Tonewood Certification Program

The Tonewood Certification Program

As demand on our world’s forests and fragile environment grow, it is critical we build guitars using sustainable sourcing, including selective, individual harvest and, whenever possible, the salvage of downed timber. At Breedlove, we know the health of the earth is as important to you as it is to us. We never use wood from clear-cut trees in any of our Made in Bend or Organic Collection instruments. In keeping with our rigorous Tonewood Certification Project, we can pinpoint where the materials in your USA-made model grew, and how they were culled. Additionally, we are closer every day to being clear-cut free with all of our overseas Designed in Bend models—a remarkable feat in today’s economic climate. This is our goal—and it is a work in progress. Traveling the world, we visit the forests, confer with authorities, and work with local families and mills to make sure our instruments cause as little harm as possible. Guitars use a tiny fraction of the world’s commercially harvested wood and a single log can produce dozens and dozens of beautiful instruments. Join us in an awareness of the earth and our effect on it. Protecting the world’s forests never sounded better.