Acoustic Guitar Reviews
iGuitar Breedlove BJ350 SME4 Studio Fretted Acoustic Review
Mar 12, 2013
Moving on to the second Breedlove bass in for review, we have the Atlas BJ350 CM4 Solo Fretless. Again from the Atlas BJ350 range, it shares the same outline and a lot of the same features. Once again, it features a solid top, but this time it is a perfect slice of cedar married up to a sapele mahogany back and sides. The same wonderfully carved neck is again made from nato mahogany. The bass this time is coated in a semi-gloss finish (usually called 'Satin'), as against the gloss finish of the fretted Studio model. Both finishes are spotless, not a blemish in sight. These really are well-made instruments! The most striking difference between the two basses is what Breedlove refer to as a 'Monitor soundhole', an egg-shaped cutaway in the upper edge of the body. I've played an acoustic guitar before that had a similar design and was surprised at how great it sounded, having the soundhole, in effect, right in front of my ears. Acoustic instruments usually sound different to the player and audience, as the audience...
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iGuitar Review of Breedlove Atlas Stage Acoustic Guitar
Mar 12, 2013
Review of Breedlove Atlas Stage Acoustic Guitar Review (issue 3 of iGuitarMag): Recent years have seen Breedlove become one of the top-selling quality acoustic guitar brands in the USA. But if you fancy a Breedlove and don't quite have that much cash to hand, there is another way of getting your hands on that distinctive styling. Jamie Humphries reviews the Korean-built Stage C25/SRe. It's common these days for American guitar manufacturers to offer more affordable models built in countries like Korea, China or Indonesia. Inevitably, it raises a question in the buyer's mind as to whether he is getting a poorer quality instrument, but the rapid pace of change in guitar manufacturing means that what was once seen as a cheap source of labour can, almost overnight, be transformed and the best Korean factories now produce guitars as good as any, which means it's best to leave your prejudices at the shop door when buying a new guitar these days! Breedlove is known for its high quality instruments including guitars, basses and...
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NAMM ‘13 - Breedlove Guitars Oregon Series Models & Passport Series 12-String, Bass, & Travel Models
Feb 21, 2013
NAMM '13 - Breedlove Guitars Oregon Series Models & Passport Series 12-String, Bass, & Travel Models
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Guitar Aficionado Reviews the Breedlove C25/SMYe
Sep 29, 2011
(Copy from Guitar Aficionado Vol.3 / Num. 5, pages 84-85) A Breed Apart By Adam Perlmutter • Photography by Massimo Gammacurta In 1990, Larry Breedlove and Steve Henderson, both former employees of Taylor Guitars, ditched San Diego for central Oregon and got to work on a small line of subtly innovative instruments, made in limited numbers and geared toward the modern fingerstyle guitarist. Two decades later, Breedlove, alongside makers like Collings and Santa Cruz, is one of the dominant players in the American specialty acoustic market. Breedlove now offers a comprehensive selection of instruments—guitars of all sorts, mandolins, and even ukuleles—to fit any player’s budget. While instruments in the Atlas Series (from $499) are made by a team of workers in an overseas factory and set up at Breedlove’s headquarters, in Bend, Oregon, the Private Reserve Series (up to $50,000) includes singular creations that are designed and built entirely by Larry Breedlove’s brother, Kim Breedlove. The...
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Player’s Choice Awards 2011: Atlas Stage C25/SRe
Sep 29, 2011
(From AcousticGuitar.com) It’s no secret that Acoustic Guitar readers are well-informed connoisseurs of guitars and gear. And as editors, we have an equal hankering for info on the latest guitars, amps, and accessories, and constantly scour trade shows and press releases to decide what to review and write about. But the ultimate way for us to know what players are spending their hard-earned money on—what has worked onstage or in the practice room—is to give you an opportunity to tell us about it. Back in 1998, long before Facebook and Twitter, Acoustic Guitar started the Player’s Choice Awards to illuminate what you, our guitar-loving readers, have been enamored with. Now in its seventh round, the Player’s Choice Awards has evolved from mail-in paper ballots to simple web surveys to a new voting method based on our Gear Showcase website (GearShowcase.AcousticGuitar.com). Enabling users to browse a large selection of products (including all the gear previously reviewed in Acoustic Guitar) or to enter and...
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