The Breedlove Custom Steelhead Concerto is a tribute to the beautiful northwest & Washington State Fish, The Steelhead. An ocean going fish that returns regularly to our rivers to spawn, we wanted to design a guitar that represented the power and beauty of this fish in a musical instrument. That is why 
the Concerto body shape was used for this design. With a wider lower bout, slightly smaller sound hole and slightly deeper body, you can feel the power of this guitar as it moves the air when you strum. Yet, it is still balanced throughout the tonal range. The folks at Music World designed this instrument and picked the tonewoods out on their annual Breedlove Custom Build Trip (there's a trip coming up end of April, space available!) at the factory, in Bend OR. The back and side woods are Ovangkol, (along with matching overlay on head stock) and a Sitka Spruce top. If you look closely at the back, a very specific piece of wood was chosen to represent the visual aesthetic of a river – the figuring mimics the natural rippling and riffles of a river that you commonly see near tail-outs and heads of pools. (a common resting place for Steelhead!) The tonal response of Ovangkol is very similar to East Indian Rosewood, in which it projects the bass notes very well and has a full sound with a bit more clarity. The Sitka Spruce, sourced from Alaska, has a very even, balanced response and is a very strong wood.
