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Breedlove Distinctive Dealer Custom Concert Acoustic Guitar, Cocobolo and Bear Claw Sitka

$5,199.00
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  • Breedlove Distinctive Dealer Custom Guitar
  • Concert Body Shape
  • Bear Claw Sitka Top
  • Cocobolo Back and Sides
  • Cocobolo Fretboard
  • Mini McKenzie River of Live Inlay - Rare Tahitian Black Mother of Pearl
  • Honduran Mahogany Neck - Satin Finish
  • 1 3/4" Bone Nut
  • Cocobolo Headstock Cap
  • Gloss Top, Back, and Sides
  • Tortoise Body and Neck Binding
  • Masterclass Body, Neck, and Headstock Purfling
  • Wide Cocobolo Rosette
  • Delta Cocobolo Bridge
  • Gold Gotoh 510 Tuners w/Ebony Buttons
  • Breedlove Deluxe Tolex Hardshell Case
  • Instrument Weight: 3.8 lbs.
  • Serial #: 23721

Player's Perspective

As winter approached in late 2017 we decided to take a trip up to Oregon to hang out with our friends at Breedlove. Along with some wild times with the crew we buckled down and got to work on building some beautiful guitars. Every piece of wood and each appointment chosen for this build was carefully chosen for its tonal and aesthetic impact on the instrument in a hands-on collaboration with Breedlove while we were visiting their factory. Our fully customized instrument just showed up, and we couldn’t be more impressed with how the folks at Breedlove made our guitar come alive. Built by the best of the best over at Breedlove's factory, the sound, look, and playability of this guitar are head and shoulders above your typical acoustic.

If you like Cocobolo or Brazilian Rosewood, well then this is the guitar for you! We really went over the top with using some of the finest cuts of Cocobolo that Breedlove had to offer. There's Cocobolo all over this thing and we think it looks and sounds pretty darn amazing.

Many people will say that Cocobolo is the closest thing to Brazilian Rosewood that can still be harvested today, and frankly, they might just be onto something. There’s a gorgeous complexity and brilliance to the high-end that doesn't get too shrill but is present enough to help you stand out and cut through. The bass response is powerful and punchy while the mids are smooth and warm, perfect for strumming and really projecting the energy that you put into your playing. The midrange response is rich and helps to fill out the sound very similarly the way Brazilian Rosewood is warm, full, and fairly balanced across the frequency spectrum with a bright and focused tone. The bass notes come through with plenty of body and sustain to them without being woofy and getting muddy, even if you're laying into the guitar and strumming hard. The gorgeous Bear Claw Sitka top helps to even out the string-to-string balance that really compliments the warmth and fullness of the Cocobolo body very well. Single note lines breathe with your playing technique – this is an acoustic that can handle lead lines with great expressiveness and subtlety while responding extremely dynamically to your style. If you're more of a flat-picker or hard strummer, you'll be able to wail away without worrying about overdriving the top or drowning out your bass notes. 

This guitar showed up from Bend perfectly set up and ready to create music. It plays incredibly well and the neck is very forgiving on your playing hand while the body shape is extremely comfortable to wrap your arms around. This one’s for the musician who is searching for a high-end, one of a kind, player’s instrument that’s going to thrive in the studio and on the stage for decades to come. We designed this guitar so that you can really lay into it with your strumming and the tone stays full and rich while the top offers a very slight amount of natural compression.

Special Features

We got to hand select everything on this guitar and come up with the exact specifications for a guitar that would sound warm and full while also projecting loudly with some brightness and ability to cut through. Once we decided what we wanted and picked out all of the woods, we turned it over to Breedlove's Custom Shop luthier's and let them work their magic to turn some gorgeous slabs of wood into an even more gorgeous music-making-machine! Let’s start with the back: It’s the nicest cut of masterclass figured Cocobolo we could find in Breedlove’s factory. Trust us, we literally looked through every single piece they had. The sides are also figured Cocobolo and the top is a gorgeous cut of figured Bear Claw Sitka. The fretboard, headstock cap, rosette, and bridge are all made out of Cocobolo to help tie it all together both sonically and aesthetically. Breedlove’s pinless bridge design makes changing strings quite easy and effortless. The Masterclass purfling on the guitar and premier Cocobolo rosette really help put the ribbon on this beautiful little package.

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized Distinctive Dealer for Breedlove. This Custom Shop Cocobolo Concert is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.