The Loar LH-300 Archtop Acoustic Guitar

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Play with the timeless tone of an early twentieth century archtop. The Loar LH300 features a carved spruce top with maple back and sides.

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
Spruce top	Articulate tone, projects well, resists scratches
Maple back and sides	Bright, focused tone with enhanced sustain
Mahogany neck	Great sustain, strength, and warm tone
Butterbean open-gear tuners	Classy looks, exceptional tuning stability

Overview

Modeled after American designs from the early 20th century, The Loar's LH300 archtop guitar is carved from select, graduated woods for unparalleled acoustic projection. The Loar Carved Archtop (LH-300-VS) is a replica of the original archtop acoustic guitars from the 1920's. This guitar features a top carved from graduated spruce, and traditional maple back and sides.

The LH-300 also features a vintage tobacco sunburst finish of polyurethane lacquer, a mahogany neck with vintage "V" profile, Grover tuners and a compensated adjustable ebony bridge. With its exceptionally loud tone, carved body and vintage design, The Loar has built a great-sounding guitar that jazz players and archtop enthusiasts will love.

Features:

- Carved from graduated spruce
- Traditional maple back and sides
- Unparalleled acoustic projection with dry, punchy sound
- Mahogany neck with vintage "V" profile
- Grover tuners and compensated adjustable ebony bridge

Specs

- Top: Solid Hand-Carved, Hand-Graduated Spruce
- Back & Sides: Maple
- Neck: 3-piece Mahogany with Vintage "V" Profile
- Fretboard: Bound Rosewood
- Headstock Inlay: Abalone Fleur-de-Lys
- Finish Type: Polyurethane
- Finish: Vintage Sunburst
- Tuning Machines: Grover Open-Geared Butterbean
- Scale Length: 24-3/4 in.
- Truss Rod: Compression
- Frets: 19
- Binding: Ivory
- Bridge: Compensated Adjustable Ebony
- Upper Bout: 11-1/2 in.
- Lower Bout: 16 in.
- Nut, Width: Bone, 1-3/4 in.
- Depth: 3-3/4 in.
- Body Length: 20-1/4 in.
- Total Length: 40-1/2 in.

Reviews

(4 ratings)

Submitted June 25, 2013 by Lane M in Thorofare, NJ

"Loar LH 300"

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I am the proud owner of this arch top guitar for about a month now and I am thrilled with it .I don't what to put it down (except to stare at it ,it is beautiful) the carved top makes a" resonant " sound that is different from flat tops. this guitar plays great right out of the box ,the setup was right on the money. I have added finger rest to it and,it looks great. I have played out with it a few times so far and have received many complements on both its looks and sound. I have used it on everything from jazz ,rock&roll,and blue grass etc. It adds a dimension that works well with all types of music . yes I am happy with this guitar. yes!