Worship Musician October 2019 | Page 133

ministries need a smaller body guitar. This Breedlove model had the stage in mind with the guitars playability, pick-up system and drop dead gorgeous looks. From going back and forth to worship team rehearsals, home group meetings, women and men’s weekend meetings or retreats, prison services or even songwriting retreats… having a quality “kick around” guitar makes a big difference. Don’t let the size fool you… this Companion models have a big voice and resonate well. Breedlove’s design team allows this new body shape to be purposely built to deliver the characteristic Breedlove sound… in a small travel-ready body shape. Plugged in you have the L.R. Baggs’ EAS electronics (good stuff!) with an easily accessible soundhole volume control. The fretwork is excellent. The neck has a slimmer neck profile, which enables comfortable play, even with smaller hands. The nut width is 1.69” and you’ll like the feel of the aforementioned Ebony fretboard when you are playing. Even though the Companion has a smaller body size it is built for standard E-E tuning. The high gloss finish is applied well and the color is really pretty. Myrtlewood is grown along the Pacific Coast in Oregon which makes sense as the fine folks from Breedlove Guitars are from Bend, OR. A personal word why I like smaller body guitars. The string tension is less than that on a full-size dreadnought guitar. So, if you jump back and forth from up to the 19 th fret. Try that on your dreadnought at home. acoustic to electric guitar you will like the string bendability This feature laden guitar from Breedlove, with of this Companion guitar. its’ variety of applications, is more than just a Riffing travel guitar… well, it’s a Companion! around on the pentatonic blues scale from the 9 th to the 14 th or so fret is a breeze. And with this well-designed cutaway you can easily reach all the way October 2019 Subscribe for Free... $749.00 MAP with Padded Gig Bag www.BreedloveMusic.com 133