlove acoustic guitar, which was Designed in Bend, Oregon. In addition to dimensions, they have listed the tonewoods used in this model: its common name, scientific name, and country where the tree grew. They use no clear-cut wood. They 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. They 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
  
• Neck Wood:  African Mahogany
  
• Solid Wood Top:  European Spruce
  
• Layered Back & Sides:  African Mahogany
  
• Top Finish:  Edgeburst
  
• Back & Side Finish:  Natural gloss
  
• Fretboard:  Ovangkol
  
• # Frets:  20
  
• Nut Width:  1.89”
  
• Tuners Hardware:  Chrome Closed Gear
  
• Lower Bout Width:  15.37"
  
• Waist Width:  9"
  
• Upper Bout Width:  11.28"
  
• Body Length:  19.875"
  
• Body Depth:  3.58" (Neck) 4.2" (Tailblock)
  
• String Gauge:  D'Addario XT PB Light 12
  
• Pickup:  Fishman Presys I
  
• Bridge:  Ovangkol
  
• Binding:  Black
  
• Inlay:  Centered dots
  
• Case:  N/A
  
• Scale Length:  25.3”
  
• Sound Hole:  3.94”
  
• Designed in Bend, OR USA. Crafted in China.