Yamaha LS16 A.R.E. Handcrafted Concert Acoustic Electric Guitar
Yamaha LS16 A.R.E. Handcrafted Concert Acoustic Electric Guitar
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The Yamaha LS16 ARE is an all-solid wood handcrafted acoustic guitar featuring a solid Englemann Spruce top in combination with solid rosewood back and sides. It's ideal for solo or group performances and is stage-ready with its built-in Yamaha Zero Impact pickup system.
Acoustic Resonance Enhancement (A.R.E.)
A.R.E. is an original wood reforming technology developed by Yamaha where the molecular properties of wood are manipulated into a more acoustically ideal condition. The idea is that even though you're buying a new guitar, A.R.E. is going to make this instrument sound like a guitar that's been played for years. The Acoustic Resonance Enhancement process works by precise control of temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure.
SRT Zero Impact Pickup
The Yamaha SRT Zero Impact Pickup system in the LS16utilizes individual piezoelectric elements for each string that faithfully reproduce the dynamic sound of the guitar and give the instrument an outstanding presence on stage or in the studio. This is a newly developed passive pickup designed to minimize the pickup’s impact on the tone and traditional appearance of the instrument.
New 5-Ply Neck, And Neck Profile
The LS16 A.R.E. features a new 5-ply neck of rosewood and mahogany that helps to create a richer sound because of the integration of the neck, head, and body into a single unit. New string spacing, string height, fingerboard binding, and neck taper combine to create a new neck shape that better fits today's traditional players. It produces a stable feel and smooth playability over the entire neck.
Traditional Yamaha LS Body Style
Yamaha guitars are known for their quality construction, excellent tone, and balanced volume. Yamaha LS Series guitars feature a non-scalloped bracing pattern that produces a balanced sound while enhancing low-end response.
In over forty-three years of retailing musical instruments, we've never heard a guitar that sounds as good as the LS16 for so little money! Contact Andy's Music and order yours today.
Andy's Music, a NAMM TOP 100 Dealer, is a family business with family values serving musicians, schools, and houses of worship on the Gulf Coast since 1977.
Yamaha LS16 ARE Specs
- Concert body size
- 25 9/16" scale length
- Solid Engelmann Spruce top treated with A.R.E.
- Solid Rosewood back & sides (LS16)
- Solid Mahogany back & sides (LS16M)
- High Comfort traditional neck profile
- 5-ply mahogany/rosewood neck, matte finish
- Ebony fingerboard, 15.75 radius
- Nut width 1 3/4" (44 mm)
- Ebony bridge
- SRT Zero Impact Pickup
- Die-cast gold tuners
- Natural gloss finish
- Body length 19 9/16"
- Body width 14 15/16"
- Body depth 3 15/16"-4 3/4"
- Includes hard bag
