| Breedlove Guitars was started in 1990 by Larry | | | | canoes, the paddles for the canoes and spears to |
| Breedlove and Steve Henderson. Kim Breedlove, | | | | hunt or fight with. They used huge koa tree |
| older brother of Larry, now heads the company. | | | | trunks that were deemed to be "spiritually |
| He's the one who really mastered the art of | | | | suitable" to carve their sea going canoes from. |
| guitar making. He's the company's master luthier, | | | | Breedlove Guitars may not go as far as ensuring |
| so he's the one to really thank for all the many | | | | that their koa wood is "spiritually suitable," though |
| models of Breedlove Guitars. Today the company | | | | the quality of their guitars suggests that they just |
| operates out of Tumalo in Oregon. | | | | might. |
| Breedlove Guitars started out producing acoustic | | | | The koa wood of Breedlove Guitars has a wide |
| guitars for fingerstyle guitar player. Earlier, Kim | | | | variety of colour and light tone. They can range |
| had been a banjo player with the Mojave Greens | | | | from yellow blonde to deep brown, bright gold to |
| bluegrass band in Ridgecrest, California. Kim | | | | dark red, and everything in between. The tonal |
| understood finger picking styles of playing, and his | | | | quality of the guitars can vary as well. They can |
| first guitars reflected that. | | | | range from rich and deep to light and harmonic. |
| Flat top guitars are usually made out of familiar | | | | Each of the Breedlove Guitars has unique |
| woods such as mahogany and rosewood. They | | | | features. |
| may have sides and even backs made from the | | | | The people who play Breedlove Guitars are never |
| more common maple, but they don't as a rule | | | | likely to desert the guitar they love best. They |
| use exotic and rarely heard of woods. Breedlove | | | | are people like Kristian Bush of Sugarland, Ed |
| Guitars are the exception. | | | | Gerhard, an artist who won a Grammy Award, |
| Koa and acacia koa, wood that comes from | | | | and Richard Gilewitz, an excellent guitar soloist. |
| Hawaii, is what Breedlove Guitars are made from. | | | | These musicians and others swear by the special |
| The ancient Hawaiians used this wood to make | | | | guitars made from the unusual wood. |