Joining the Legends: Myrtlewood Logs Poised for Guitar History Throughout music and guitar history, certain trees have achieved legendary status for their extraordinary tonewoods, becoming iconic names in the craft. "The Tree," a remarkable mahogany tree felled in Central America, is renowned for its stunning quilted figure, while "The Lucky Strike," a fabled redwood, captivated...
The Breedlove Bridge Truss relieves string tension, enhancing playability and tonal richness, making their 12-string guitars unlike any other on the market. Ed Roland, lead singer and guitarist of Collective Soul, has a “12-string problem”—specifically, a Breedlove 12-string problem. Known for his raw, vibrant sound, Ed is absolutely hooked on modern,...
We’re over the moon to announce two exciting additions to our artist family: Michael Byrnes of Mt. Joy has joined the Breedlove Guitars family, and Matt Quinn, also from Mt. Joy, is now part of the Bedell Guitars roster. This is a thrilling moment for us, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome...
Back in 2008, we created the Focus Special Edition (SE) in order to bring new life to one of our most popular models. We gave the Focus a redwood top to pair with East Indian […]
Each of our four 30th Anniversary models represents something unique about the history of Breedlove and where we’re headed. The King Koa is the most quickly stunning and initially striking of the bunch with its […]
As interest in domestic guitar woods reaches an all-time high, we talk to Oregon-based Cyril Jacob, who handpicks the unique Oregon myrtlewood that Breedlove Guitars uses for their instruments. Every day, Jacob is on a […]
“A lot of these roles that we fell into started with the band where we would each have some certain specialties,” says Jeremy Chapman. He’s explaining how he and his brothers, John and Jason, have […]
As just about every musician has experienced, playing guitar comes with moments of creative highs and lows and at times you can get stuck in a rut. Feel like you’re playing the same songs over […]
Along with writing and performing with his wife Julie Torrence as The Native Heart, Torrence works his days writing and teaching music to kids, as a teacher in a school district just over the Michigan-Ohio […]
The vernal emergence out of winter offers an important opportunity to give your acoustic guitars some needed care and feeding. Air temperature and humidity are changing, and hopefully you’ll soon be off on some adventures, […]
From the Fretboadjournal.com Guitarist Chris Arndt is a throwback of sorts: An early obsession with classic rock had him sitting in with bar bands while he was still in elementary school. Today, he’s one-half of […]
On March 16th, Jesslee (Breedlove’s February Featured Artist) will be releasing a new EP titled “21 Jump Start” with the self-produced lead single “Strong” being the first release off the project. Strong is Jesslee’s self-pinned […]
BREEDLOVE’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY NORTHWEST CLASSIC HEADS HOME On the myrtlewood trail with filmmaker RA Beattie It’s 7 a.m., 26 degrees. The Friday morning sky is clear and cold, with a dry bite that stings the […]
