Academy Award®-winning actor, musician and environmentalist Jeff Bridges and Breedlove owner Tom Bedell came together over their mutual concern for our one planet, with an understanding that beautiful musical instruments could be made with an eye towards preserving the world’s great forests, their habitats and the communities living within them.
The result is a stunning, rich sounding US-made guitar handcrafted entirely from sustainable woods, and featuring Bridges’ “All in this Together” motto inlaid across its fretboard, along with his signature inlaid on the rear of the eastern Hard Rock maple neck’s Wave headstock.
Co-designed with acoustician and Jeff Bridges & The Abiders musical director Chris Pelonis, the Breedlove Jeff Bridges Signature Model is a soft cutaway large body Concerto ready for a heavy play style, but with all the exquisite nuance of a highly figured 3A grade native Oregon myrtlewood top, back and sides.
Gnarly, windblown and sea-sprayed, myrtlewood, found along the Oregon coast, is one of the most sustainable tonewoods available today. Its use in music was pioneered by Breedlove, which promises to employ no clear-cut woods in any of its Made in Bend instruments.
Powerful and responsive like a dreadnought, tonally the acoustic electric Breedlove Jeff Bridges Signature Model emphasizes the unique qualities of myrtle, with a deep rosewood-like bass, the fundamental clarity of mahogany and the enchanting shimmer of koa.
Available only from Lost Chord Guitars in Solvang, Calif., seven percent of royalties from each sale go directly to Amazon Conservation Team, which works in partnership with indigenous colleagues to protect rainforests and traditional culture.
This comfortable, easy-playing, Sound Optimized®, hand voiced instrument is appointed with a herringbone rosette and purfling, accenting a high gloss Bourbon Burst finish, with gold tuners and strap button. Each instrument, fitted with a signature gigbag, is furnished with an inside label and certificate of authenticity signed by Jeff Bridges, who reminds us we are “All in this Together.”
Features
Jeff Bridges signature on headstock, “All in this Together” motto on fretboard
Sustainably sourced all solid wood USA construction
Full gloss, thin Bourbon Burst finish
L.R. Baggs Anthem electronics with soundhole volume, mix, phase inversion, battery check and mic trim controls.
Set up with D’Addario EXP 17 medium gauge strings
Body
Body type: Concerto
Cutaway: Soft
Top wood: 3A Sustainable native Oregon myrtlewood
Back & sides: 3A Sustainable native Oregon myrtlewood
Bracing pattern: Forward X
Body finish: Gloss Bourbon Burst (top)/gloss Bourbon stain (body)
Orientation: Right handed
Neck
Neck shape: C shape
Nut width: 1.75”
Fingerboard: Sustainable African ebony
Neck wood: Sustainable native Eastern Hard Rock maple
Scale length: 25.5”
Number of frets: 20
Neck finish: Satin Bourbon stain
Electronics
Pickup/preamp: Anthem
Brand: L.R. Baggs
Configuration: TRU-MIC technology and Element film sensor pickup with soundhole volume, mix, phase inversion, battery check and mic trim controls
Other
Headstock overlay: Sustainable African ebony
Tuning machines: Premium Hanchang SG-115 satin gold
Bridge: Sustainable African ebony
Saddle & nut: Tusq XL
Number of strings: Six
Special features: J. Bridges signature inlay on back of wave headstock; “All in this Together” fingerboard inlay; Herringbone purfling and rosette; gold strap button; Jeff Bridges personal signature on label and certificate of authenticity.
Case: Deluxe Signature gigbag
Accessories: None
Country of origin: USA
