Yamaha LL6M ARE Original Jumbo Acoustic Electric Guitar - Natural

When you need a guitar with exceptional tone and playability, check out the Yamaha LL6M acoustic-electric guitar. Part of Yamaha's legendary L Series, the LL6M uses a hand-selected solid Engelmann spruce top and mahogany back and sides to give you a rich, warm-sounding guitar with full-range response. The 5-ply mahogany/rosewood neck sports not only a smooth-playing rosewood fretboard, but also a new, slimmer neck shape and an enhanced fingerboard edge. A passive SRT Zero Impact pickup uses six separate elements to detect each string and give you authentic plugged-in tones. The updated Yamaha LL6M delivers killer tone and playability in a premium acoustic-electric guitar.

• Innovative construction to build a better guitar
• Hand-selected spruce top for great tone
• A full-range passive pickup system

The great tone and smooth playability of the LL6M are due to Yamaha's never-ending search for perfection. The recently developed A.R.E. (Acoustic Resonance Enhancement) process gives your guitar a broken-in and aged tone. By controlling the atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity, the molecular properties of the wood are manipulated to mirror those of a guitar that has been played for years. Each L Series guitar also sports a modified non-scalloped bracing that enhances the guitar's low end. And the 5-ply mahogany/rosewood neck, after re-evaluation of string height and spacing, has a new design for improved playability. The Yamaha LL6M utilizes newly developed advances in guitar construction to bring you an amazingly playable and great-sounding instrument.

Irvine Art & Music knows that the choice of top wood can have a strong effect on the sound of an acoustic guitar. For the LL6M, Yamaha chose a premium, hand-selected solid Engelmann spruce top. Chosen as much for its look as its tone, solid spruce has a well-rounded, articulate sound with excellent projection. Its mahogany back and sides provide exceptional bass and powerful projection. And because it's a solid wood top, the tone will age gracefully, with enhanced harmonics and greater tonal balance as the years go by.

The passive SRT Zero Impact pickup was designed by Yamaha to deliver a faithful reproduction of the LL6M's natural, dynamic sound. It was also designed to minimize the impact on the guitar's looks and tone. The passive design doesn't use a bulky preamp that's routed into the body to hamper the instrument's look or resonance. Each string has its own piezo element for a full-sounding and accurate sound. Because this is a passive pickup system, you'll need to use an external preamp when you want to plug in the Yamaha LL6M.

• Innovative guitar design gives you an amazing-playing and sounding instrument
• Hand-selected solid Engelmann spruce top and mahogany back and sides provide rich tone and projection
• A.R.E. process molecularly ages the wood to match guitars that have been played for years
• 5-ply mahogany/rosewood neck has been redesigned for today's guitar player
• Updated non-scalloped bracing pattern delivers a fuller low end
• Passive SRT Zero Impact pickup uses individual piezo elements for each string

Tech Specs

• String Type: Steel
• Number of Strings: 6
• Body Shape: Original Jumbo
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Color: Natural
• Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Top Wood: Premium Solid Engelmann Spruce with A.R.E. treatment
• Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany
• Body Bracing: Non-scalloped X-bracing
• Binding: Maple/Black
• Neck Wood: 5-piece Mahogany/Rosewood
• Radius: 15.75"
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
• Number of Frets: 20
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Tuning Machines: Die-cast Gold
• Bridge Material: Rosewood
• Nut/Saddle Material: Urea
• Nut Width: 1.75"
• Electronics: SRT Zero Impact Pickup
• Strings: Elixir, .012-.052
• Manufacturer Part Number: LL6M ARE