Breedlove USA Series Scored “Best in Show” at NAMM

Breedlove USA Series gets Best in Show at NAMM

As the only distinctive Breedlove dealer in the greater Jacksonville/Southeast Georgia area, we are proud when Breedlove guitars are singled out for their excellence in NAMM U’s Summer 2017 Show with a “Best in Show” Award. And that is what happened during the recent National Association of Music Merchants Summer show in Nashville Tennessee, when the Best in Show Breakfast Session featured top, peer-reviewed product picks and Breedlove’s USA Series became the recipient of this coveted award.

NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), established in 1901, is the not-for-profit association that organizes music industry trade shows and serve as the crossroads for professionals wanting to seek out the newest innovations in music, recording technology, sound, stage and lighting products. Membership in the association also includes access to the latest industry news and education, opportunities for music advocacy and cost-saving programs that will help music businesses thrive. All of these activities and programs are designed to promote music making for people of all ages and to help create a more musical world.
With 10,300 member companies worldwide, NAMM is truly the trade association of the international music products industry, offering grants, scientific research and educational programs around the globe to inspire a lifelong love of making music.

proof of Best in Show awardThis is what Breedlove had to say about the distinctive award and the inspiration and creation behind the USA Series:

“We crafted the most textured big sound in a Breedlove Concert acoustic guitar ever… in the lightest guitar body possible. Meet the Breedlove USA Series, handcrafted in Bend, Oregon. Sound frequencies travel most efficiently through lighter materials. With this in mind, Breedlove designers sought a solution for the USA Series that would reduce weight and bring the acoustic guitar to life in a player’s hands. Through this search, we achieved the thinnest finish to-date on a Breedlove – a mere 5 mils on top and 2 mils for the back and sides. So we minimized binding and decoration. Coming in at just 3.5 pounds, the Breedlove USA Series instruments are almost 25% lighter than the Breedlove Premier Concert Mahogany, which is crafted with the same wood pairings. To achieve the sound results, we conducted extensive Sound Profiling – frequency testing the tops and backs of the acoustic guitars. As a final result, our tops are thinner, the backs a bit thicker and the sound hole smaller to hit our target fundamental resonance frequency for textured big sound. We wanted the sound of the USA Series acoustic guitars to speak for themselves.

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Jerry Lee with Tom Bedell, owner of Breedlove Guitars

Here at Breedlove, we’re constantly striving to make outstanding guitars. Instruments that sound so good, you just can’t put them down. With the USA Series, we set out to create an ultra-light USA made instrument with an astonishing sound and tone you have to hear to believe.
The new models of the USA Series were introduced at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville, TN and were awarded best in show. We are tremendously proud and humbled by this outstanding accolade and distinction. On behalf of our entire team of designers, dedicated craftsmen and management team – we want to thank the judges for this recognition.

At Jerry Lee’s we have been featuring several series of the Oregon based Guitar designer/builder Breedlove’s with growing success. Come in and enjoy the beauty of the Moon Lite E from the USA SeriesYou’ll quickly understand why the exceptional Breedlove USA series scored Best in Show at NAMM U show in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

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