LAG guitars

Frankiestylee

What's the craic with these?

I've been seeing them all around the place, are they just a new budget range or what's the deal?

They do look rather pretty and come in a range of interesting colours. I was half wondering if they were a budget range by G&L but now I'm doubting it... though they do have a bit of a fender shape to them.

They seem to come with elixir strings, so a step up from most supplied strings, but it makes me wonder how much the actual guitars are worth

Karl Hungus

Never even heard of them before. Where'd you see them?

Dord

Frankiestylee wrote:

What's the craic with these?

I've been seeing them all around the place, are they just a new budget range or what's the deal?

They do look rather pretty and come in a range of interesting colours. I was half wondering if they were a budget range by G&L but now I'm doubting it... though they do have a bit of a fender shape to them.

They seem to come with elixir strings, so a step up from most supplied strings, but it makes me wonder how much the actual guitars are worth

I don't know of any guitar company called GAL.

Regardless, the G&L "budget" range is the Tribute series. Check 'em out.
Btw, if you didn't know G&L stands for George and Leo, as in Leo Fender.

Dord

Wait a minute, you're not talking about LAG are you???

If you are, they're pretty cheap from what I've seen.

Rigsby

Assuming you are talking about G&L. I own a G&L 2000 Tribute and I think it's a great guitar. It is VERY versatile sounding. It has the same pups and electronics as the regular G&L's. You can get more info at :
www.guitarsbyleo.com

Frankiestylee

No, it's definitly not G&L I'm talking about...

Hmmm, could it possibly be LAG? I'm nearly positive it's GAL which made me wonder at G&L until I realised that no, no, that was crazy stuff.

I've seen them in waltons (they've loads of them, next to all the SX acoustics) and I've seen them in a music shop in Holland.

Where ever I've seen them there always tends to be a large number of them, due I guess to the pretty colours. More for a kids first kick ass looking guitar market I reckon.

Frankiestylee

Damn I can't change the subject title, but yes yes, my stupidity... it was LAG guitars I was talking about... obviously me reading the upside down initials didn't help, but looking for LAG guitars and they're the ones I'm on about.

Dord

well, the problem with Lag is that they're designed by the French.....lol

Killaqueen!!!

haha yeah..they're nothing special IMO. They are pretty though!

Fad

Frankiestylee wrote:

I've seen them next to all the SX acoustics

theres the problem right there!

-=al=-

i seen em too on a french site they didnt look THAT bad, only noticed casue ther was a couple of lefties, but wen i seen they were french i thought twice

i was also wonderin what the dceal with them was,


the ones i was lookin at were 700-800 euro

Frankiestylee

Apparently Pete Doherty plays one... that turned me right off!

Yeah, the site goes on about how they used to be made-to-order etc etc and that gives them a smidge of credibility, but really I dunno, the ones in Waltons were all under the €300 mark so I imagine they're not great.

-=al=-

thats the one i was lookin at, i actually think it looks quite nice,

liek i said it was like 700 or 800 euro


Body Solid Mahogany with Flamed/Quilted Maple
Neck Hard Maple Bolt-On
Trussrod 2 Way
Fingerboard Indian Ebony
Fingerboard Radius
Fingerboard Inlays
Fret Size Jumbo
Fret Qty. 24
Machine Head Lag Hi-Precision
Pickguard N/A
Pickup Qty. 3
Pickup Type EMG HZ2 1xH4A / 1xS3 / 1xFH3A
Tremelo FR Type
Controls 1xVol / 1xTone / P-Pull Split Coil
Selector Switch 5 Way Ergonomic
Hardware Type
Finish Type Gloss

SirLemonhead

Lots of famous, professional guitarists used Lag guitars, mostly in the 80s though.

I figured everyone here knew of them..

gizmo

Ah, these were mentioned in a Guitar World awhile back. Evidently Phil Campbell has been using them for quite some time now. Outside of him though I've never heard of them.

Dord

MasterOfSolos wrote:

Lots of famous, professional guitarists used Lag guitars, mostly in the 80s though.

I figured everyone here knew of them..

That would have been the original handbuilt ones. These ones are from our friends in the far-east.


In my mind anyways, the only good French musical instrument brand is Vigier! Awesome basses and guitars! :eek:

They even make a fretless guitar with a metal fretboard! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Frankiestylee

These lads are made out East? How East? China East or Japan East?

I'd love to take one for a test drive... judging by their list of endorsees, well, they look a bit of a go-er to get a free guitar off, might have to convince my guitarist to um, go French

Dord

Chinese made, the higher end ones are French made. Although apparently theyre not what they used to be years ago.

Frankiestylee

I wouldn't imagine they've maintained quality since they used to be carefully crafted made to order pieces of passion...

... and now they're hangin' with SX in Waltons.