BREEDLOVE

matttherevelator41 · Post by **matttherevelator41** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:07 pm

Does anyone know anything about Breedlove guitars? They seem to be well built, but I can't find a dealer around me that carries them. If anyone has any info, please share.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:10 pm

ive never played one myself, but a friend of mine whos also a Taylor fanatic says theyre incredible and hed probably get one over a Taylor.

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:29 pm

Wow...I'll have to check them out. I have never heard of them...

m98ter · Post by **m98ter** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:35 pm

I don't know the model, but the Breedlove I played a few weeks ago at my local shop was the best sounding guitar I've ever had my hands on. I was ready to drop a grand on it until I realized it was more like $2600.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:43 pm

yeah, they are a bit expensive. i didnt like the slope cutaway at first buts growing on me. i need to go to the city and get my hands on one.

matttherevelator41 · Post by **matttherevelator41** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:55 pm

http://elderly.com/cat_or_pgc_brand_pag ... verse_str=

Check out the AC25/SR with the solid rosewood back and sides...

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:57 pm

They look pretty nice. I want to know how they sound. If anyone has one PLEASE post a clip...

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:06 pm

i cant tell much of a difference between guitars from a clip

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:10 pm

A friend at work has one, he bought his for 6 grand (he's an older type, 48, with lots of money to burn apparently). It's completely custom. He has this native american whale art inlay all up the fret board, and if I remember correctly it's made from Koa. It is the most amazing guitar I've ever had the chance of playing. He had to pat me down too, make sure I didn't have any belt buckles or buttons that would scratch it. The thing of it is though, he doesn't even play guitar. He scoffs at me everytime I bring up Taylor guitars.

m98ter · Post by **m98ter** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:40 pm

I love guys like that......its always fun to show them up playing a $60 walmart acoustic if thats all you have at your disposal as opposed to their abalone enriched POS.

DT · Post by DT » Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:20 pm

i played a used flamed maple one at a local GC... it was absloutely incredible looking and sounded AWESOME- those things play beautifully, i cant say enough about them

i wish they sold them at more places

oh yea, and that i could afford one

jrm · Post by **jrm** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:50 am

matttherevelator-

I don't know where you're from, but the best place to get one around where I live is Apple Music in downtown Portland. They are made in Bend, Oregon, so these guys have the serious hookup with them. A couple of the guys who work in their acoustic shop actually build for Breedlove. I've luckily been able to play a bunch of them, Apple Music has a full room dedicated to only Breedloves

Go to this website. http://www.applemusicrow.com Go to the products page, then the acoustic guitar page, then the breedlove section and let the drooling begin.

They are awesome guitars and I would buy one over a Taylor any day of the week. I love the way they look, sound, feel, etc... They are so pimp.

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:11 am

My only complaint about them, which is a petty one, is the head stock, just something about it rubs me the wrong way.

matttherevelator41 · Post by **matttherevelator41** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:27 pm

Snyder wrote:My only complaint about them, which is a petty one, is the head stock, just something about it rubs me the wrong way.

I was thinking the same exact thing...

Oahu · Post by **Oahu** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:20 am

I've played ten or twenty in shops and I've found they produce some of the best and worst sounding guitars. They're INCREDIBLY inconsistent. Stay away from their new laminant line, for those prices a Takamine or Alvarez would do you much better.