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Breedlove Signature Concert Copper E

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I have one of these beautiful Breedlove guitars on it's way to me next week.

The Signature Concert Copper E is all solid wood construction and made from sustainable materials, all-natural. No Richlite or resin-impregnated softwoods, no glue-heavy plywoods. Just solid real tonewoods.

The Spec.
  • Body Type - Concert
  • Neck Wood - African Mahogany
  • Solid Wood Top - Torrefied European Spruce
  • Solid Wood Back & Sides - African Mahogany
  • Top Finish - Copper Burst Semi-Gloss
  • Back & Side Finish - Semi-Gloss (Mahogany Stain)
  • Fretboard - Indian Laurel
  • # Frets - 20
  • Nut Width - 1.69"
  • Tuners Hardware - Premium Breedlove Chrome w/ Black buttons
  • Lower Bout Width - 15.37"
  • Waist Width - 9"
  • Upper Bout Width - 11.28"
  • Body Length - 19.874"
  • Body Depth - 3.75" (neck), 4.5" (tail)
  • String Gauge - Olympia light (.012"-.053")
  • Pickup - Breedlove Natural Sound (Microsonic VT HD 2-AAA)
  • Bridge - Indian Laurel
  • Binding - Black (6mm)
  • Inlay - 3mm MOP plastic Dots Offset
  • Scale Length - 25.5"
  • Sound Hole - 4"
  • Designed in Bend. OR USA. Crafted in China.
So basically the same as the all solid American built guitars but keeping to a lower price point by having the guitars built in China.

These are of course, not the first guitars that Breedlove has had made in China. The Pursuit Exotic Myrtlewood which I reviewed is also made in China, as is the Discovery Concert Nylon CE that I reviewed back in April 2019. However, they were solid top with laminate back and sides so it will be very interesting to see how an all solid Breedlove compares.

I will be doing a full video and written review for this one, so look out for that.

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Re: Breedlove Signature Concert Copper E

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I have to say that quality with a torrified top for around 550 8O is a little bit special :clap: I love the look of a Breedlove as well, ho bugger, looks like the Sol and a Breedlove this year well it would be rude not too :music-guitarred: .

I am looking forward to your review Saul
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It's even cheaper in the states right now. I think they have it on sale at $449 8O

I have not seen the price here in the UK change and I doubt that it will, not anytime soon at least.

Definitely looking forward to this one. It will make up for having to send the Myrtlewood one back after that review. (Y)
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The Breedlove Signature Concert Copper E arrived at last (Y)

It's a lovely guitar. Plays and sounds fantastic. However, I really do think they should tone down the colour of the guitar on their website because this one doesn't look like it at all. It is MUCH paler..still nice but definitely not like the pictures on the website.

I will give it a couple of days to settle and then get to doing a review.
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I forgot to upload the pictures of the Breedlove Signature Concert Copper E. As you can see, this is definitely NOT the same colour as the one on the Breedlove website or as shown by many dealers?

I have seen others of the same model and they are all the same colour as mine so, it seems there is a bit of misleading advertising going on here. :think:

It is still a really nice guitar but they definitely need to sort their advertising.
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Breedlove are about the best guitars around in terms of price value

Wonderful instruments

Currently I own the Solo Concert CE 12

By far, the most comfortable one I've had (and previously I did have Yamaha and Takamine models)

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Very nice Eduardo.

That has layered back and sides I think?
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Yep

But it does sound terrific, and plays like a butter
Previously I had a Takamine (Japan) guitar. I think it was EAN40, which sounded wonderful, but the neck was not that comfortable. As my Breedlove, It did have the bridge design without pins, which is a dream come true for changing trings.

I always use my Breedlove with the soundhole open. It gives me even more volume. Also the sustain is beautiful. It rings out for days

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I really don't understand why all acoustic guitars don't have that "through the bridge" design for the strings. It makes changing them and absolute breeze :)

The reason I mentioned the layered back and sides is that I wondered, now that the company has shown it can build all solid construction guitars at a very reasonable price, why they don't just fully move to that and leave the laminates behind? I did ask them about it and they said that they will continue to use laminates for the exotic wood series guitars. But that still makes no sense to me.

They have the Organic Series 'Artista' from $799 and that has a solid European spruce top with solid Myrtlewood back & sides. Certainly exotic enough for me :)

Still, they are all really well made whether all-solid or laminate and that is the main thing. I really fancy one of those Artista series now ;)
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