Striped Ebony: The coloration is nearly black, with brown streaks. Tonally, Macassar 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 Macassar ebonies and features a white or tan background with high-contrast black striping. Strong, heavy, and hard, Macassar ebony has an average specific gravity of about 1.09, which means that it actually sinks in water. Learn more.
Sinker Redwood: Redwood is a dark, beautiful top wood favored by fingerstyle players who appreciate clear upper harmonic content. Sinker redwood is a special type of redwood that comes from logs that were submerged in oxygen-free environments in the bottom of lakes or ocean waters, yielding darker, more striped, and often stiffer and lighter wood. Bold, punchy, crisp tones, with rich, strong overtones. Like a cross between spruce and cedar. Coloration can range from a light pinkish brown to a deep reddish brown. Sinker redwood is reclaimed from a body of water and usually exhibits dark striations resulting from the concentration of silt or other river deposits in the tonewood.
Auditorium Body Shape: The Breedlove Auditorium is the sonic mid-point between our Concert and Jumbo body shapes. Its depth and lower bout combined with its upper body cutaway produce the articulation of the Concert, with tonal depth reminiscent of the larger-bodied Jumbo. An extremely versatile instrument, the Auditorium casts a nod into dreadnought territory while also accommodating alternate tunings, fingerstyle and bold strumming. These characteristics make the Auditorium an outstanding platform for Breedlove 12-string guitars as well. Learn more.
Custom Features: Florentine cutaway, figured bloodwood soundhole purfling, figured bloodwood tailstrip & binding, gold strap buttons, winged ebony bridge, LR Baggs Anthem pickup.
