Red LC
Alpine spruce / Cocobolo
- First-class acoustic guitar made for the most discerning guitarists.
- Premium-quality tonewoods.
- Proprietary design features and production technologies, including unique soundboard voicing, revolutionary Furch CNR System® neck joint and resonance enhancing Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish.
- Luxury appearance featuring a host of appointments made from abalone and koa.
- Heavy-duty Hiscox hardshell case.
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Red LC
Carbon footprint of Red LC
Before 45.6 kg
After 2020 18.2 kg
The Red Series is synonymous with the highest class of our solid wood guitars, which are truly uncompromising in terms of the materials and components. The Red LC is made of premium Alpine spruce used on the soundboard and cocobolo on the back and sides. Both plates undergo our innovative voicing process, which in conjunction with the material used gives the instrument a beautiful, versatile sound with clear and open tones.
The beauty of the tonewood is underlined by a resonance enhancing high-gloss finish and a number of decorative details, led by a koa binding and premium rosette, abalone purfling and headstock inlay, and pearl leaf fingerboard inlay. The guitar comes enclosed in a highly durable, thermally insulated Hiscox case.
Unique voicing process
The premium nature of the Red LC guitar is underscored by the fact that both the soundboard and the back plate are individually tuned using the voicing process, our proprietary technology that enhances the guitar’s tonal properties to the highest level. Thanks to that, the Red LC guitar has a crystalline clear, harmonically rich, balanced, and highly dynamic sound across the entire tonal spectrum.
Resonance enhancing finish
The instrument is protected by our proprietary Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish, which has been developed to enhance the guitar’s tonal qualities. The finish consists of an ultrathin layer of highly resistant lacquer that provides excellent surface protection and accentuates the structure of the wood at the same time.
Furch CNR System® Neck Design
A high precision, dual-action truss rod maintains neck stability and allows for fine adjustment of the neck relief, bilaterally. The truss rod is housed in a highly rigid carbon casing which enables a very smooth and controlled neck relief, ensuring the best playability and enduring optimal setup.
- A fully adjustable dual-action truss rod for highly precise adjustment of the neck bow in both the convex and concave directions.
- A highly rigid carbon casing that maintains the neck in the set position over a period much longer than is the case with standard neck joint designs and, at the same time, facilitates a gradual bow in the neck, a factor of essential importance for playability.
- A casting made of special alloy located inside the neck heel that ensures a stable position of the neck and its angle vis-à-vis the body.
Beauty of exotic wood
The stunning appearance of the Red LC is underscored by a figured ziricote bridge, fingerboard, and headstock overlay. The body, fingerboard, and headstock feature koa binding with a white contrasting line. Koa was also used on a tail decoration and a premium rosette with abalone inlay.
Transparent protection
The soundboard is protected by a transparent pickguard that allows the natural beauty of the wood to shine through. The pickguard is designed to have no effect on the tonal qualities of the soundboard.
Exotic leaf inlays
The ebony fingerboard of the Red LC is decorated with gorgeous mother-of-pearl leaf front inlays. A similar pattern is rendered in green abalone on the headstock.
Excellent machine heads
The Red LC has an excellent tuning stability courtesy of Gotoh 510 Silver Patina machine heads with polished ebony buttons and a highly precise 1:21 gear ratio.
High-rigidity Hiscox case
Maximum protection during transport is provided by a high-rigidity Hiscox case with polyurethane insulating foam that shields the instrument from changes in external climatic conditions.
Features
Body
| Available body shapes | D, Dc, G, Gc, OM, OMc |
| Neck-to-body joint | 14th fret |
| Solid top - grade | Alpine spruce |
| Solid back and sides - grade | Cocobolo |
| Binding | Koa with white line |
| Purfling | Abalone with black and white line |
| Tail decoration | Koa wedge with contrasting line |
| Rosette | Premium koa ring with abalone inlay |
| Bridge | Figured ziricote |
| Bridge pins | Ebony with pearl eye |
| Saddle | TUSQ fully compensated |
| Bridge string spacing | 2 3/16 |
| Top finish | Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish |
| Back and sides finish | Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish |
| Pickguard | Anti-Scratch - transparent |
Neck
| Nut width | 1 3/4 |
| Available nut width | 1 11/16 and 1 7/8 |
| Neck reinforcement | CNR System with dual-action adjustment |
| Neck profile | Furch Soft V |
| Scale length | 25 9/16 |
| Fingerboard material | Figured ziricote |
| Fingerboard radius | 15 3/4 |
| Fingerboard front inlay | Pearl leaf |
| Fingerboard side inlay | Pearl linear position markers |
| Fret finish | Polished |
| Headstock overlay | Figured ziricote |
| Headstock inlay | Abalone leafs |
| Fingerboard and headstock binding | Koa with white line |
| Neck material | African mahogany |
| Machine heads | Gotoh 510 Silver Patina - gear ratio 1:21 |
| Machine head buttons | Polished ebony |
| Zero fret | TUSQ |
| Nut string spacing (1 3/4) | 1 1/2 |
| Nut string spacing (1 11/16) | 1 7/16 |
| Nut string spacing (1 7/8) | 1 9/16 |
| Strings | Elixir Ph-Br Nanoweb 12-53 |
| Neck finish | Full-Pore Smooth-Slide Satin Finish with antibacterial additive |
| Headstock finish | Full-Pore High-Gloss Finish |
