Thank you so much for your advice. I will keep the exp16 strings on my Breedlove and get some of that string lube. I had never heard of that before. Of course, I didn't even know what fretting was until two months ago! The Epiphone is currently residing in the back of my son's closet. Just in case he ever decides to play around with a guitar. It is a monster, but cost to much to return so I just kept it.

Good day,

catmeier