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What makes this Limited Edition Five Star Guitars Select Oregon Series Concert Acoustic Guitar with Cutaway and Electronics so special?
We hand selected the High Contrast Myrtlewood for the solid back and sides of the body as well as the Tight and Light Grain Port Orford Cedar for the solid top soundboard. We swapped the standard series tuning keys for Gotoh 510 Tuning Keys in Gold with Ebony Button. Topped off these custom built guitars with 4mm Offset Myrtlewood Dot Fingerboard Inlays that are Centered at the 12th Fret. Limited Edition run of five and internally hand numbered at the factory in Bend, Oregon.
Overview:
For the musician seeking well-rounded balance with the unique look, midrange fullness, depth, clarity, and liveliness of locally sourced myrtlewood. A surprising Breedlove crafted from Northwest body woods, the Oregon Concert is wonderfully alive with tone. The hardrock maple neck, Hand selected high contrast myrtlewood Back & Sides, Hand selected tight grain Port Orford Cedar top combine to deliver accentuated depth and clarity across the tonal spectrum.
Features:
Solid Hand Selected High Contrast Myrtlewood, umbellularia californica, formerly oreodaphne californica, originates in the western United States in Northern California and Oregon. Myrtlewood offers a strong fundamental with a powerful voice. Similar to maple, it has a clear and bright voice with superb projection and sustain, and offers a full and balanced sound. A versatile non-traditional tonewood, it is a favorite for many styles of playing. Myrtle has very unique and widely varied figure – no two sets are alike. Coloration ranges from blonde to taupe.
Solid Hand Selected Tight and Light Grain Port Orford Cedar Top, chamaecyparis lawsoniana. Port Orford cedar is a highly aromatic wood, delivering a subtle but powerful tone, originates in southwest Oregon and northwest California.
Tone Profile: Durable, stiff and strong with warm resonance. Very versatile acoustically. Like a combination of Sitka spruce and Western red cedar.
Aesthetics: Light amber in color, and also quite aromatic like eucalyptus.
Trivia / Fact: This tonewood known for its highly fragrant ginger aroma. Due to the straightness of its grain, it is also one of the preferred woods for arrow shafts.
Five Star Guitars Oregon Series Limited Edition #2 of 5 Specifications:
Body Type: Concert
Neck Wood: Eastern hard rock maple
Solid Wood Top: Hand Selected Tight Grain with Light Color Port Orford Cedar Top
Solid Wood Back & Sides: Hand Selected High Contrast Myrtlewood
Cutaway: Soft
Top Finish: Gloss
Back & Side Finish: 2019 Thin Semi-gloss
Fretboard: African Ebony
# Frets: 20
Nut Width: 1.75"
>Nut and Saddle: Bone
Tuners Hardware: Gotoh 510 Gold
Lower Bout Width: 15.37"
Waist Width: 9"
Upper Bout Width: 11.28"
Body Length: 19.875"
Body Depth: 3.75" (neck), 4.5" (tail)
String Gauge: D'Addario EXP 16's
Pickup: LR Baggs EAS VTC
Bridge: Delta bridge, African ebony
Binding: Black
Top Purfling: Herringbone
Rosette: Single Abalone
Fingerboard Inlay: 4mm Offset Myrtlewood Dot with Centered 12th fret double
Case: Deluxe Hard Shell Case
Scale Length: 25.5"
Sound Hole: 4"
Scale Length: 25.5"
Weight: 4lb 7oz
Crafted In: Bend, OR USA
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