I was in the market for a Yamaha APX, when I stumbled across Richard's YT channel. I really liked the look of the lag's simplistic design and finish especially the slimline model. I got in touch with Richard who answered all my questions and I've had the guitar for a few weeks now and simply don't want to put it down. Set up is bang on, it plays beautifully, and I personally feel it is a lot of guitar for the money.
I love LAG guitars and have almost bought one twice second hand but could not raise the very modest price each time (retirement has it's downsides !). They are brilliant instruments and I had thought that they had disappeared, but clearly not. What great news that they are still available and you are selling them Richard. Go get them folks !
Thank you for this review Richard. I am overseas so had to buy here. However you have reassured me that I made a good choice 👍 I bought a LAG 12 string with the Snakewood body. Looking forward to receiving it. Thanks again great, thorough, friendly and professional review 🎸 🎶 💕
Hi Richard, great videos as always!! I have several Lag guitars as I live here in SW France where they are made. The detailing that people sometimes call a rose. is in fact an occitan cross from the occitanie flag of the local area, like on my profile pic! I have connected them to effects pedals and my boss looper to fantastic effect! They reallyare fantastic guitars. All the best from sunny Gers SW France...Dave
The decoration AROUND the soundhole is called the "rose", regardless of the actual design that is there. It's an historical name from the earliest guitars.
I have been playing lag guitars for a good few years now.. And you get a lot of guitar for your money.. So the range is so versatile I have busked with them.. Gigged with them and practiced with the.. Never let me Down once and married with my fav elixer strings... wow
Great instrument. I have a LAG T66ACE that I truly enjoy. The only thing I can add is the guitar is quite rigid and seams to like light strings verses mediums. I do play professionally and this guitar fits in nicely to my family of guitar choices and brands as well as playability. Cheers and nice video, HW USA Maine
I have a slim one in ivory. Love it. So comfortable, I love the rounded edges. I dig the marker - free board. It looks expensive and nobody else has one!
Thanks for filming this. I recently purchased a used LAG T400j12ce stage, 12 string, for $350.00 US. Best value for dollars spent. I am in need of a tuning machine that is binding and will not tune properly. I can not find the part available in the US and am wondering if your supplier can direct me to a source. I just bought a second LAG as well, TSE701D with the snakewood. Again, excellent.
Thanks for the video Richard. I've had three Lag level entry guitars in the last 6 years. All have been set up at the factory beautifully and played well "straight out of the box". So you won't be spending "an hour or so on these" or need to "add (much) value" in setting them up. I can't say that of Tanglewood.... What would be great is if you could recorded these instruments properly in your videos and get someone to play them who can actually play, rather than thrash seven shades of sh*t out of them. Just thought I'd identify this "improvement opportunity" for you. Keep up the good work!
I love the look & sound of the slimline model. I have a Yamaha APX97 myself & love that one, but I'll be thinking long & hard about adding one of those to my collection.
Hi Richard, please do check your flies before doing a vid! I know I keep mentioning this but could you just mention if left handed versions of the guitars are available that you feature and if there is a significant price difference. Us lefties can then dismiss a brand that d9nt cater for us. Thanks!
Just bought a T88ACE, less than $500. Went into a Guitar Center not looking for an acoustic, but started noodling on a LAG.... :-/ ...resistance was futile. I almost never pay full $$ for a guitar, but they wouldn't budge and it sounded and played way too FANTASTIC to not take home! Damn you GC!
Have always liked LAG Guitars. Really like the styling. Will you be stocking their new 'Smart' series that incorporate HyVibe effects? Also great to see that nylon string hybrid there. Just been reviewing a Breedlove Nylon Ce which like the LAG is a hybrid...more expensive though!
I just picked up a used LAG T100DCE with a crack in the finish which runs along the side from the neck to the electronics. I noticed there is a bolt on the inside by the neck and was wondering if it may have previously been over tightened, causing the crack. Have you seen this happen before with these guitars?
Hi Richard. My name is Jesse from United States. I have been looking for a Lag guitar for over a year now. I have been playing guitar for about a year. I have tryed out several guitars but cannot seem to find the right sound to me They sounded great when you played them in your video I have been looking for the right sound from a guitar. That would only get better with age. Can you help me in my pursuit of the right sounding guitar? I think that I need one with a Spruce top and Mahogany back and sides. Also interested in Acoustic. Not acoustic electric. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
That nylon looks interesting. Been thinking of getting one but was put off by the standard nylon neck. Sod it, looks like I'll have to check the piggy bank! 😉
Peter Johnson remember I have a new offer for my UA-cam viewers now. If you order any guitar within 7 days of the video going live you get a free hand made leather strap too!! They are the best you will ever find. See guitarstraps.co.uk for details
Thanks for the awesome reviews! Since you reviewed both of these guitars which would you recommend the LAG Tramonte T70ACE or the Eastman PCH GACE? Thank you
Hi Richard - they do look and sound seriously good! An overhaul of my acoustic line-up is on the cards - I have one guitar definitely in mind to find a new good home for. ;) - I won't say "it's facing the chop" - because that's brutal and I love all my guitars! (I bought them all for a reason) - but what might not be working for me right now could be spot on for somebody else. :)
I really don’t like the strap lug screwed into that neck heal position. Don’t understand this since it is in a vulnerable position for getting bumped or snapped off, along with a bit of guitar.
To be fair - I can see that this may be an anxiety on you part but rest assured not really a real world issue. If you imagine what you would need to be doing in order to snap that little thing off in that position? I think the last thing you would be worrying about is the strap button - your guitar would probably be in bits and the strap button still firmly attached :). Hope that puts your mind at rest!
I noticed that the black model had a problem that looked like a crack in the finish as Richard turned it back and forth before playing it.. a little concern ing..
i just got this LAG yesterday! (looks like the electro pickup one with the cutout, $500 range.) tried a bunch and it blew the others away sub $500. very resonant, loud or soft voice, great range. there was a high quality Eastman that was technically better... gorgeous sound... but it couldn't do accents very well - it was too soft spoken, and i know that won't work for the styles i'm going to start on. Originally had a budget of $150-200 as it's my first guitar but this one just................ wow. you can feel it in your body. and it's a really comfortable hold (not killing my inner elbow) and the finish is high quality! this guitar made me violate 2 things i had in mind when i went in. 1) PRICE 2) color. i was NOT going to get a light colored guitar. i'm bored with the standard cookie cutter acoustic look and wanted a dark brown, or something in the blue or green range that didn't look cheapo. i initially overlooked this one because of that, but on another sweep, i thought "wow, that one over there looks really nice, actually, the wood is super pale, like the platinum blonde of guitars, and the sides are a really rich beautiful brown woodgrain, warm, and with that holo reflective effect i've seen on violins".......... so i gave it a strum and holy crap. floored. i might have fallen in love in that instant. the other one i actually did have a burn for the second i saw it was a black & grey maple guitar, same price point, but the blonde one actually was better. so, here we are, and this thing is just badass. really happy. *was night and day between this and the low end ones* . the projection, the range, articulation, comfort of the hold. just wow.
I bought the electro acoustic for 299 and its 👏. However I can't lower the string action or adjust the thrust rod on the guitar. Even with the allen key thar came with the guitar, wich key may i use?
I’m having a hard time buying a good Guitar and And the one I want is from Australia are you Tommy Emmanuel guitar do you have any Queensland maple which Sprucetop more body guitar that sounds almost similar thank you
I was in the market for a Yamaha APX, when I stumbled across Richard's YT channel. I really liked the look of the lag's simplistic design and finish especially the slimline model. I got in touch with Richard who answered all my questions and I've had the guitar for a few weeks now and simply don't want to put it down. Set up is bang on, it plays beautifully, and I personally feel it is a lot of guitar for the money.
I love LAG guitars and have almost bought one twice second hand but could not raise the very modest price each time (retirement has it's downsides !). They are brilliant instruments and I had thought that they had disappeared, but clearly not. What great news that they are still available and you are selling them Richard. Go get them folks !
An excellent video, and it's good to hear about LAG guitars, a brand I was not aware of before - liked and subscribed.
Thank you for this review Richard. I am overseas so had to buy here. However you have reassured me that I made a good choice 👍 I bought a LAG 12 string with the Snakewood body. Looking forward to receiving it. Thanks again great, thorough, friendly and professional review 🎸 🎶 💕
Hi Richard, great videos as always!! I have several Lag guitars as I live here in SW France where they are made. The detailing that people sometimes call a rose. is in fact an occitan cross from the occitanie flag of the local area, like on my profile pic! I have connected them to effects pedals and my boss looper to fantastic effect! They reallyare fantastic guitars. All the best from sunny Gers SW France...Dave
The decoration AROUND the soundhole is called the "rose", regardless of the actual design that is there. It's an historical name from the earliest guitars.
Aren’t they made in China?
Great guitars, design and sound, thank you for showing us
I have 2, the 77 and 66 electro, they're brilliant guitars.
I have been playing lag guitars for a good few years now.. And you get a lot of guitar for your money.. So the range is so versatile I have busked with them.. Gigged with them and practiced with the.. Never let me Down once and married with my fav elixer strings... wow
if i end up playing a lot, maybe i'll pick up the low model for a beater (outdoors, camping, fire ring at home). great video!
Great instrument. I have a LAG T66ACE that I truly enjoy. The only thing I can add is the guitar is quite rigid and seams to like light strings verses mediums. I do play professionally and this guitar fits in nicely to my family of guitar choices and brands as well as playability.
Cheers and nice video,
HW
USA Maine
I have a Slimline Lag. Very nice guitars!
They look and sound great. One of these or an Eastman PCH1 GACE would be a great option for me at the moment.
The first guitar you play on this video sounds ridiculously good for the price!
Edit- in fact they all do!!!
I have a slim one in ivory. Love it. So comfortable, I love the rounded edges. I dig the marker - free board. It looks expensive and nobody else has one!
Which particular model is the last one?
Thanks for filming this. I recently purchased a used LAG T400j12ce stage, 12 string, for $350.00 US. Best value for dollars spent. I am in need of a tuning machine that is binding and will not tune properly. I can not find the part available in the US and am wondering if your supplier can direct me to a source. I just bought a second LAG as well, TSE701D with the snakewood. Again, excellent.
Used to own a four seasons winter 400d, loved it as it sounded really good for the money.
Thanks for the video Richard. I've had three Lag level entry guitars in the last 6 years. All have been set up at the factory beautifully and played well "straight out of the box". So you won't be spending "an hour or so on these" or need to "add (much) value" in setting them up. I can't say that of Tanglewood.... What would be great is if you could recorded these instruments properly in your videos and get someone to play them who can actually play, rather than thrash seven shades of sh*t out of them. Just thought I'd identify this "improvement opportunity" for you. Keep up the good work!
I love the look & sound of the slimline model. I have a Yamaha APX97 myself & love that one, but I'll be thinking long & hard about adding one of those to my collection.
Hi Richard, please do check your flies before doing a vid! I know I keep mentioning this but could you just mention if left handed versions of the guitars are available that you feature and if there is a significant price difference. Us lefties can then dismiss a brand that d9nt cater for us. Thanks!
Good morning Richard . Nice instruments . Can you show us some more Gordon Smith beauties soon please ? 😉👌
I just had the most INCREDIBLE Classic T with roasted maple neck come in to show you very very soon yes!
That nylon joby is awesome.
Just bought a T88ACE, less than $500. Went into a Guitar Center not looking for an acoustic, but started noodling on a LAG.... :-/ ...resistance was futile. I almost never pay full $$ for a guitar, but they wouldn't budge and it sounded and played way too FANTASTIC to not take home! Damn you GC!
@seviswitzerland3470 - Yes, sir! Still have it, still play it! Haven't found a reason to switch to anything else.
Have always liked LAG Guitars. Really like the styling. Will you be stocking their new 'Smart' series that incorporate HyVibe effects? Also great to see that nylon string hybrid there. Just been reviewing a Breedlove Nylon Ce which like the LAG is a hybrid...more expensive though!
lovely guitars. if you have time can you review the Auden £799 parlour. thank you.
Thank you for this great video.
Great guitars. I have a black T100D and it's amazing.
I just picked up a used LAG T100DCE with a crack in the finish which runs along the side from the neck to the electronics. I noticed there is a bolt on the inside by the neck and was wondering if it may have previously been over tightened, causing the crack. Have you seen this happen before with these guitars?
Hi Richard. My name is Jesse from United States. I have been looking for a Lag guitar for over a year now. I have been playing guitar for about a year. I have tryed out several guitars but cannot seem to find the right sound to me They sounded great when you played them in your video
I have been looking for the right sound from a guitar. That would only get better with age. Can you help me in my pursuit of the right sounding guitar? I think that I need one with a Spruce top and Mahogany back and sides. Also interested in Acoustic. Not acoustic electric. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Would like to have seen the LAG OC118...will you be doing a video on that one? How would it compare to a Cordoba 5 or 7?
I like the thinline one Richard, wonder how it will compare to the Lowden 32SE I bought from you when plugged in?? That I would like to see ,
Which do u like better the thv30dce or the 30ace? One is dred and other concert size. Not sure if they both have same scale size
That nylon looks interesting. Been thinking of getting one but was put off by the standard nylon neck. Sod it, looks like I'll have to check the piggy bank! 😉
Peter Johnson remember I have a new offer for my UA-cam viewers now. If you order any guitar within 7 days of the video going live you get a free hand made leather strap too!! They are the best you will ever find. See guitarstraps.co.uk for details
I have a LAG Acoustic guitar, really great little guitar
What do you think off LAG mahogany parlor guitars t98pe thanks Colin UK 🇬🇧👍
Thanks for the awesome reviews! Since you reviewed both of these guitars which would you recommend the LAG Tramonte T70ACE or the Eastman PCH GACE? Thank you
Hi Richard
great review. up until a couple of days ago i had never heard of LAG guitar, i do like the sound. would they come in a Parlour size
Love my LAG 12 string.
Hi Richard - they do look and sound seriously good! An overhaul of my acoustic line-up is on the cards - I have one guitar definitely in mind to find a new good home for. ;) - I won't say "it's facing the chop" - because that's brutal and I love all my guitars! (I bought them all for a reason) - but what might not be working for me right now could be spot on for somebody else. :)
I have a T66A that’s a laminated top
I really don’t like the strap lug screwed into that neck heal position. Don’t understand this since it is in a vulnerable position for getting bumped or snapped off, along with a bit of guitar.
To be fair - I can see that this may be an anxiety on you part but rest assured not really a real world issue. If you imagine what you would need to be doing in order to snap that little thing off in that position? I think the last thing you would be worrying about is the strap button - your guitar would probably be in bits and the strap button still firmly attached :). Hope that puts your mind at rest!
What is the model number of the 299 one?
I ordered a t70d
I have a LAG nylon Occitania - really good guitars so I thought, but if you are recommending them then that confirms it.
was there a T88DCE in this video?
What is the model of the last guitar, the black one?
Emilia, Lag T100ACE. I can't wait to have that beauty from France
I noticed that the black model had a problem that looked like a crack in the finish as Richard turned it back and forth before playing it.. a little concern ing..
i just got this LAG yesterday! (looks like the electro pickup one with the cutout, $500 range.) tried a bunch and it blew the others away sub $500. very resonant, loud or soft voice, great range. there was a high quality Eastman that was technically better... gorgeous sound... but it couldn't do accents very well - it was too soft spoken, and i know that won't work for the styles i'm going to start on. Originally had a budget of $150-200 as it's my first guitar but this one just................ wow. you can feel it in your body. and it's a really comfortable hold (not killing my inner elbow) and the finish is high quality!
this guitar made me violate 2 things i had in mind when i went in. 1) PRICE 2) color.
i was NOT going to get a light colored guitar. i'm bored with the standard cookie cutter acoustic look and wanted a dark brown, or something in the blue or green range that didn't look cheapo. i initially overlooked this one because of that, but on another sweep, i thought "wow, that one over there looks really nice, actually, the wood is super pale, like the platinum blonde of guitars, and the sides are a really rich beautiful brown woodgrain, warm, and with that holo reflective effect i've seen on violins".......... so i gave it a strum and holy crap. floored.
i might have fallen in love in that instant. the other one i actually did have a burn for the second i saw it was a black & grey maple guitar, same price point, but the blonde one actually was better.
so, here we are, and this thing is just badass. really happy. *was night and day between this and the low end ones* . the projection, the range, articulation, comfort of the hold. just wow.
What is the model of the hybrid nylon?
but where are the guitars actually made? are hey still made in china korea area?
I bought the electro acoustic for 299 and its 👏. However I can't lower the string action or adjust the thrust rod on the guitar. Even with the allen key thar came with the guitar, wich key may i use?
You bought it from us? You shouldn’t need to reduce the action if you did?
@@RichardsGuitarshop thanks Richars I bought it in Reading Music store. Do you know wich allen key should I use?
It's like £300 now xD are these the sort of guitar that gain value over time
So they don’t stay tuned?
john harper ?
You will certainly not be Lagging behind the competition. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😉
Richards Guitars #Dadgagtastic
Quel nom mal choisi! Always makes me laugh, but I have had several and liked them all. Vive la LAG!
On the 70 what kind of strings does it come with
I’m having a hard time buying a good Guitar and And the one I want is from Australia are you Tommy Emmanuel guitar do you have any Queensland maple which Sprucetop more body guitar that sounds almost similar thank you
I was going for the corboda c5 but unsure now can anyone convince me these are better
They really are lovely guitars
I thought the Lag guitars where the best for the price. Don't know anymore if that is true.
Why so?
Do tell...
⚠️⚠️ 😳🤔 i can't believe you let those guitars Clang Together ❓⁉️🙄😣😖
oh well _ i guess that's two less guitars i won't be buying 😝
Bought a Lag a couple of years back it was totally unplayable, despite set up,
Naturally it was faulty. Hope you sent it back very quickly!
Get on with it...... Stop talking get the guitar out
Lol - you may have the wrong channel