LAG Tramontane T66D12 Twelve String Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar We believe that this is the best value twelve string acoustic guitar under four hundred dollars! Michel Chavarria began building guitars in the South of France back in 1981 and his company Lâg has become one of France’s highest-profile guitar manufacturers. Offering a superb range of Acoustic guitars, Lâg epitomises the French approach with innovative features and some very distinctive and tasteful styling. With a growing legion of fans and under pressure to offer a more affordable range, Lag found the answer in China – and they haven’t looked back! Their beautifully designed and exquisitely crafted instruments are more affordable than ever and most people would agree that they are a bargain! This is the Lag T66D12 Tramontane (Tramontane is a wind that blows across southern France) a gorgeous Dreadnought sized guitar with a distinctive appearance, thanks to the headstock design borrowed from Lag’s Imperator solidbody electrics, where the central portion of the peghead is raised from the outer wings. It looks classy and adds strength to the headstock. The increased mass also contributes to the rich and focused tone. The front, back and sides feature softly radiused wide black-plastic binding with ivory-coloured purfling and coachlining, lending a smooth, flowing air and touch to the body profile. The soundhole rosette is inlaid with similar plastics and the stylish teardrop Lag cross-motif hallmark. The body features an immaculately buffed high-gloss finish while the back of the neck has a slinky smooth satin finish. The fully compensated saddle is black graphite – as is the nut – a material very unusual to find on a budget acoustic. Acoustically, the volume, projection and depth of tone are superb with responsive dynamics. The build quality and detailing are excellent – it looks expensively stylish and sounds the part.

• Top: Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides: African Mahogany
• Headstock: Mahogany French Satin finish
• Machine Heads: Lubricated High Precision Satin Black, with Satin Black tulip buttons
• Top Nut: Black Graphite 48mm
• Truss Rod: 2-way System
• Neck: Mahogany French Satin finish
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 400mm
• Frets: 20 x Medium Jumbo Nickel Silver Frets
• Bindings: Black + Ivory bindings
• Rosette: Black + Ivory, with Occitania cross
• Bridge: Rosewood with Black Resin compensated saddle
• Finish: High Gloss
• Setup: Pro-SCM professional setup ($300 Value – included!)

 

LAG TRAMONTANE T77PE PARLOUR SIZE ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC GUITAR The Lag T77PE Parlour size Acoustic Electric Guitar is a superb instrument that works wells as an intimate blues, fingerstyle or folk guitar. With its Mahogany body the T77PE delivers a standout deep coloured cosmetic charm and a distinctive warm acoustic tone. Not only does it sound great as a straight acoustic guitar but thanks to the Lag Direct Plus preamp also delivers a wonderful amplified tone too. The Direct Lag Plus preamp features, with controls controls for volume, bass, middle and treble alongside a phase switch and on-board tuner. The T77PE is constructed with a parlour sized laminated Mahogany body that is attached to a Mahogany neck that is topped with a Rosewood fingerboard. The neck is finished in a highly playable and fast, French satin finish. With its excellent build quality, standout design and great tone whether acoustic or amplified the LAG T77PE is a superb value electro acoustic guitar.

LAG TRAMONTANE T100DCE o T100DCE o DREADNOUGHT SIZE ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITAR o STUDIOLÂG PLUS PREAMP-PICKUP SYSTEM o HARD CASE INCLUDED French by Design . . . World Class by any other Measure!   With a Premium Solid Cedar top, the LÂG Tramontane T100DCE Stage series Acoustic/Electric Guitar brings together a world of experience and Tone Woods to create a superb-sounding instrument. StudioLâg Plus electronics and Nanoflex pickups translate this exquisite tone beautifully both on stage and in the Studio. This finely crafted instrument is ideal for the guitar enthusiast or the on-the-road professional but is also priced within reach of the serious beginner. As the ‘E’ denotes, this is an electro-acoustic model and it features the Studio Lag Plus Active Preamp system, designed and produced in close association with German pickup specialists, Shadow. The Studio Lag Active Preamp system is simplicity itself with a volume control, five position rotary switch and low battery indicator LED. The five position rotary switch is the key to five superb built-in EQ presets. Each preset has been individually created using a 31-band professional graphic equaliser and then integrated into the onboard preamp. Switching between the presets using the notched rotary is simple and you should be able to dial up a tone to suit any situation. Lag have named the presets: (1) Natural Folk, (2) Mellow Mids, (3) Studio Mid‑Cut, (4) Fingerstyle and (5) Mellow Jazz. The system also includes a low‑battery indicator light. Access to the two CR2032 batteries is via a sliding cover at the top of the control panel. Shadow and Lag quote anything from 160 to over 700 hours use for the system which means a lot of gigs… o Top: Solid Western Red Cedar o Back & Sides: African Sapele o Finish: High Gloss o Rosette: Mahogany with Maple & Black, with Occitania cross o Bridge: Rosewood o Saddle: 72mm Compensated Black Graphite o Neck: Tropical Khaya o Neck Finish: French Satin o Truss Rod: Two-Way system o Fingerboard: Rosewood o Frets: 20 medium Nickel Silver Frets o Scale: 650mm o Headstock: Solid Rosewood with Lâg Maple Logo inlay o Headstock Finish: Linseed Oil o Machine Heads: Satin Black Die Cast – 1:18 Ratio o Nut: 43mm Black Graphite o Body Thickness: Bottom 120mm – Neck 97mm o Strings: D’Addario EXP o Electronics: StudioLâg Plus system o Warranty: FIVE YEARS o Case: Hard Case included with this offer LAG Guitars – the History A little more than thirty years ago, Michel Lâg-Chavarria began hand-crafting beautiful electric guitars in Toulouse in southern France. Having played guitar in several successful French Pop and Rock bands, Michel was well aware of the features and build quality that guitarists were looking for. His unique designs gained great popularity throughout Europe and exposure by the likes of the Scorpions and Motorhead provided added immeasurable prestige to the brand. Over the years Michel Lâg-Chavarria’s unique designs and innovations became known for further enhancing the tone, structure and playability of his instruments. Popularity soared and the waitlists for his instruments became longer, growing significantly in the early part of this decade. In recognition of Michel Lâg-Chavarria’s expertise and success as a “Boutique” builder, he was approached by French music giant Algam International (the largest distributor of Musical Instruments in France) who proposed building some of his designs in Asia. At first Michel rejected the offer but over time he realised that by producing some of his unique designs and innovations in Asia under strict quality control, Lag Guitars could be made available to all French guitarists, rather than just the elite or those with lots of money. An alliance between Michel and Algam International was struck resulting in a range of high quality Electrics built in Asia for the French market only. Introduced in 2004 with resounding success, it didn’t take long before the flood of enquiries from England, Germany and other parts of Europe forced the decision to expand distribution to include Britain Germany and Australia in 2005 -again to resounding success. Lag Guitars are now available in every major country around the World. southcoastmusic has been there right from the start and we are proud to offer these exceptional instruments to you. Everything about these guitars exudes quality, from the look, style, features and tone…there is nothing else like them at this price. Backed up by an Australia-wide Five Year Warranty, Lag guitars offer incredible value for money. This offer includes a fitted hardshell case!