The Loar LH-700-VS Deluxe Hand-Carved Archtop Guitar

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The Loar LH-700-VS Deluxe Archtop Guitar
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  2. Publisher: The Loar
  3. Sales Rank in Musical Instruments: #69841

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The Loar's new hand carved, nitrocellulose-finished archtop guitar is a product of extensive historical research. The all solid, hand carved bodies are finished with nitrocellulose lacquer to reflect the classic jazz sounds of Golden Age instruments. With the use of traditional building techniques, like the classic parallel bracing, the Loar Hand Carved Archtops are a singular achievement. Their excellent projection and quick decay make them the professional choice for jazz soloing or accompaniment. The Loar Hand Carved Archtop Guitar is assembled with an AAA solid hand carved spruce top and AAA flamed maple back, sides and neck. The bone nut and compensated adjustable ebony bridge let the sound of the select tonewoods resonate clearly, and the bound ebony fretboard is both beautiful and durable. The archtop is finished with a meticulously inlaid “Flowerpot” headstock design and a hand-buffed nitrocellulose lacquer tobacco sunburst finish to stay true to classic design and style. The LH-700 will only be built in very limited quantities. It comes standard with the Golden Age-styled Deluxe Vintage Hardshell archtop case.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful sounding guitar, February 13, 2012
Mike (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Loar LH-700-VS Deluxe Hand-Carved Archtop Guitar (Electronics)
I wanted to share my thoughts on the LH-700-VS. I purchased the instrument from Amazon. It arrived in a heavy duty hard shell case that was well packed. It was strung with D'Addario phosphor bronze strings that appear to be Med to Medium-light. After I unpacked it I gave the guitar a good visual inspection. It is a beautiful guitar. The woods used are good. The top is a nice even grain spruce with a little lace running through it. The fretboard and bridge are ebony. The back and sides are a medium flamed maple. All are solid woods. It has a nice hand finished look to it.

I had read several reviews of the instrument from other sites. One of the main complaints was the fit and finish. There are some minor things but nothing that I found objectionable. The neck that extends over and above the soundboard is a little rough and the lower bouts where they meet at the endpin are not perfectly centered. Neither of which is a big deal when you consider the rest of the...Read more

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