$ 699.99 $ 932.99
New for 2016. This arched, all solid tonewood, mandolin features a wider nut width and a radiused fretboard – inspired by the Breedlove Custom Shop – for exceptional comfort and playability at an affordable price, and is ideal for guitar players looking to expand their skills by learning the mandolin. Breedlove has pioneered contemporary US-made mandolins for nearly 20 years. The Crossover comes in three new colors; violin stain gloss, natural gloss and sunburst for 2016 while still delivering exceptional tone and playability at an affordable price.
$ 499.99 $ 665.00
The Breedlove Crossover OO Mandolin is designed to be the go-to instrument for guitarists wishing to add depth to their repertoire by learning to play the mandolin. This carved, solid-top mandolin features a wider nut width and a radiused fretboard inspired by the Breedlove Custom Shop for exceptional comfort and playability at an affordable price. This is the optimal instrument for guitar players looking to expand their skills by picking up the mandolin.
Body Shape
The Breedlove O body is an elegant rendition of the traditional teardrop "A" body shape that has typified mandolin style from Celtic to bluegrass.
Woods
The solid, carved Sitka spruce top is complimented by the carved maple back and sides -- a timeless combination that produces exceptional resonance, projection and musicality.
Neck
The semi-gloss finish on this handcrafted neck provides the most comfortable and fastest playing neck possible by preventing hand binding from the sticky texture of a full-gloss finish.
Fretboard and Nut Width
The radiused rosewood fretboard is optimized for comfort and playability, and the 1-3/16" nut width provides wider string spacing for faster, easier chording.
Soundhole
The oval hole provides a rich, full voice that blends well with other instruments in a band or ensemble.
Aesthetic Elements
The semi-gloss black finish on this mandolin is contrasted by an ivory binding at the top and back body. The binding provides protection for the instrument and highlights the elegant dimensions of the mandolin.
Set-Up and Quality Assurance in Bend, Oregon USA
Breedlove's comprehensive quality control process provides the player with an instrument that will play great right out of the box. Prior to shipment, every Breedlove instrument undergoes a rigorous multi-point inspection in Bend, Oregon by their expert U.S. quality control team. They start with a visual inspection: they check aesthetic and structural elements of the body and all components for flaws. Next, each guitar is tuned and undergoes a play test, where craftspeople check nut height, relief, action, and string height. Based on the results of the play test, they then adjust for maximum playability. Next, each instrument is buffed and polished by hand with painstaking attention to detail. Once the instrument has passed inspection, a signed QC sticker is placed, and the instrument is carefully packed and shipped.
A crossover instrument for guitar players looking to expand their skills.
$ 329.00 $ 439.00
New for 2019, but available now, the Discovery Concertina is Breedlove's small body shape, delivering well-balanced sound with additional sound and projection. This easy to play instrument is ideal for entry-level players who want access to the renowned balance, clarity, and sustain of a Breedlove. Finished with a gloss sunburst top.
New for 2018, is Breedlove’s small body guitar, delivering a surprisingly clear, crisp, loud sound. It’s 12-frets to the body design make it a joy to play. Extensive Sound Optimization™ engineering has resulted in a body shape that has a bigger sound and is more comfortable to play than a traditional parlor.
The Breedlove Pinless Bridge helps maintain the integrity of the top by eliminating the need for six drilled string holes. The fewer holes in your soundboard, the more evenly the sound wave can move across the interior, without any loss of energy. The Breedlove Pinless Bridge also provides a gentler string-break angle from the bridge to the top of the saddle, reducing saddle strain. This innovative bridge also makes string changes a breeze, especially on 12 strings. Plus, you’ll never again have to worry about lost, worn-out, or broken bridge pins.
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.
Sitka spruce, picea sitchensis, originates in the northwest United States. Sitka spruce has been the primary top wood for American-made instruments for decades. It is strong and light with extended harmonic content, and it nearly equals the power of Adirondack. It offers a strong, focused tone with a solid fundamental -- perfect for flatpicking styles. When compared with European spruce, Sitka delivers warmer, more fundamental sound, largely free of overtones. Sitka takes a slightly longer period of playing time to open up. It has a straight uniform grain and coloration ranges from white to pink to light brown.
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.
2019 Discovery Concertina Sunburst Specifications:
$ 449.00 $ 599.00
New for 2019, but available now, we're proud to introduce the larger bodied Concerto to the Discovery Series lineup. Based on the ever-popular Discovery Concert platform, this larger body guitar is bold, beautiful and balanced with a Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides, but with additional sound and projection from the Concerto body. Ideal for a player looking for a big body sound with more tonal complexity and comfortable playing experience, this acoustic-electric can be plugged in using the popular Fishman Presys I electronic. Learn more about the tonewoods, body shape and more under the Features tab.
2019 Discovery Concerto CE Specifications:
$ 449.00 $ 599.00
New for 2019, but available now, we're proud to introduce the larger bodied Concerto to the Discovery Series lineup. Based on the ever-popular Discovery Concert platform, this larger body guitar bold, beautiful and balanced with a Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides, but with additional sound and projection from the Concerto body. Ideal for the player looking for a more nuanced sound with more tonal complexity, and a very comfortable playing experience, this acoustic-electric can be plugged in using the popular Fishman Presys I electronic. Finished with a gloss sunburst top. Learn more about the tonewoods, body shape and more under the Features tab.
2019 Discovery Concerto Sunburst CE Specifications:
$ 349.00 $ 465.00
New for 2019, but available now, we're proud to introduce the larger bodied Concerto to the Discovery Series lineup. Based on the ever-popular Discovery Concert platform, this larger body guitar bold, beautiful and balanced with a Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides, but with additional sound and projection from the Concerto body. This guitar is ideal for a player looking for a big body sound with more tonal complexity and comfortable playing experience. Learn more about the tonewoods, body shape and more under the Features tab.
2019 Discovery Concerto Specifications:
$ 349.00 $ 465.00
When we set out to create a guitar that would surpass the classic big body sound of the dreadnought, we didn’t just want it to be loud. We sought to bring out more tonal complexity, and to offer a much more comfortable playing experience, too. Introducing the new Breedlove Concerto, a new guitar shape created to elicit more volume than a classic dreadnought, and more lush, complex tonal resonance in a comfortable body shape that feels just right. Loud, textured, and supremely satisfying.
The Breedlove Pinless Bridge helps maintain the integrity of the top by eliminating the need for six drilled string holes. The fewer holes in your soundboard, the more evenly the sound wave can move across the interior, without any loss of energy. The Breedlove Pinless Bridge also provides a gentler string-break angle from the bridge to the top of the saddle, reducing saddle strain. This innovative bridge also makes string changes a breeze, especially on 12 strings. Plus, you’ll never again have to worry about lost, worn-out, or broken bridge pins.
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.
Sitka spruce, picea sitchensis, originates in the northwest United States. Sitka spruce has been the primary top wood for American-made instruments for decades. It is strong and light with extended harmonic content, and it nearly equals the power of Adirondack. It offers a strong, focused tone with a solid fundamental -- perfect for flatpicking styles. When compared with European spruce, Sitka delivers warmer, more fundamental sound, largely free of overtones. Sitka takes a slightly longer period of playing time to open up. It has a straight uniform grain and coloration ranges from white to pink to light brown.
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.
2019 Discovery Concerto Sunburst Specifications:
$ 5,999.00 $ 7,999.00
Innovation in the Exotic Fingerstylist enables the warm, beautiful note-for-note clarity. The magic in a fingerstyle instrument is sustain that allows the top to move more freely and the air to linger a bit longer inside the guitar body. By employing the Breedlove Bridge Truss we are able use sinker redwood for its warmth and note creating complexity while maintaining the integrity of the instrument. Choosing a dense ziricote for the back and sides enables a shallow body, giving the Exotic Fingerstylist alive responsiveness while the vibrato overtones create magical blossoming notes. Bloodwood binding compliments the intricate abalone inlay, the mineral rich look of the sinker redwood and the amazing figure patterns in the stunning ziricote.
EXOTIC FINGERSTYLIST CONCERT E Specifications:
$ 14,999.00
$ 699.99 $ 932.99
For players seeking a deep boomy sound with sparkling highs, both acoustically and plugged in, the Breedlove Pursuit Concert Ziricote is a true reflection of Breedlove's Distinctively Crafted Sound found in a stunning appointment package. Aesthetically, one of the most dynamic exotic tonewoods, our Ziricote is engineered with a rosewood interior for richer, deeper bass response and clear, crisp treble tones. The Stika spruce top is the ideal match with it's powerful projection and flexibility in delivering balance sound whether robustly strummed or played with a lighter touch. Includes built-in Fishman Isys + USB port for amplification and easy interfacing with recording software.
$ 249.00 $ 332.00
For years, Kim Breedlove departed the Breedlove workshop on late afternoons – just to go to his home garage workshop and craft ukuleles. Now retired, we are delighted to introduce Kim’s Breedlove Lu’au Concert Ukuleles. Each designed in Bend, Oregon, crafted in China from Oregon myrtlewood, design based on Kim’s custom shape and bracing.
Lu’au Concert Natural Shadow E Ukulele Specifications:
$ 1,799.00 $ 2,399.00
This breakthrough Oregon Concerto design adds volume, power and a more textured voice. Like all Breedlove Concertos, the Sitka spruce top has been SOUND PROFILED to marry efficiently with the myrtlewood back. The result is a huge sound, comfortable to play and alive in the players hands.
Body Shape
When Breedlove set out to create a guitar that would surpass the classic big body sound of the dreadnought, they didn’t just want it to be loud. They sought to bring out more tonal complexity, and to offer a much more comfortable playing experience, too. The result, the Breedlove Concerto, a new guitar shape created to elicit more volume than a classic dreadnought, and more lush, complex tonal resonance, in a comfortable body shape that feels just right. Loud, textured and supremely satisfying.
$ 549.00 $ 732.00
This traveler was designed for players seeking the legendary Breedlove sound in a portable package. This guitar offers tone and balance not typically associated with smaller bodied instruments. The Breedlove Passport Traveler guitar doesn’t make compromises, it sounds great when played acoustically and is equipped with a built-in Fishman ISYS for amplification.
Passport Traveler E Specifications
Body Type: 3/4" Concert
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Solid Wood: Top Sitka spruce
Back/Sides: Mahogany
Finish/Color: Satin
Fretboard: Rosewood
# Frets: 20
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Tuners Hardware: Chrome
Lower Bout Width: 13.5"
Waist Width: 8"
Upper Bout Width: 9 7/8"
Body Length: 17.5"
Body Depth: 3 3/8"
String Gauge: D'Addario EXP 16
Pickup: Fishman Isys
Bridge: Pinless original
Binding: Black
Inlay: Dots
Gigabit included.
$ 2,199.00 $ 2,932.00
During our research work to master the Concerto design, the Premier Concerto Copper was our key. With many dreadnoughts built with this wood combination, it was critical that our goal of enhanced sound, feel and comfort was perfected with the Premier Concerto Copper. SOUND PROFILING to various frequency targets we finally achieved the targeted Fundamental Resonance Frequency. Every step of our development process was essential to accomplish the amazing big lush sound and tonal complexity of the Premier Concerto Copper.
Premier Concerto Copper E Specifications:
$ 499.00 $ 665.00
New for 2019, but available now, we're proud to introduce the smaller bodied Concertina to the Pursuit Series lineup. Based on the ever-popular Pursuit Concert platform, this smaller body guitar sounds warm and beautiful with a solid red cedar top and mahogany back, but with additional sound and projection from the Concertina body. This guitar is ideal for the player looking for a more nuanced sound with more tonal complexity, and a very comfortable playing experience. Featuring the popular LR Baggs EAS electronic system, it can also be plugged in for amplification.
2019 Pursuit Concertina E Specifications:
$ 599.00 $ 799.00
New for 2019, but available now, we're proud to introduce the larger bodied Concerto to the Pursuit Series lineup. Based on the ever-popular Pursuit Concert platform, this larger body guitar sounds warm and beautiful with a solid red cedar top and mahogany back, but with additional sound and projection from the Concerto body. This guitar is ideal for a player looking for a big body sound with more tonal complexity and comfortable playing experience. Featuring the popular LR Baggs EAS electronic system, it can also be plugged in for amplification. Learn more about the tonewoods, body shape and more under the Features tab.
2019 Pursuit Concerto CE Specifications:
$ 799.00 $ 1,065.00
Breedlove’s popular Solo Concert delivers your music right to your ear, with the Side Monitor Soundhole. The warmth of red cedar and the bass emphasis of ovangkol produce warm note-for-note clarity and balanced sound. Whether composing on a noisy tour bus or needing to hear your playing on the stage, the Solo Concert allows you to be more connected to your music.
2018 Solo Concert CE Specifications: