About Performance Guitars
Designed with stage and studio in mind, Breedlove Performance series guitars feature distinctive aesthetics and inlays, and customized electronics. Built upon our "S Series" Custom Shop platform, Performance Series guitars are built in the U.S. Custom shop alongside our Master Class instruments.
Each Performance Series model is outfitted for... well, performance! Each instrument features eye-catching Abalone inlays, L.R. Baggs electronics, strap buttons at the neck heel, and more.
Each Performance Series model is outfitted for... well, performance! Each instrument features eye-catching Abalone inlays, L.R. Baggs electronics, strap buttons at the neck heel, and more.
About Performance Guitars
Designed with stage and studio in mind, Breedlove Performance series guitars feature distinctive aesthetics and inlays, and customized electronics. Built upon our "S Series" Custom Shop platform, Performance Series guitars are built in the U.S. Custom shop alongside our Master Class instruments.
Each Performance Series model is outfitted for... well, performance! Each instrument features eye-catching Abalone inlays, L.R. Baggs electronics, strap buttons at the neck heel, and more.
Several Performance Series models are among our top sellers, with good reason. The Performance Series offers Breedlove Custom Shop quality and craftsmanship, with a value-priced electronics/appointments upgrade package.
All Performance Series guitars feature our asymmetrical/winged pin-less bridge and JLD Bridge Truss, for signature Breedlove tone and resonance. No matter what your style of play, there's a Performance Series guitar that will suit your needs.
Each Performance Series model is outfitted for... well, performance! Each instrument features eye-catching Abalone inlays, L.R. Baggs electronics, strap buttons at the neck heel, and more.
Several Performance Series models are among our top sellers, with good reason. The Performance Series offers Breedlove Custom Shop quality and craftsmanship, with a value-priced electronics/appointments upgrade package.
All Performance Series guitars feature our asymmetrical/winged pin-less bridge and JLD Bridge Truss, for signature Breedlove tone and resonance. No matter what your style of play, there's a Performance Series guitar that will suit your needs.
Performance
Performance Balance
The Balance is an elegant concert guitar, with graceful details and a warm and woody tone. As its name suggests, Perfectly Balanced.
Features & Details
- Western Red Cedar Top
- Mahogany Back and Sides (also available in Myrtlewood or Walnut)
- S Abalone Rosette
- Tortoise Binding
- Balance Inlay
- L.R. Baggs Active Element
- SC20 - Deep Concert
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Lifetime Warranty
Performance Balance
- Body Style: Concert, cutaway or non-cutaway
- Body Depth: Deep, 4 9/16"
- Width at lower bout: 15"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 3/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 1/4"
- String Gauge: Light
- Top Wood: Western Red Cedar
- Back and Sides: Mahogany also available in Walnut and in Myrtlewood
- Binding: Tortoise Binding w/ bwbwb purfling
- Rosette: 1/8" Abalone Rosette
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq
- Frets: Standard
- Fingerboard Binding: Black
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Balance
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Gold
- Electronics: L.R. Baggs Active Element
- Case: Breedlove Logo Case
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Performance Bosa Nova
A comfortable neck, full voice and soft cutaway make the Bossa Nova a world-class Nylon string guitar. You know the sound, the name says it all
Features & Details
- Western Red Cedar Top
- Rosewood Back and Sides
- S Abalone Rosette
- Black Binding
- Breedlove 'B' inlay
- L.R. Baggs Active Element
- SN25 - Deep Nylon Concert with Soft Cutaway
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Lifetime Warranty
Performance Bosa Nova
- Body Style: Concert with Soft Cutaway
- Body Depth: Deep, 4 9/16"
- Width at lower bout: 15"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 7/8"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 5/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 3/8"
- String Gauge: 12-String Light
- Top Wood: Western Red Cedar
- Back and Sides: East Indian Rosewood
- Binding: Black Binding w/ bwbwb purfling
- Rosette: 1/8" Abalone
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq
- Frets: Standard
- Fingerboard Binding: Black
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Breedlove "B" on 1st Fret
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Chrome
- Electronics: L.R. Baggs Active Element
- Case: Breedlove Logo Case
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Performance Focus Dreadnought
The Focus Dreadnought is an incredible acoustic dreadnought that has been touched with the performance elements of the Focus Concert yet giving even more tonal range.
Features & Details
- Sitka Spruce Top
- Rosewood Back and Sides
- S Abalone Rosette
- Ivoroid Binding
- Focus Inlay
- L.R. Baggs Active Element
- NOTE: The Focus Dread used to be an SD20 (no cutaway), but is now an SD25 (with soft cutaway.) Correct images are coming soon!
- SD25 - Dreadnought with Soft Cutaway
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Lifetime Warranty
Performance Focus Dreadnought
- Body Style: Dreadnought
- Body Depth: Deep, 4 9/16"
- Width at lower bout: 16"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 3/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 1/4"
- String Gauge: Medium
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: East Indian Rosewood
- Binding: Ivoroid w/ bwbwb purfling
- Rosette: 1/8" Abalone Rosette
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq
- Frets: Standard
- Fingerboard Binding: Black
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Focus
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Chrome
- Electronics: L.R. Baggs Active Element
- Case: Breedlove Logo Case
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Performance Focus Dreadnought SE
The Focus Dreadnought Special Edition builds upon the Focus Dreadnought and features a Red Spruce top, a beautiful binding of flamed Koa and the new Focus Special Edition inlay.
Features & Details
- Red Spruce Top
- Rosewood Back and Sides
- Master Class Spoked Abalone Rosette
- Flamed Koa Binding
- Focus Special Edition Inlay
- L. R. Baggs Element Active VTCs
- SD25 - Dreadnought with Soft Cutaway
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Lifetime Warranty
Performance Focus Dreadnought SE
- Body Style: Dreadnought
- Body Depth: Deep, 4 9/16"
- Width at lower bout: 16"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 3/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 1/4"
- String Gauge: Medium
- Top Wood: Red Spruce
- Back and Sides: East Indian Rosewood
- Binding: Koa w/ bwbwb purfling
- Rosette: Master Class Spoked Abalone Rosette
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq
- Frets: Standard
- Fingerboard Binding: Koa
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Focus Special Edition
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Chrome
- Electronics: L. R. Baggs Element Active VTC
- Case: Breedlove Deluxe Hardshell Case
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Performance Focus
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Performance Focus 12 String
Breedlove received many requests for an incredible 12-string guitar that is ready to play out. We're proud to present our response.
Features & Details
- Sitka Spruce Top
- Rosewood Back and Sides
- S Abalone Rosette
- Ivoroid Binding
- Focus Inlay
- L.R. Baggs Active Element
- SJ25 - Deep Jumbo with Soft Cutaway
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Lifetime Warranty
Performance Focus 12 String
- Body Style: Jumbo 12-string with soft cutaway
- Body Depth: Deep, 4 9/16"
- Width at lower bout: 17"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 7/8"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 5/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 3/8"
- String Gauge: 12-String Light
- Top Wood: Select Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: East Indian Rosewood
- Binding: Ivoroid w/ bwbwb purfling
- Rosette: 1/8" Abalone Rosette
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq
- Frets: Standard
- Fingerboard Binding: Black
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Focus
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Chrome
- Electronics: L.R. Baggs Active Element
- Case: Breedlove Logo Case
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Performance Fusion
The Fusion features a high performance combination of Mahogany and Sitka Spruce, with a cutaway that's as accessible as it is dramatic and incorporates many of Kim Breedlove's groundbreaking design features.
Features & Details
- Sitka Spruce Top
- Mahogany Back and Sides (also available in Myrtlewood or Walnut)
- S Abalone Rosette
- Black Binding
- Focus Inlay
- L. R. Baggs Active Element
- SC22 - Concert with Sharp Cutaway
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Lifetime Warranty
Performance Fusion
- Body Style: Concert with Sharp Cutaway
- Body Depth: Deep, 4 9/16"
- Width at lower bout: 15"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 3/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 1/4"
- String Gauge: Light
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: Mahogany (also available in Myrtlewood or Walnut)
- Binding: Black Binding w/ bwbwb purfling
- Rosette: 1/8" Abalone Rosette
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq
- Frets: Standard
- Fingerboard Binding: Black
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Focus Special Edition
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Chrome
- Electronics: L. R. Baggs Active Element
- Case: Breedlove Deluxe Hardshell
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Performance Fusion Special Edition
New for 2007, the Fusion Special Edition is a customized Fusion featuring the Focus Special Edition inlay and an L.R. Baggs I-Mix/M1 electronics system.
Features & Details
- Sitka Spruce Top
- Mahogany Back and Sides
- S Abalone Rosette
- Black Binding
- Focus Special Edition Inlay
- L.R. Baggs I-Mix/M1
- SC22 - Concert with Sharp Cutaway
- Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Lifetime Warranty
Performance Fusion Special Edition
- Body Style: Concert with Sharp Cutaway
- Body Depth: Deep, 4 9/16"
- Width at lower bout: 15"
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Neck Width at Body: 2 3/16"
- String Spacing at Saddle, E-E: 2 1/4"
- String Gauge: Light
- Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides: Mahogany
- Binding: Black Binding w/ bwbwb purfling
- Rosette: 1/8" Abalone Rosette
- Nut and Saddle: Tusq
- Frets: Standard
- Fingerboard Binding: Black
- # Of Frets: 20 Total, 14 Clear
- Fingerboard and Bridge: Ebony
- Inlay Pattern: Focus SE
- Headstock Overlay: Ebony
- Tuners: Chrome
- Electronics: LR Baggs I-Mix/M1
- Case: Breedlove Logo Case
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