YamahaL-Series LL16 Acoustic-Electric Guitar with Gig Bag - Brown Sunburst

This LS6 is the perfect size for my hands and style of playing. I tried a Yamaha FSX830C which is basically the same concert body size but this LS6 has a longer scale (neck 9/16" longer) and wider nut (44mm) so it is much easier for me to get my fingers on the frets and to finger pick. It isn't a huge difference but it really changes the playability for the better.The sound from the LS6 (rosewood laminate) is really bright and has a nice sustain. Everything looks well built and even the action didn't come too high. I'll probably get it adjusted after a few months but it is definitely within normal range.I'm super pleased and love the look of the guitar as well! Awesome value from Yamaha guitars and the aged spruce top gives it great a sound. Love it!

I was very worried about ordering this guitar online; let alone on Amazon. It came in a traiangular shaped box that had a semi-soft padded case. I actually like the case for church but this guitar will not be going back in the case. It deserves a hard case. I opened it up and inspected the guitar, came with strings loosely installed. It doesn't have a single flaw. It is perfect, adorned with what looks like abalone inlay, gold tuners, and the action is perfect. It came with a tool to adjust the neck, I just bought a Martin DX 12 string and I totally expected to hae to adjust it. I didn't have to. The wood grain rosewood is just awesome. Thi thing sounds amazing. Best guitar purchase ever. It isn't even close to sound compared to the Martin HPL. This thing makes the Martin sound like a toy guitar. I have a thing for the deep bass resonance with rosewood bodied guitars. I own a Taylor 214CE Rosewood and it used to be the nicest guitar I've ever had until this one. I've always wanted an HD-28 and although I think they are great guitars still, I'm gonna save some money and buy the 6 string version of this. It's a beautiful sounding guitar with sustain for days. Great for strumming and fingerpicking. Oh I also plugged it into my Boes L1 Compact and it sound just as good throught that thing. I absolutely love it!

This is for the Yamaha L-Series LL16 12-string acoustic, which has a solid Engelmann spruce top with solid rosewood back & sides. I've been playing for 30 years. I've bought and sold countless guitars just for myself -- both six and twelve-string. This Yamaha is the best guitar I've owned; I'll never get rid of it. If a giant asteroid ever takes aim at Earth, this guitar is the only thing I'll grab before escaping to another planet. Although it's the most expensive instrument I've bought yet, other guitars that have an all-solid wood body and a torrified top cost more. I took a chance buying it without having played one because it had a "Free returns for any reason" shipping policy. I had nothing to lose by auditioning it in my own home. Luckily, I love it. When a guitar is the size of a dreadnought yet has the wide lower bout and tighter waist of a jumbo, you get the best of both worlds. The action and intonation are perfect -- barre chords are a breeze, and all the notes are in tune, even at the 20th fret. The die-cast gold tuners are beautiful, as is the abalone ring around the soundhole. Also, it's the most versatile 12-string I've owned; you can play anything on it, not just "Wish You Were Here" or "Wanted Dead or Alive." It sounds fantastic, amazing, spectacular, incredible, and uncanny -- all those corny comic-book adjectives and more!

I thought I'd take a gamble on this 'cheap' Yamaha 12-String Guitar. I knew that the Solid Rosewood Sides & Back might - just m I g h t . . . - provide the Voicing of a guitar at triple the price; But when I unpacked, and tuned the 12-string Yamaha, I was Astounded!. YES! I had to perform only a minor adjustment to the neck ( Allen wrench is provided ), and fine-tune the new strings; and this Guitar displayed rare and amazing Active Harmonics and sub-Harmonics. In my 55 years as a professional guitarist, I'd rarely come across acoustic guitars that provided such a beautiful range of Sound. I own Martin, Collings, and Lowden guitars; this Yamaha LL 1612 is on this same level of both Playability, and Voicing/Sound.

My title pretty much sums it up. It's a nicely made guitar, with almost perfect intonation, and excellent playability but that's about as far as it goes. I think the finish is too thick, and the top could benefit greatly from scalloped bracing. Just like my Yamaha fsta, this guitar is pretty to look at, inspiring to hold but sonically dead. I do like the smaller uper bout, but it's an awful heavy guitar. There's not much tone to be heard or talked about. Never even got around to plug it in as I didn't think the tone was worth amplifying. I couldn't find any of these to play locally, so I took a shot in the dark ordering one from Amazon. I don't like returning stuff, but this one doesn't sound good enough for me to keep. It's a nice guitar for a beginner, and will surely hold up well to some abuse but that's about it. You can get better tonewoods and specs all around for a similar price. I own a Yamaha 172sf classical guitar that really sings but perhaps that one's an anomaly. Overall this one gets a solid, "meh." Here's hoping I get my money back.

This guitar blew me away as soon as I opened the box.First, the product images do not faithfully represent just how beautiful this guitar is. It came with Brand New Elixir Strings, Not sure if 80/20 or Phosphor bronze, but after tuning the sound was just insanely beautiful. The intonation and sustain are out of this world for this price. The neck feels smooth and easy to play. The action is not as low as I'd like, but it's low enough to play without much effort.I have had several other guitars, and they do not reach this level of quality for this price range... if you want a beautiful sounding guitar, with a beautiful finish (I'm a sucker for Sunbursts) at a price that you just cannot beat... stop looking, this is it.