Lag Guitars Tramontane 170 Nylon - Auditorium Slim Cutaway Electro

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Lag Guitars Tramontane 170 Nylon - Auditorium Slim Cutaway Electro

There’s a lovely middle ground between the feel of a classical guitar and the familiarity of a modern acoustic, and the Lâg Tramontane 170 Nylon – Auditorium Slim Cutaway Electro lands right in it. Built for players who love the warmth and softness of nylon strings but don’t necessarily want the dimensions of a traditional classical guitar, this elegant electro-acoustic brings a slimmer body, narrower 46mm nut, radiused fingerboard and cutaway into the equation. The result is a nylon-string guitar that feels immediately inviting to steel-string players, fingerstylists and contemporary performers.

Tone starts with a solid Red Cedar top, an inspired choice for nylon strings thanks to its warm, responsive character. Cedar tends to come alive with a relatively light touch, rewarding delicate fingerstyle playing with plenty of colour and detail while still responding beautifully when you dig in. Khaya back and sides complement that warmth with a rounded, balanced voice and pleasing midrange presence.

The Slim Auditorium body is a huge part of this guitar’s appeal. At approximately 110mm deep, it sits comfortably against the player and feels far less cumbersome than many traditional classical designs. Add the cutaway and you've got easy access to the upper register for melodic playing, jazzier chord voicings and those moments when the dusty end of the fingerboard suddenly becomes considerably less dusty.

Lâg has also resisted the temptation to give this nylon-string model an enormous, completely flat classical neck. The 650mm scale, 46mm nut width and 350mm fingerboard radius create a more contemporary playing experience, while the double-action truss rod provides useful adjustability. It's a clever hybrid of classical and modern acoustic design rather than simply a classical guitar with a pickup installed.

When the gig arrives, the onboard Fishman Clasica II electronics make the transition from acoustic playing to amplification beautifully straightforward. Designed specifically for nylon-string instruments, the system provides Volume, Bass and Treble EQ, Phase control and an integrated chromatic tuner, giving you practical control over your amplified sound without cluttering the guitar with unnecessary gadgetry.

The details are rather lovely too. A Khaya neck, Brown BrankoWood fingerboard and bridge, satin finish, black hardware and classical-style 1:15 ratio machine heads give the Tramontane 170 an understated, contemporary elegance. It comes factory-fitted with Savarez 510 MRJ mixed-tension nylon strings, so the playing experience has been properly considered from one end of the instrument to the other.

For fingerstyle, Latin, jazz, classical crossover, singer-songwriter material or simply players who want the mellow beauty of nylon strings in a more familiar acoustic format, the Lâg Tramontane 170 Nylon Auditorium Slim Cutaway Electro is a cracking proposition. It doesn't force you to choose between classical warmth and contemporary playability—and that's precisely what makes it interesting.