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New Guitar Day!!
I had been looking at cedar topped guitars and I found a NOS Breedlove Performance Focus for a ridiculous price. It was made in December of 2005 according to Breedlove and shipped to Guitar Center in January of 2006. The strings were absolutely gross and I'm sure they were the original strings. The guitar sounded good with the extremely dead strings so I knew it would sound even better with new strings. It wasn't as dirty as most guitars in Guitar Center, but I guess it was because no one was playing it that much for the 3 years it had been in the store. The sales guy said people don't really like Breedlove's out here. The neck looked good, the ebony fingerboard, bridge and truss rod cover looked a little dry, but no hanging frets. Only a little buckle and pick rash if you tilted the guitar just right in the light.
I am very pleased with the guitar and the price. It is weird, I have almost totally replaced my guitars with newer ones over the last year and three of them have been custom shop Breedloves that I got for xx-xx% off MSRP. The Breedlove gods are smiling on me.
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Martin 00-18V (sitka/hog) Taylor GCce 12-fret LTD (all koa) Gibson Keb Mo (adi/hog) Cervantes Crossover I (cedar/pe) Breedlove Oregon Parlor LTD (all myrtle) Journey OF-660 (carbon fiber) Radial ToneBone PZ-Pre TC Helicon Play Acoustic Singular Sound Beat Buddy HK Audio Lucas Nano 608i Bose S1 Pro Last edited by Gutch; 10-18-2009 at 03:37 PM. Reason: no pricing discussions, please... |
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Congrats! That's a nice collection of Breedloves. But the Silver Creek is your go-to git, right?
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Congrats on a nice guitar, Dragonfly!
Regards, Glenn |
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congratulations
I've played one of those. Wonderful instruments. I need an emoticon for jealousy!
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One of tohose days I have to play Breedlove..
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My Guitars: -Lucida $60 new with soundport arguably now plays like $85 one -LaPatrie Presentation, factory rejected -Takamine AN10 - My own build DeJonge Standard Steel String - My own build Santos Hernandez cypress flamengo - My own build Bubinga Tornavoz classical - My own build Hammered Dulcimer - My own build Travel Guitar |
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Very nice!
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actaylor A great woman... Two really nice guitars... I am blessed. |
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My favorite Breedlove! Congratulations.
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John Petros, Paragon, National, Martin, Rainsong, and Santa Cruz |
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In a way, yes. It goes to the park. It goes to the porch. It goes to the couch. It goes to untrained hands. It goes when I'm too scared to take the others. Though I have been hauling around the Focus since Thursday, everywhere I go just in case I have a moment to play it. I really really like the cedar.
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Martin 00-18V (sitka/hog) Taylor GCce 12-fret LTD (all koa) Gibson Keb Mo (adi/hog) Cervantes Crossover I (cedar/pe) Breedlove Oregon Parlor LTD (all myrtle) Journey OF-660 (carbon fiber) Radial ToneBone PZ-Pre TC Helicon Play Acoustic Singular Sound Beat Buddy HK Audio Lucas Nano 608i Bose S1 Pro |
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Nice, I like that shape. Looks like its good for fingerstyle too
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