Breedlove Passport Plus C250/SB--Lefty Guitar

Just received the Breedlove C250/SB Lefty, and it's a Beauty !

"Unplugged" or amplified, the guitar has a full, yet very brilliant tone. It has a striking "piano like" sustain, especially on the lower, wound strings. Setup was good right out of the box. The intonation is perfect across the entire neck ! The action is very good on the unwound strings (E and B), all the way up the neck. The action on the wound strings could possibly be just a bit lower. An allen key was provided to adjust the truss rod (at the sound hole end of the neck), but the neck is very straight "as is", so hopefully the truss rod will not need adjustment (unless I change the gauge of the strings). A "spare" (extra) bridge, and a "bridge shim" were also provided. Not sure I will ever need these, but you never know, they may come in handy at some point ?

The pickup / preamp is true to the natural sound of the guitar, and does not have the "plastic" sound common to many piezo transducer...Read more