Breedlove Discovery S Concert European Spruce Acoustic Guitar Overview:

European spruce is the classic voice of the acoustic guitar—bracing rich and sonorous with a shimmering tone that lingers long after every strum. This sustainable Designed in Bend Breedlove Discovery S Concert—a first guitar that will last a lifetime—is crafted with earth-conscious sonically superior EcoTonewood technology and invites a variety of playing styles bold and gentle. A slim fast neck and narrow nut width facilitate easy comfortable play while a pinless delta bridge makes string changing a breeze. A simple natural finish allows the solid top’s raw beauty to shine and African mahogany back and sides add warmth and clarity. Discover the Breedlove ECO Collection—where the guitar meets the forest.

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.

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.

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.

Specifications:

• Body Type: Concert
• Neck Wood: African Mahogany
• Solid Wood Top: European Spruce
• Layered Back & Sides: African Mahogany
• Top Finish: Natural satin
• Back & Side Finish: Natural Satin
• Fretboard: Ovangkol
• Frets: 20
• Nut Width: 1.69″
• Tuners Hardware: Chrome Closed Gear
• Waist Width: 9″
• Body Length: 19.875″
• Body Depth: 3.58″ (Neck) 4.2″ (Tailblock)
• Bridge: Ovangkol
• Binding: Black
• Inlay: Centered dots
• Scale Length: 25.3”
• Sound Hole: 3.94”