Price Paid: US $1600 used
Features: 9
Made in 1995 in Tupelo Oregon, Solid Sitka Spruce top no controls but has a mixed under the bridge and condenser mike PU arrangement installed at the factory. Body and neck maple, ebony fingerboard.,Specialized Breedlove bridge and gold-plated schallers.
Walnut/Koa trim and binding. Thin, almost electric guitar neck profile
Sound: 10
I play acoustic rock/blues and both flat pick and finger pick this guitar is well-suited to both styles and like a lot of women, reponds to a more delicate touch. Very responsive and expressive axe, full sound wide range of dynamics, balanced full-bodied tone. It is definitely one of the best guitars I have ever owned and I have had Martin, Guild, Gibson, Takamine, Yamaha, Ovation (some of which I'll admit aren't even in this class)
Action, Fit, & Finish: 10
Picture perfect
Reliability/Durability: 8
This guitar has what it takes to put out a smooth live performance.
It has character and personailty, but like I said earlier it feels delicate but it definitely is not going to fall apart
Customer Support: 9
The guys at Breedlove are easy to access and they are friendly. I am sure that if I needed anything they'd help out. Very cool dudes they must be part-time herbologists at Breedlove. It has a limited lifetime warranty
Overall Rating: 10
I've been playing for 30+ years. My other guitar is a Taylor 814CE
and I have a Parker Fly deluxe for those electrified times.
Amps are Fender Champ, Fender Cybertwin (very cool amp) and an old Marshall 80Watt acoustic amp that I recently has completely re-furbished. If anything happened to this guitar I think I would grieve
and then find its twin sister and marry that one. I love this guitar
and if could play me I'd probably leave my wife. Oh by the way the list on this guitar is around 3900-4000 bucks and Breedlove are not deeply discounted by the retailers. What does this mean? Probably the company keeps a lid on the middle man from inflate the profit margin I dunno
Submitted by Marco at 01/03/2002 08:58
