Breedlove J15 Ed Gerhard Signature Guitar Demo @ House of Musical Traditions

House of Musical Traditions in Takoma Park, MD (just outside of Washington DC) is a dealer for Breedlove acoustic guitars and mandolins. Here we have Mark Sylvester, one of our teachers, demonstrating the Ed Gerhard Signature J15 guitar. The Ed Gerhard Signature is a state of the art fingerstyle instrument. Its volume, balance and projection are unequaled. Fingerstyle Legend Ed Gerhard is a true fingerstyle master, and Breedlove has collaborated with Ed in making guitars that are perfect for his broad expressive range. Ed demands a guitar that has a big, well defined bass, without excessive overtones in the lower midrange. His peerless technique requires a guitar with treble frequencies that are clear and crisp without being brittle. The award- winning (including Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Player's Choice Award) Ed Gerhard Master Class Model remains a favorite among players and the luthiers at Breedlove.

This model features an extremely graduated Sitka Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back & sides, jumbo body, Ebony Fingerboard & Bridge, Koa binding, Abalone Rosette, Gotoh tuners and JLD bridge truss with pinless bridge.

List Price on this model is $5,869 and includes a hardshell case. Please contact HMT directly for discounted price and availability at hmtmail@hmtrad.com or 301-270-9090, or visit our website at www.hmtrad.com.

To find out more about Mark Sylvester, visit www.marksylvester.net. Inquiries on lessons with Mark (he teaches guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass) can be made to House of Musical Traditions.

On this video Mark is playing two original selections from his CD "Music For Solo Guitar." The first is called "American Gypsy Pt 2;" the second is "I'll Not Be Weary." Tab for these songs is available at www.marksylvester.net.

Video produced by Glenn Tucker with audio engineered by HMT's in-house engineer and pro audio repairman Trevor Higgins.

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Music

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• breedlove
• acoustic
• guitar
• ed
• gerhard
• j15
• house
• musical
• traditions
• takoma
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• oregon
• mark
• sylvester

[PanchoStern]

HOW do you get that sound? Is that mic'd or DI? IF so what are you running through?

[musicaltraditions]

@PanchoStern All of our videos are done with mics, to get the most realistic acoustic sound. We used Neuman TLM103s through a tube preamp and with a DBX compressor set in stereo.

[FeoranPride]

I love Breedlove guitars. I recently purchased a 12-string from Breedlove...most beautiful sounding 12 string I've ever played.

[fgnscalater]

LOVE MY BREEDLOVE!

[slappywag88]

That thing is so loud and full of tone.

[drummerboy1692]

I played on an Ed Gerhard Breedlove before and loved the sound of it. I remember the wood being much darker though. The guitar was around $2500.

[PanchoStern]

@musicaltraditions Thank you so much for that info.

[Kr4ftw3rk]

I just wanna know  what make those microphones are he's using. By the way they are placed, it helps the tonal effect of the guitar itself during recording.

[kumarramesh46]

Hi all, Can anybody tell me what music did he play in the beginning ? Its so so melodious. Is it from any song ???? Curious to learn it as its so beautiful to hear it. Soothes the mind. Please if any body can make a video tutorial of what he played , it would be great to learn . Thanks in advance.

[hetforeggel]

What you play in the first half is simply fantastic! Is there a tab I can learn from available? If so could you send it to me? I would appreciate it greatly. thanks Mike

[lliicckk]

man i love the guys deep voice in the beggining.... "this is a breedlove!..." wow I like the bottom end of this jumbo deeper than some of the other jumbos I've played!