The Yamaha LL16DARE BL Original Jumbo Acoustic Electric Guitar gives amazing playability and killer tone in a premium acoustic-electric guitar.

Continuing in the legacy of Yamaha's L Series, the LL16D sports a hand-selected, solid Engelmann spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides for a rich, warm sound. An ultra-stable 5-ply mahogany/rosewood neck and ebony fretboard are smooth and sleek. The slimmer neck shape and an enhanced fingerboard edge gives the LL16D a feel and playability you'll love. A passive SRT Zero Impact Pickup uses six separate elements to detect each string and give you authentic plugged-in tones.

Innovative construction to build a better guitar
The great tone and smooth playability of the LL16D 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 guitars 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 LL16D utilizes newly developed advances in guitar construction to bring you an amazingly playable and great-sounding instrument.

Hand-selected Spruce top for great tone
The choice of top wood can have a strong effect the sound of an acoustic guitar. For the LL16D, 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 rosewood 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.

A full-range passive pickup system
The passive SRT Zero Impact Pickup was designed by Yamaha to deliver a faithful reproduction of the LL16D's natural, dynamic sound. It was also designed to minimize the impact on the guitars 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 piezoelectric 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 LL16D.

Features:

• Innovative guitar design gives you an amazing-playing and sounding instrument
• Hand-selected solid Engelmann spruce top with and solid rosewood back and sides provide rich tone and projection
• Intricate abalone inlay on the body and rosette
• 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
• Hard sided gig bag included

Specs:

• String Type: Steel
• Number of Strings: 6
• Body Shape: Jumbo
• Body Style: No Cutaway
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Color: Black
• Finish: Gloss
• Top Wood: Solid Engelmann spruce
• Back & Sides Wood: Solid rosewood
• Neck Wood: 5-ply mahogany/rosewood
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Snowflakes
• Number of Frets: 20
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Tuning Machines: Die-cast gold
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Nut/Saddle Material: Urea/Urea
• Nut Width: 1.75"
• Electronics: Passive SRT Zero Impact pickup
• Case Included: Hard sided gig bag

Yamaha's LL16DARE acoustic-electric guitar brings premium materials and craftsmanship together with intricate abalone inlays for a great-sounding and eye-catching guitar.