Sustainability

Tonewood Certification Program

As demand on our world’s forests and environment grow, it is critical we build guitars using sustainable sourcing. At Breedlove we never use tonewood from clear-cut trees in any of our USA-made instruments. Additionally, we are very close to being clear-cut free on all of our overseas models. This is our goal, and a work in progress. Traveling throughout the world we go to the forests and work with local families and mills whenever possible, going to the source to make sure our instruments not only play and sound better, but allow us to feel better about the instruments we play and love.

Clear Cut Free Guitars

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Sustainable USA Made Guitars

With your help, Breedlove is aiming to save the planet one guitar at a time.

The Organic Collection

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African Mahogany

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European Spruce

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Overview

Sustainability

With your help, Breedlove is aiming to save the planet one guitar at a time.

All Made in Bend models—including Custom Masterclass, Legacy, Premier and Oregon series instruments—as well the pioneering, revolutionarily affordable Organic Collection of all solid wood Designed in Bend guitars, are 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.

We only have one world. Please join us. Breedlove believes that we should all consider the decisions we make about consumption, and ask questions about where the products we use from and how they are made. A guitar is a lifetime investment. It brings you joy and it helps you bring more joy into that one world. Shouldn’t it be sustainable? Shouldn’t it help heal the world, rather than harming it? We think so and we know you do, too.