Breedlove Stage Dreadnought Guitar

A quick review of my Breedlove. I've had it now for about a year. I bought it on closeout at Manchester Music Mill, and they were really nice to me. the guitar plays very well. I've been using it at work on Wednesday nights for our Jam Sessions. We usually play for 2-4 hours, and it takes a beating. The other day the strap button came out and was hanging off the pickup wire, but it did not break! It was difficult to get my hand in there to refasten the nut holding the end pin in.

The end pin is made by L.R. Baggs. Its a product called the Strap Jack Plus. This is worth knowing, so that when it spins out, you can look at the picture and figure out what to do.

Here is a link to the manufacturers instructions.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5772af1029687f3cdf68994e/t/583df2c0bebafbc5c12f1435/1480454849331/lr-baggs-strapjack-plus-install-manual-user-guide.pdf

There is a soldered on wire passing through it. There is a threaded cap to shield the wire, a nut, and a lock washer. I could only get my arm in through the sound hold far enough to loosely spin it, but after several of my friends and co-workers tried it, we were able to find someone small enough to reach all the way in and re-tighten the nut.

Apparently there is a tool to do this, its a forty dollar 9/16ths nut driver with a groove machined out of it. I am going to try to make one, because I''m way to cheap to pay that for a 3 dollar tool.

https://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Wrenches/Endpin_Jack_Wrench.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=2019-10-gp&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuNbsBRC-ARIsAAzITueJ4w7EUj5W4e5l-W4X2vDnlrCUFlPaWIN-Mkxvwr5ztycaUrW7-nsaAqymEALw_wcB

The guitar has otherwise been fantastic. It sounds great, stays in tune, and it is easy to string with the bridge having no pins to come loose. I try to string it every month, but when I get lazy, the strings still stay in tune well.

I am an amateur rhythm guitar player, and I've used the guitar mostly unplugged. It sounds nice through and amplifier or PA system ,and the battery in the tuner lasts about 3 months of regular use.

It is the first all solid wood guitar I've owned and I got a good deal on it. Relative to a Taylor or a Martin it sounds fantastic. I did sit in the showroom and try a lot of $3000+ guitars. Im just not good enough to own an instrument that costs that much, but I play pretty OK for a Software Engineer. 

I would highly recommend this guitar to anyone. I put this review here so that folks learning about end-pin repair would find the links quicker than I did. 

Rock on.