The Loar LO-16

Small Body Acoustic-Electric Guitars by The Loar

LO-16 by The Loar
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Loar is a brand dedicated to the production of acoustic and acoustic electric models fashioned after the legendary models of of 1920s and 1930s. The Small Body Series is centered around models with smaller body sizes, but full length scales. The LO-16 comes in natural and black gloss color options and has a non-cutaway body made of spruce top and mahogany back and sides. The bridge on this model is made of rosewood and has white pins. The neck on LO-16 is made of mahogany and features a v contour and a dovetail joint positioned at the 14th fret. The fingerboard is made of ebony and has 19 frets, white dot inlays and 1.6875" wide bone string nut. The MSRP for the Loar LO-16 is set at $329.99.

LO-16 Full Specs

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Binding Ivoroid
Body Construction Acoustic
Body Shape Folk
Body Top Wood Spruce
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Wood Mahogany
Bridge Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlays Dot
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Fingerboard Radius 16.00"
Finish Polyurethane
Fret Size Medium
Hardware Nickel
Neck Joint Dovetail
Neck Shape V-shaped neck
Neck Wood Mahogany
Number of Frets 19
Number of Strings 6
Nut Width 1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard Yes
Scale Length 25-1/2"
String Nut Bone
Tuners Butterbean
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Binding
Ivoroid
Ivoroid
Body Construction
Acoustic
Acoustic
Body Shape
Folk
Parlor
Body Top Wood
Spruce
Spruce
Body Type
Hollowbody
Hollowbody
Body Wood
Mahogany
Maple
Bridge
Rosewood
Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlays
Dot
Dot
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
16.00"
No
Finish
Polyurethane
Gloss
Fret Size
Medium
No
Hardware
Nickel
Gold
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Dovetail
Neck Shape
V-shaped neck
C-shaped neck
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Number of Frets
19
19
Number of Strings
6
6
Nut Width
1.6875" (1-11/16")
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Pickguard
Yes
No
Scale Length
25-1/2"
25-2/5"
String Nut
Bone
Bone
Tuners
Butterbean
No
1 User Review

californiajohnnyg Johnny G Darteany Darteany on 2019-11-20 06:48:45

I agree that The Loar LO-16 is a vintage style flat top with the style and appointments that make it worth owning at the modest entry price. I love the aesthetics as well as the intent of the designers! It has a well balanced string to string projection that is pretty loud for it's size. It's not too sophisticated in the area of harmonic content, but it responds well when you dig in and can get as loud as my Martin dreadnought. The fret board is wide and flat making it easy for my fat fingers to get around on. I like it. It has personality in the looks and sound departments. However mine falls down in the quality control/factory setup category on two issues. The fret edges are sharp, and the plastic bridge pins do not want to hold the strings in place. Not deal breaking issues for me since I acquired mine for a super cheap price, perhaps because of the previous owners dissatisfaction. The low price makes it easy for me to justify an in-depth visit at Mr. Luthier for some set up time. I would say either get it super cheap if you can and deal with the issues, or definitely play before you buy if paying full price. Also no hassle, postage paid return policies help in this department. I'll also say that I prefer guitars made in the USA. But I have or currently own, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Taiwanese, and yes Chinese instruments in my stable. All of the Asian instruments have needed set up and upgrades to bring them to a professional level, and it's to be expected in most of these cases.

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