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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.

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
Neck
  • Shape: Vintage C
  • Wood: Mahogany
  • Joint: Set
  • Scale length: 24.75"
  • Truss rod: Dual-action
  • Finish: Gloss Polymer
Fretboard
  • Material: Rosewood
  • Radius: 16"
  • Fret size: Medium-jumbo
  • Number of frets: 19
  • Inlays: Dot
  • Nut width: 1.75" (44.45mm)
Pickups
  • 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
Controls
  • Control layout: Separate volume, tone
  • Pickup switch: 3-way
  • Coil tap or split: Not applicable
  • Kill switch: Not applicable
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Fixed
  • Bridge design: Tune-o-matic
  • Tailpiece: Trapeze
  • Tuning machines: Grover Butterbean
  • Color: Chrome
Other
  • 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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