European Spruce - African Mahogany
Performer Pro Series Parlor Concertina Aged Toner CE
What happened when we shrunk our new Organic Pro Performer series down to a Concertina (our version of the parlor) body shape? Only good things. This guitar offers everything you want from a professional grade, all solid body guitar in a small, powerful package. With 12 frets to the body, the Performer Pro Concertina CE produces a unique, inviting tone, with the bridge sitting right on the European spruce top’s sweet spot. A short scale and soft cutaway open up every fret, whether bending the blues, shaking a wicked vibrato, or simply singing your favorite song from Spotify. Working musicians love the Performer Pro’s killer combination of classic spruce and mahogany tone, with beautifully understated looks. When plugged in, the Fishman Flex Plus-T electronics, capture true acoustic sound and allow you to make this small bodied guitar sound as big as you like.
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Performer Pro Series Parlor Concertina Aged Toner CE
Performer Pro Series Parlor Concertina Aged Toner CE
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.
Real Solid Tonewoods for Superior Sound
No Richlite or resin impregnated softwoods, no glue-heavy plywoods: just solid real tonewoods for real tone.
Fishman Electronics
Side-mounted Fishman Flex Plus-T electronics with volume, treble, bass, and phase controls, plus on onboard tuner. For detailed information on the electronic, please reference the Fishman user manual.
European Spruce
As a guitar top, European spruce is powerful like Adirondack, clear like Sitka, and complex and responsive like Engelmann, all of which are employed in various Breedlove guitar lines. With the Organic Pro Collection years in the making, Breedlove owner Tom Bedell literally climbed a mountain to be positive that the exotic FSC-certified tonewoods used in the assortment are harvested in responsible ways that respect the earth, while providing for superior tone that will last a lifetime. High in the windblown Swiss Alps, Bedell watched as European spruce trees were individually selected—each yielding many dozens of top sets—with an eye towards keeping the old growth stands robust for decades to come.
African Mahogany
Sometimes called khaya, African mahogany has a familiar crisp, clean and warm voice and boasts an impressive versatility, taking well to fingerpicking as well as to a more robust strumming attack without losing clarity. All mahogany instruments—like the Organic Collection Wildwood Series (which features sustainably harvested wood source from the Republic of Congo) offer a natural compression that delights blues players, folkies and singer/songwriters.
Parlor Concertina Body Shape
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.
Cascade Bracing for Custom Shop Sound
Conceived in the shadow of the Cascade Mountain Range, Breedlove’s Cascade Bracing delivers pinnacle acoustic soundand American ingenuity in guitars for everyone.
Every USA made Breedlove guitar gets hand-voiced by one of our builders in Bend, Oregon. These craftspeople achieve sonic perfection by meticulously shaping each instrument’s internal bracing. But, we’re not just artists and artisans, we’re guitar geeks. We keep meticulous records—every refinement, every change, every delicate curl of wood off the chisel gets logged in our database.
We used all that combined knowledge and experience to answer a simple question: “How can we make our accessible, production guitars sound even closer to the showpieces from our Custom Shop?” The answer? Cascade Bracing.
Performer Pro Series Parlor Concertina Aged Toner CE
We are pleased to present these very detailed specifications for your 2022 Breedlove acoustic guitar, which was designed in Bend, Oregon and crafted in China. In addition to dimensions, we have listed every piece of wood in this model: its common name, scientific name, and country where the tree grew. We use no clear-cut wood. We either salvage dead trees or individually harvest to minimize the impact on the forest. You can travel globally with your Breedlove worry free. No permits are needed. That said, it might be helpful to have this information on hand if you are traveling internationally. We suggest printing out this information and carrying it with your guitar to avoid any misunderstanding or time-consuming waits with border customs officials.
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Performer Pro Series Parlor Concertina Aged Toner CE
The Breedlove Play Style system was created to help you, the player, select your sound and playing style. Finding the most appropriate guitar to fit your sound requires finding not only the correct body shape, but the proper tonewood combinations to fit your style of play. Each Breedlove guitar is designed for a specific play style and sound, the Play Style systems assign a playing style icon to each instrument.
L | Lighter Play, Fingerstyle: One of Breedlove’s specialties is crafting guitars with a more focused, individual note-for-note clarity and tonal balance.
What Players are Saying
Reviews, Testimonials & Awards
I was looking for a 12 fret guitar with a spruce top and mahogany back, sides and neck with rosewood or ebony fretboard and bridge. When I learned that the only guitars made by my preferred maker that fit these criteria were either discontinued or cost over $6,000 USD, I began looking at reasonably affordable alternatives. There are not an abundant number of guitar makers that offer 12 fret models and even fewer that would have been within my budget. After narrowing my search to three options, I found myself becoming increasingly drawn toward the Performer Concertina in the Organic series. I was especially drawn to the torrefied European spruce top and sustainably sourced, solid woods.
When I discovered an on-line dealer offering this guitar for just under $600 USD, I was compelled to complete the purchase and never regretted a moment since. While I had to set up the instrument to suit my preferred string gauge and playing style, it sounds as good and has the playability and features of similar guitars that might cost several times more. Due to its convenient size and impressive tone, resonance and sustain, it has become my preferred acoustic.
