NGD - 2001 Yamaha LL500

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Originally Posted by 247hoopsfan

I have owned my LL500 for 20 years. They are incredible guitars, very articulate and responsive. The tone and sustain is very similar to my much more expensive Goodall Standard. They were built by single luthiers in the Hamamatsu custom shop and compete with high end custom guitars.
Great find.

Hey Hoopsfan, what strings have you found to work best on your LL500? Figured I’d start with EJ16’s and explore from there

[247hoopsfan]

Since I have owned this for 20 years, I used ExP17’s mostly but they were discontinued. So EJ 16’s will be good. I have actually converted to Elixir and find they just hit that sweet spot after several weeks, then sound good for months.
This guitar will amaze you with its clarity and overtones.