Review: Breedlove’s Artista Pro Series Concert CE Is a Compact Acoustic-Electric with a Full Dynamic Sound
The Pro Series Concert includes some of the maker’s signature touches in a well-made instrument that’s ready for the stage or studio.
Watch Gretchen Menn Play Led Zeppelin Tunes on a 2001 Breedlove Ed Gerhard Signature
With its rounded cutaway, asymmetrical headstock, and asymmetrical, dual-scimitar shaped bridge, this guitar has an unmistakable look.
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Review: Breedlove Pursuit Exotic S Concert Edgeburst CE Features Sustainable Tonewoods
The Breedlove Pursuit Exotic S Concert Edgeburst CE, constructed with responsibly-sourced woods, is an attractive and well-made guitar at a reasonable price.
Breedlove’s New ECO Collection Makes its Multi-Genre Debut in Music City
From our friends at Breedlove: Historically, Nashville has long been synonymous with country music. But even when it was dubbed “Music City USA’ to reflect this fact, few could have realized that the town would continue to grow into a true embodiment of that nickname — with Nashville evolving and…
Breedlove ECO Collection – Sustainable Natural Sound
From our friends at Breedlove: Two values drive Breedlove—protecting our world’s forests and maximizing acoustic guitar sound. Breedlove’s ECO Collection addresses both. In a visionary feat of engineering, Breedlove has developed a process to integrate three layers of tonewood—sustainably harvested from forests visited by Breedlove owner Tom Bedell—avoiding the soft…
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Guitar Review: Breedlove Organic Signature Concert Copper CE Is an Entry-Level Acoustic-Electric Made from Sustainable, All-Solid Woods
What sets Breedlove's Organic Collection guitars apart apart from other entry-level models is their lightly built, solid-wood construction with thin UV finishes.
Made in Oregon: The First Twenty Years at Breedlove Guitars
Breedlove has capitalized on creative designs and fearless expansion to carve its own niche.
Hear Gretchen Menn Play Led Zeppelin’s ‘Bron-Yr-Aur’ on Our Custom Breedlove C22
This custom 2000 Breedlove C22 is from Acoustic Guitar magazine’s 10th Anniversary Collection. In celebration of our 30th anniversary in 2020, we’re putting our collection up for auction from April 20 through May 10, giving you the opportunity to bid on a piece of guitar history and support guitar education…
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Winter NAMM 2019: New Concertina, Concerto, and Concert Guitars from Breedlove
In this video from the 2019 Winter NAMM Show, Sean Morrissey and Dominic St. Charles of Breedlove Guitars demo the company’s small-bodied Concertina and myrtlewood-topped Oregon Concerto and Oregon Concert acoustics. Check out more 2019 Winter NAMM coverage.
Beyond Rosewood: 12 Mid-Priced Alt-Wood Guitars
Our pitch to makers was simple: Send us a guitar that uses no rosewood and has a real-world cost of $500–$1,500. Since some makers have many models that qualify, we limited each brand to one guitar of any shape or size, with or without electronics or a cutaway. Laminated and solid woods were okay, but no composites such as carbon fiber (that’s a roundup for another time). What you’ll see over the following pages are a dozen acoustic guitars, presented alphabetically, that show off some of the delightful choices available in this popular price range.
Enter to Win Your Dream Custom Guitar!
Sponsored by Breedlove Breedlove is celebrating the introduction of our new Custom Masterclass Build-to-Order Program by giving one lucky contestant the opportunity to win a Custom Masterclass of their design. This is a tremendous occasion to take home one of the finest sounding custom acoustic guitars from our USA Custom…
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Breedlove Ukuleles are Back!
Sponsored by Breedlove Kim Breedlove was always at his best when he was designing and handcrafting stringed instruments. From walking and exploring the koa forests of Hawaii – to his home workshop in Bend, Oregon where he experimented with nuances in ukulele body design – the ukulele was one of…
Wood Science: Tom Bedell’s Commitment to Sound Optimization and Sustainability
Commitment to understanding variations in the trees that become guitars are the pillars of his design philosophy at Bedell Guitars and at Breedlove
Breedlove’s Revolutionary New Body Shapes: Just in time for the Holidays
Sponsored by Breedlove At Breedlove, we blaze our own trails, working closely with our craftsmen, artists, and players to engineer distinct body shapes to fit the preferences of different players and playing styles. Our revolutionary distinctive body shapes produce better, more nuanced sound than traditional guitars. And just in time…
New Breedlove and Bedell Guitars at Winter NAMM 2018
At the Winter 2018 NAMM show, Tom Bedell discusses the range of Breedlove body sizes, presents a Legacy with beautiful cocobolo back and sides, and explains how the company uses sound optimization to create the best tone in each guitar. He also shows a new Bedell guitar with an Adirondack soundboard and Brazilian rosewood back and…
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Gear Review: Breedlove Oregon Concertina E Sitka Myrtle
A new small-bodied flattop with generous sound and effortless playability.
Breedlove Introduces New Legacy Concerto at Summer NAMM 2017: Video
At Summer NAMM 2017, Breedlove introduced its new Legacy Concerto, a concert-size guitar with koa back and sides, a solid spruce top, a slightly bigger body shape than standard concerts, and new sound profiling technology that helps the tonewoods deliver a boomier, more robust sound. Watch the video for more info from Breedlove.…
Video Review: Breedlove’s New All-Myrtlewood Concerto E Is a Sonic Wonder
With the recent introduction of the all-myrtlewood Breedlove Concerto, the Oregon-based guitar company became the first large-scale US manufacturer to incorporate this intriguing tonewood in a production line of instruments.
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Introducing the NEW Breedlove USA Concert Moon Light
Sponsored by Breedlove The night is big. Everything heard and seen under the light of the moon looms closer and larger—howling wolves, stretched silhouettes. Even stillness takes on a life of its own. To evoke the expansive, embracing sounds and silence of night, we crafted the most textured big sound…
Review: Breedlove Pursuit Concert Koa Is Built from Treasured Hawaiian Tonewood [VIDEO]
With abalone purfling and intensely figured and richly colored koa, it’s a jewel of a guitar, for sure, but it's also a highly functional tool.
Save A Guitar – Play The Guitar
Sponsored by Breedlove Technology is taking over. We’re being bombarded. That which was engineered to save us, is enslaving us. Put down your phone. Turn off the computer. And listen up. #SaveAGuitar is a return to music—playing music, making something from nothing. It’s a call to pick up a guitar,…
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SUMMER NAMM 2016: Check Out Breedlove’s Limited Edition, Brazilian Rosewood Journey Concert Rush
Breedlove launched a new limited edition guitar — the Journey Concert Rush — at Summer NAMM 2016. Watch as Devin Percell, Breedlove’s International and GCI Sales Manager, describes the specs of the guitar, which highlights the precious Brazilian rosewood Tom Bedell brought into the company. It’s limited to 20 and…
Review: Breedlove’s Journey Concert Brazilian Rosewood Is a Tonewood Treat
When I first played Breedlove’s new Journey Concert, I was reminded of the depth of sound that a set of Brazilian rosewood back and sides lends to a steel-string acoustic guitar.
Breedlove Gives Away Exotic King Koa
Sponsored Content Breedlove Stringed Instruments is known for its use of exotic tonewoods and Koa is no exception. Breedlove is giving one lucky person the opportunity to take home one of the most exquisite instruments handcrafted in Bend, Oregon, the Exotic King Koa (MSRP $7,999). Breedlove matches 5A classified solid…
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Breedlove Introduces New Oregon Concert Rogue at Winter NAMM 2016
At Winter NAMM 2016, Breedlove released their new Oregon Concert Rogue, a beautiful myrtlewood and spruce guitar. Watch the video for more info from Colin Besancon and Sean Morrissey.