FS: Breedlove Spirit Mandolin w/nice upgrades now *SOLD*

Trad Strings
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Hi y’all,

For sale, essentially as-new Breedlove Spirit Quartz mandolin, complete with case, strap, Tone-Gard, arm rest, with McIntyre pickup installed. I also have it strung completely with new steel/steel-wound strings, which are extremely comfortable on the fingers.

I wasn’t too fond of the sound of the factory pre-installed McIntyre Feather pickup, so I upgraded to a different McIntyre piezo pickup mounted just below the bridge and positioned for best sound. Pickup is connected to the original end-pin jack. The McIntyre Feather is still mounted inside the instrument, just not being used.

Its essentially identical to this one:

http://www.folkofthewood.com/page3476.htm

with full specs at:

http://www.folkofthewood.com/page3475.htm

It’s a gorgeous, loud, sweet sounding instrument, particularly well suited for sessions and live performance. The Tone-Gard gets it away from your body and really helps the sound projection.

Here’s more info on the Tone-Gard:

http://www.tone-gard.com

Price is $1200.00 + insured shipping for the whole setup.

Photos and recordings available on request.

5% of any sale through this board will be donated to Chiff and Fipple.


Cheers,

Michael

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I’d be interested to see the mandolin, it sounds like a good one. Send me a picture or two, danhenshall@hotmail.com.

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I’ve posted two photos at:

http://www.pbase.com/eskin/breedlove

Front:

http://www.pbase.com/eskin/image/59404558

Back (shows the Tone-Gard):

http://www.pbase.com/eskin/image/59404557

and a quick acoustic unmodified recording of the instrument:

http://members.cox.net/eskin4/breedlove_idle_road.mp3


Cheers,

Michael

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Dropping the price to $1100.00

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Now on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7415441959