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Yamaha LL16 - Handcrafted Acoustic Guitar

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LL16 - Handcrafted Acoustic Guitar
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The LL16 offers the you all the premium Tone, Feel, and Appearance you can experience. Handcrafted with all Solid Woods, the LL16 is truly the best handcrafted, best balanced instrument you can purchase.

If you are looking for an acoustic with a truly powerful sound and great playability at a reasonable price, you have to try our new LL16.
Jumbo Body
Solid Engelman Spruce Top
Solid Rosewood Back & Sides
Mahogany and Padauk 3ply Neck

Top: Solid Engelmann Spruce
Back & Sides: Solid Rosewood
Neck: 3 Ply (Mahogany, Rosewood)
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Tuners: Die-cast Gold
Body Style: Dreadnought
Pick Guard: Black
String Scale: 25 9/16"
Body Depth: 3 15/16" - 4 15/16"
Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Colors: Natural
Finish: Hi-Gloss

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Best guitar Ive Owned

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Closest Store   Windsor, Ontario
Well I'll start by saying I have bought and sold over 15 (used) guitars in the last 2 years. Many of them being good guitars. My favorites were a seagull artist studio and a blueridge bg160. This ll16 guitar is a keeper. I bought it new around 6 months or so and recently put a bone saddle on it and ebony bridge pins. This guitar was amazing before the upgrade but I had the action lowered it just plays so well and sounds astonishing. There aren't many guitar in 750 price range that will sound as good as this one (if any). Just smooth is all I can say the sound is so clean with amazing sustain and separation. The sound is why I will have this guitar for life and the wood grain and dressing around the sound hole is beautiful. TRY ONE if you don't like it then you need a punch in the head lol.
Posted by anonymous on May 30, 2012
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Update with Bone Saddle

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Closest Store   London South, Ontario
I just installed a bone saddle on my LL16. The difference is absolutely worth the effort or cost of having one installed. I cannot say enough for this inexpensive upgrade. It matured the sound on every string, but especially the trebles and mids. Got rid of that bright ringing tone. A perfect balance of sound and tones. Each string can be heard clearly in a chord, and with sustain, they just hold their tones. Clear definition and intonation is spot on. Factory string are coated and will stay on for now. The guitar is 5 days old and also starting to open up. I can post another update, give it 3 months to open more, but I can tell you right now - this guitar with the upgrade is one serious performer. Listening to guitars on computer speakers, or even headphones does NOT compare to the real thing. Makes me wonder what the LL36 would sound like?
Posted by anonymous on Apr 28, 2012
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Great value - great guitar

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Closest Store   London South, Ontario
This guitar is an exceptional value and worth every penny. The fragrance from the solid rosewood back and sides is incredible. The fit and finish is first rate. Mine has some bear claw on the Engelmann spruce top - tightly grained. Looking inside you will see the thick bracing and posts all along the sides which ties the top and bottom. When they say this focuses the sound, they mean it. The sound from the LL16 will remind you of an expensive Taylor - but with more bottom end. The LL size just fits, and I'm an average guy in size. The guitar responds well to finger style or light strumming. Tones and notes are clear sounding. Chords ring clean without overtones muddying up the sound. Play a chord and it will decay quickly as soon as you strum the next chord. Each chord sounds true. Hold that chord and you get good sustain. Nut is 1 3/4 and very comfortable for all styles of play including the neck profile. Using the expensive tuner at the store, I could adjust each string with tiny turns on the tuners to dial it in perfectly. Good tuners, and they hold well. Strike the note, and watch the lights climb the scale until the centre green lights. It doesn't go past the green or cause the next yellow light to flicker. It just nails the green and sits there. The sound decays but holds the centre light, and then it just goes out. Other guitars I've rented - costing many times more - would cause those lights to look like a Christmas tree with the overtones. Not the Yamaha. Every string - dead on - and this from a guitar out of the box. The saddle is plastic - which gives this model a brighter sound - more like a Taylor but with more bass. I'm replacing it with a bone saddle, and suspect the tone will mellow slightly and give a tad more bass. It should sound like a cross between a Taylor and a Martin. Don't get me wrong - the sound out of the box is rich and full. The bracing also allows you to dig in and get aggressive, and the sound holds up no problem. It already compares well to either of those makes sound wise, and I would put it up against any Taylor in the $2,000 range. Yes, it's that good.
Posted by anonymous on Apr 25, 2012
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