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NGD Yamaha LJ16BC
A week late! Been looking at the all solid 16 L series Yamaha’s for a while particularly interested in the ARE treated tops. Anyway this limited Billy Corgan signature model came up in the sale for less than the price of a standard LJ16.
I’m not a fan of the smashing pumkins my reason for buying the signature model was the upgrades it comes with: Gotoh open gear tuners Tusq nut and saddle Brass bridge pins I’m really pleased with this guitar, it sounds big and open and the neck profile is really comfortable. Set up was reasonably good out the box. I’ve just had to do a little work on the nut as most of the slots were not cut deep enough (I’ve heard this is quite common with Yamaha). Everything else was fine. I’ve not tried the zero impact pickup. Interested to hear peoples thoughts on it and how hot it is for a passive pickup and what Preamp they’ve used with it to boost the signal. It has 80/20 elixirs on as stock. I’d also be keen for some string recommendations! Picture in link below https://flic.kr/p/2esmzMN
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Congratulations on the NGD! This is one of the models I have been looking at. Lots of good stuff for not a lot of cash. Based on the videos I have seen from the LJ16's you are going to get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
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Happy NGD! That looks really nice. Congrats!
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Good score. I'm a big fan of the L-series (as my weary post readers will tell you!), and I own an LL16. I did have an LJ6 and that too was a very nice instrument. I bought it a set of Pinz brass bridge pins; I can't say that they altered the tone in any appreciable way (maybe a little more top end?), but the abalone inlays matched the rosette nicely.
https://www.pinzuk.com/order-pinz-in...laid-paua-gbp/
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Very nice. I've played the standard LL16 and of course the LS and loved them both. I guess this lands somewhere in the middle. I really like the look of the open gear machines. I hope you enjoy it for many, many years.
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Well done Nick. My LJ16 is the best value guitar I own I think. Amazing for the money.
I bought the standard version and did replace the machine heads with Schaller M6 vintage copper ones. I’ve been meaning to replace the plastic nut and saddle on principle, but to be honest I’m really happy with the sound of the guitar as it is now I tried John Pearse Pure Nickel wound lights on it and took them off pretty quickly—not the right thing for this guitar. I strung elixir 80/20’s lights (which mine did not originally come with—it had quite horrible Yamaha strings on it). Personally I’ve been pretty happy with the elixirs. Playing plugged in I use a tonedexter. I haven’t tried other options so can’t do a real comparison for you, but I suspect it will be hard to do significantly better than a tonedexter if you want to preserve the natural acoustic sound of the guitar.
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I have an AC3R, little different animal but Ive been happy with elixir PB’s on it
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Have you tried any uncoated PB strings on it?
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Only 6 allocated to Australia.
https://www.musoscorner.com.au/yamah...australia-wide Selling new here for Aus$1999.00 which is GBP1107 Really great looking guitar. Spruce/Rosewood. Maybe try some D'Addario Nickel Bronze strings.
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Beautiful guitar! I have been looking at this model for a while as I like the SJ body. Without opening a can of worms, how do you like the brass bridge pins? Enjoy!
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Congrats on a sweet guitar. I never cared for the Zero Impact pickup plugged direct into a PA system. Through a DI with eq, like my LR Baggs Para DI, a good tone could be dialed in. As for strings, all my Yamahas sound stellar with D'Addario nickel bronze strings.
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I like the following string on my LL16R: Curt Mangan PB traditional lights, D’Addario EJ16 PB Lights, John Pearce PB Lights. The Curt Mangans are my favorite strings.
Believe it or not I like the Yamaha 80/20 brass strings. Not my favorite by any means but I like the tone of them after a couple of days to settle.
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Congrats! I’m jealous - nice guitar!
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Hey Marty I can’t really comment on the brass pins, I like the sound it currently has, big open sound lots of sustain. I’ve no plans to swap the pins out for different material so I won’t know how much of the character is down to the pins (I’m guessing they won’t make a great deal of difference).
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