Breedlove Lu’au Concert Electro-Acoustic Ukulele Sitka-Myrtlewood Natural Shadow

Based on years of refinement in ukulele design by none other than Kim Breedlove himself, the Breedlove Lu’au Concert Electro-Acoustic Ukulele is a stunning foray into Uke production by this highly respected guitar luthier. With beautiful Myrtlewood used in its construction – here combined with solid Sitka spruce for the top – the Breedlove Lu’au ukulele has a bright voice with lovely sustain. Breedlove always puts a lot of work into the playing experience too, the results of which are evident; the neck is very comfortable, and the fretboard is a dream to navigate.

Presented here in a subtle Natural Shadow finish, this Breedlove Lu’au Concert Ukulele E is fitted with an under saddle pickup and upper-bout mounted control panel for easy amplification. Now available from Merchant City Music, online and in our Glasgow store. We’re proud to be a Breedlove Distinctive Dealer, and are always happy to advise on the features and benefits of this Oregon company’s stunning instruments. Every ukulele we sell is rigorously checked over and professionally set up, ensuring you receive the best possible example. We ship fast to the UK and Europe.

Breedlove Lu’au Concert Electro-Acoustic Ukulele with Natural Shadow Gloss Finish

For years, Kim Breedlove departed the Breedlove workshop on late afternoons – just to go to his home garage workshop and craft ukuleles. Kim has now retired, but his passion for these diminutive instruments lives on in the form of Breedlove’s new range of Lu’au Ukes. Designed in Bend, Oregon, and crafted from Oregon myrtlewood, these concert Ukuleles are based on Kim’s custom shape and bracing. Beautiful to behold and to play, the Concert size of these ukes makes them perfect for performance and more advanced techniques.

Top Wood

Sitka spruce, picea sitchensis, originates in the northwest United States. Sitka spruce has been the primary top wood for American-made instruments for decades. It is strong and light with extended harmonic content, and it nearly equals the power of Adirondack. It offers a strong, focused tone with a solid fundamental. When compared with European spruce, Sitka delivers warmer, more fundamental sound, largely free of overtones. Sitka takes a slightly longer period of playing time to open up. It has a straight uniform grain and colouration ranges from white to pink to light brown.

Back and Sides Wood

Myrtlewood is a stunning tree that grows along Oregon’s Pacific Coast. Battered by wind and rain, it grows in rich figured, colourful hues. Its musical character is a marriage of rosewood, mahogany and maple – balanced and alive with bass, mid and treble sound. Myrtlewood is denser than Sitka spruce, allowing the top to be sanded thinner, giving more energy to sound creation.