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Archive Home > 2006 > July > 09 > Guitar boom

Guitar boom

With a backlog of orders and additional employees, Breed-love Guitar Co. of Tumalo keeps busy as baby boomers amp up demand for the company's fretted instruments.

By Chuck Chiang / The Bulletin
July 9, 2006

TUMALO - Eight massive maroon freight containers, each the size of a small cabin, sit in front of Breedlove Guitar Co.'s headquarters in Tumalo.

The maker of high-end guitars isn't preparing for a big shipment.

"We're totally out of space," said Peter Newport, president of Breedlove,....

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