The Breedlove 2018 Pursuit Exotic Concert CE is a very dynamic acoustic-electric guitar, featuring an Engelmann spruce top and coupled with the dense striped ebony has created a guitar that can be played softer to the touch, yet deliver a profound bass. The unusual wood combination has created a delightful instrument that has proven to be very popular.

Engelmann Spruce Top

Engelmann spruce is a silky pale spruce, similar in color to European spruce. It responds best to a light touch and light strings. Warm bass response with great projection. Its extreme lightness in weight produces a ringier and more open sound than Sitka spruce. Tonally, it falls between European spruce and cedar. Requires less playing time to open up than European spruce. Vibrates with developed overtones and is "ringier" than Sitka. consistent coloring, its tight grain patterns, and its light weight. It produces guitar tops that project louder than many other woods, and it is used in extremely high end guitars. It offers a middle ground between Euro Spruce and Cedar. It plays in very quickly and gives a spruce like treble. It is a softer wood and will yield good basses right away also. Very light in color. Known for its consistent coloring and tight grain patterns.

Striped Macassar Ebony Back and Sides

Striped Macassar ebony 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… read more 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. read less