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LH-280-C Archtop Hollowbody Electric Guitar
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Overview
The perfect blend of swinging style and singing sustain.
Based on a classic Florentine cutaway design, The Loar LH-280 offers players classic archtop style in a versatile electric guitar.
With a maple top, maple back and sides and two custom-wound Loar humbuckers, the LH-280 is a perfect jazz-blues-rock machine. The 24-3/4" scale will be familiar to players of vintage electrics, and the 1-3/4" bone nut and tune-o-matic floating bridge give it powerful punch and singing sustain.
Bridging the gap between jazz, rock, and blues, this versatile archtop from The Loar does it all; smooth clean tones alternate with heavy crunch all packed in a classy tuxedo of a guitar. Case sold separately.
With a maple top, maple back and sides and two custom-wound Loar humbuckers, the LH-280 is a perfect jazz-blues-rock machine. The 24-3/4" scale will be familiar to players of vintage electrics, and the 1-3/4" bone nut and tune-o-matic floating bridge give it powerful punch and singing sustain.
Bridging the gap between jazz, rock, and blues, this versatile archtop from The Loar does it all; smooth clean tones alternate with heavy crunch all packed in a classy tuxedo of a guitar. Case sold separately.
Features
Body- Body shape: Single cutaway
- Body type: Hollowbody
- Body material: Solid wood
- Top wood: Plain maple
- Body wood: Plain maple
- Body finish: Gloss Polymer
- Orientation: Right handed
- Shape: Vintage C
- Wood: Mahogany
- Joint: Set
- Scale length: 24.75"
- Truss rod: Dual-action
- Finish: Gloss Polymer
- Material: Rosewood
- Radius: 16"
- Fret size: Medium-jumbo
- Number of frets: 19
- Inlays: Dot
- Nut width: 1.75" (44.45mm)
- Layout: HH
- Neck: Humbucker
- Middle: Not applicable
- Bridge: Humbucker
- Brand: The Loar
- Active or passive: Passive
- Series or parallel: Parallel
- Piezo: Not applicable
- Active EQ: Not applicable
- Special electronics: Not applicable
- Control layout: Separate volume, tone
- Pickup switch: 3-way
- Coil tap or split: Not applicable
- Kill switch: Not applicable
- Bridge type: Fixed
- Bridge design: Tune-o-matic
- Tailpiece: Trapeze
- Tuning machines: Grover Butterbean
- Color: Chrome
- Number of strings: 6 string
- Special features: Body wood
- Case: Sold separately
- Accessories: Info not available
- Country of origin: Info not available
Explore new sonic territory with this amazing archtop. Order today.
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