Breedlove AD25/SR Plus

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Breedlove AD25/SR Plus

Very rarely does a guitar blow me away with both its price and performance. The Breedlove AD25/SR Plus is one such guitar. =)

I still remember I had my first experience with Breedlove in 2002. I had walked into Living Strings (which was then situated in Bras Brasah) and tested out an AC25/SR Plus. I was immediately floored by how rich and powerful the guitar sounded. It had the clear highs and mids of a Taylor, but the powerful deep low-end of a Martin. And the neck was very slim and fast and felt even more comfortable in my hands than a Taylor. I left the place thinking to myself, "I NEED a Breedlove..." At that point of time, my current guitar was an Epiphone PR-5E Artist and the Breedlove Atlas was a few levels better than what I had.

Doing my research online, I found out that Breedlove is a guitar company situated in Oregon, USA. The typical prices for Breedlove guitars start from USD$2500 onwards. The Atlas is their entry-level series made in Cort's factory in Korea but quality-inspected in their US factory with the same high standards as the Made-in-US Breedloves.

I bought an AD25/SR Plus (Solid spruce top with solid East Indian Rosewood back) in 2003 and it was my main guitar for more than 4 years. It played very well and sounded very nice, both plugged-in and unplugged. I received many compliments on its tone and many commented how the guitar sounded like the best of Martin and Taylor combined together. I subsequently sold it in 2006.


Here we have 2 Breedlove AD25/SR Plus (belonging to 2 of my friends). The Plus package adds very nice upgrades like abalone inlays on the fretboard, fine purfling rings to the abalone rosette and abalone purfling to the perimeter of the top. This makes the AD25/SR Plus look like a guitar that costs more than twice its price. And make no mistake, it doesn't just look like one but it also sounds like a guitar costing more than twice its price (in fact, I think it sounds even better than many guitars costing 3 times its price).


Specs:
Top Wood: Solid Sitka Spruce
Back/Sides: Solid Rosewood back with laminated sides
Rosewood fretboard with Diamond Inlays
Abalone purfling and rosette
Ivoroid binding on fingerboard and body
Size: Dreadnought with cutaway
Electronics: Fishman Classic 4T with built-in tuner
Nut Width: 1 11/16”
Tuners: Gold Grovers


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