Empire Guitars 1999 Flammang LGC50 Acoustic

Summary: This Flammang acoustic guitar was created by an artisan, David Flammang, who builds instruments with care and patience without taking shortcuts. It includes a skillfully crafted Spruce top for a balanced tone and projection while the Indian Rosewood back and sides provide a prominent bass response while maintaining bell-like overtones. It comes equipped with a K & K Sound handcrafted passive pickup. This amazing instrument will be prized from the first time you sit down with it and likely for a lifetime.

Body: Spruce top, Indian Rosewood back/sides, Ebony bridge.

Neck: Mahogany with an Ebony fingerboard, pearl dot inlays on the top of the fretboard, 14 open frets/20 total frets, 1.74” nut width, 25.5” scale length.

Pickups/Hardware: K & K Sound handcrafted passive acoustic pickup, Schaller three-per side tuning keys.

Cosmetics: This guitar has some regular play wear on the back of the neck and around the fretboard (See Photos Please). The back of the neck has a couple of scratches but is still very comfortable to play. Some of the finish was taken off when the pickguard was removed from the top of the body. There are light surface scratches on the back of the body. The frets are in great shape with a ton of life left in them. There a couple scuffs in the finish near the input jack. The bridge has been reglued professionally. The K & K Sound pickup was installed by the luthier Flamming. Overall, this is instrument plays and sounds amazing.

Modifications: In 2019, David Flammang partially refurbished this instrument to optimize sound, removing a non-original undersaddle transducer, installing the K&K, and replacing the nut and compensated saddle.

Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this guitar with a new set of 12’s. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fretboard with no dead spots or choking out.

Weight: 4.395 lbs.

Case: This guitar ships in a hard shell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.