Two Outdated Hippies Guitars, the father or mother firm of Breedlove and Bedell Guitars, has introduced the finished sale of the corporate to 2 Nashville-based artists and music business advocates.

Pete Mroz and Shannon Pollard will now be taking care of the acoustic guitar manufacturers. In a press launch from Breedlove, they’re described as “two people who’ve every spent a lifetime immersed in music – as gamers, performers, and devoted stewards of the musical group”.

Pete Mroz is a singer-songwriter, previously featured on NBC’s The Voice, who has lengthy been a part of the Breedlove and Bedell manufacturers as an artist. Mroz brings “superior enterprise acumen” to the position, formed by high-performing roles at manufacturers like Ping Golf, Travis Mathew, and FootJoy.

Shannon Pollard, grandson of nation music icon Eddy Arnold and founding father of Plowboy Data, is a longstanding entrepreneur. All through his profession, he has labored throughout music, design, and craftsmanship, together with the award-winning Você group in Nashville, “the place his ardour for high-end woodworking and reverence for the pure panorama are deeply mirrored”.

The duo will carry ahead the legacy constructed by Tom Bedell, his workforce, and the generations earlier than him. Bedell arrange the Two Outdated Hippies model alongside his spouse, Molly. They bought Breedlove in 2010, and subsequently relaunched Bedell guitars. Bedell is described as “a real believer – in peace, in music and within the relationship between the pure world and acoustic music making”.

“We’re extremely grateful to Tom Bedell and your complete workforce for creating this basis and imaginative and prescient for us to construct on,” feedback Mroz. “We are able to’t wait to get to know our companions, artists, group of gamers, and everybody who loves these devices. It is a legacy we intend to honour and elevate.”

Pollard provides, “We really feel a deep sense of accountability and are honoured to assist form the way forward for these manufacturers. This isn’t only a enterprise enterprise – it’s a private and passionate dedication to making sure Breedlove and Bedell proceed to encourage and serve gamers world wide.”

Operations proceed uninterrupted. You may store the present product ranges for Breedlove and Bedell Guitars by way of their respective web sites.

Rachel started writing for Guitar.com in 2021 whereas ending up her diploma. A proud DIY guitarist, she has been taking part in for over 10 years and has written for the likes of Kerrang!, The Forty-5, and MusicTech. An enjoyer of all issues heavy, you’ll discover her at a pageant or downtuning her guitars when away from her desk.