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Breedlove Pursuit Exotic Concert CE Engelmann Spruce - Striped Ebony Acoustic-Electric Guitar

For players seeking a sparkling, clear tone, both acoustically and plugged in, the Pursuit Exotic Concert Engelmann Spruce – Striped Ebony is a true ...Click To Read More About This Product

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Special tonewood mix will make an impression for years to come with modern electronics featuring USB compatibility.

For players seeking a sparkling, clear tone, both acoustically and plugged in, the Pursuit Exotic Concert Engelmann Spruce – Striped Ebony is a true reflection of Breedlove’s Distinctively Crafted Sound found in an exceptional appointment package. The bell-like overtones of Engelmann spruce pair perfectly with the bass resonance of ebony for a warm, musical tone overall. Like all Pursuit instruments it includes a built-in USB port for easy interfacing with recording software.

Body Shape
The Breedlove Concert is the original Breedlove shape. It first appeared in 1992, and has been the best- selling Breedlove body shape ever since. Designed specifically for the fingerstylist to be well balanced, compact, and comfortable to play, it generates a wonderfully articulate range of tone with an ample low end that is never boomy, but always felt. The unique construction also allows the Concert to sing even at a full strum. If you’re a fingerstylist, or are seeking an instrument to use as vocal accompaniment, this is the shape for you. The Concert is engineered to provide exceptional sustain with a pronounced bass response, both of which can be achieved with a light touch. The graduated top works in harmony with the Breedlove Bridge Truss to provide an even response throughout the lows, mids, and highs, with sustain, and clear, concise, note-for-note projection.

Top Wood
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.

Back and Side Wood
Striped ebony coloration is nearly black, with brown streaks. Tonally, ebony is powerful, clear, and has a slightly dark tonality that lends extra power to bass response. Strong bass and lower mids. Clear, responsive highs and a slightly scooped midrange. Usually takes a slightly longer period of playing time to open up. Striped ebony is the rarest and most prized of the ebonies and features a white or tan background with high- contrast black striping. Strong, heavy, and hard, ebony has an average specific gravity of about 1.09, which means that it actually sinks in water.

Breedlove Bridge Truss
The Breedlove Bridge Truss (BBT) reduces tension on the soundboard of the guitar, so the top wood is able to vibrate more freely, producing remarkable sustain, balance, and clarity. The BBT also allows for a thinner graduated top, thereby allowing Breedlove craftsmen to bring out the optimal sound from the top wood without sacrificing structural stability. Relieving much of the string tension from the bridge prevents “bridge belly,” ensuring top stability for decades. Guitar strings can exert up to 230 pounds of pull from the nut to the bridge. Traditional methods for preventing top bowing at the bridge usually involve heavy internal bracing and thicker tops. The BBT compensates for this pressure in an innovative way: The BBT is mounted to the bridge from the inside and is connected into the tail block of the guitar, pulling downward on the underside of the bridge to distribute some of the tension, relieving pressure on the top. The resulting tonal effect on BBT-equipped guitars is more resonance and livelier sound with enhanced overtones.

Breedlove Pinless Bridge
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 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.

FEATURES
Body
  • Body type: Concert/O
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top wood: Solid Englemann Spruce
  • Back & sides: Striped Ebony
  • Bracing pattern: Info not available
  • Body finish: Natural Gloss
  • Orientation: Right handed
Neck
  • Neck shape: Slim
  • Nut width: 1.6875 in. (43 mm)
  • Fingerboard: East Indian Rosewood
  • Neck wood: Mahogany (Okume) 
  • Scale length: info not available
  • Number of frets: 20
  • Neck finish: Semi-gloss
Electronics
  • Pickup/preamp: Yes
  • Brand: Fishman
  • Configuration: Sidemounted preamp
  • Preamp EQ: 2-band
  • Feedback filter: Phase
  • Tuner: Yes
Other
  • Headstock overlay: Info not available
  • Tuning machines: Chrome Closed Gear
  • Bridge: East Indian Rosewood
  • Saddle & nut: Bone
  • Number of strings: 6-string
  • Special features: Tonewoods, Preamp with USB
  • Case: Gig Bag
  • Accessories: None
  • Country of origin: United States

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