LsL Instruments Saticoy Guitar, Roasted Maple, Lake Placid Blue over Sunburst

Player's Perspective

Built right here in Southern California a little up the road in Santa Clarita, our friends over at LsL are cranking out some of the best vintage-style axes in the USA. This stunning Saticoy - nicknamed "Pasha" - with a beautiful distressed Lake Placid Blue over 3-Tone Sunburst finish, roasted flame maple neck and a gorgeous dark rosewood fingerboard is a true jaw-dropper in every sense of the word, from playability and looks to its tone!

The roasted maple neck looks beautiful, and has some great flame figuring on it. It has a medium C neck shape that should instantly feel comfortable to most guitarists. It'll give you a solid piece of wood to hold onto with your fretting hand, but is also super comfortable if you're looking to play fast and shred up high.

The LsL pickups sound fantastic, and have just the right amount of clarity and punch in all positions. It's got that open and airy, vocal-like tone that S-style axes from the 60s were so well known for. I love how the bridge pickup has plenty of snap and brightness to it without sounding shrill or overly piercing. This guitar's got that open and airy, vocal-like tone that vintage axes from the 60s were so well known for. The neck pickup gets warm and round without sounding loose. The middle has some really nice twang to it as well that carries some fullness while being bright and cutting through the mix.

This is another incredible build and checks all the boxes for someone needing a handmade custom shop guitar that's going to remind them of all the best parts of an old guitar but without any of the drawbacks. It's pure perfection.

Details

When Lance decided to make an S style he figured it would be best to start at the beginning; 1954. He was lucky enough to get his hands on a real holy grail kind of guitar that was loaned to him. It was number 1055 and was and still is a honey of a guitar. We couldn’t have a better example. We worked hard to get that same, vintage tone and feel with a few improvements along the way.  Our body shape is slightly different and comfier. Smooth, hand-shaped contours make for a smoother, more flowing shape.

Our Saticoy models also have the lower tone knob controlling the tone of the bridge pickup alone while the middle tone knob controls both the middle and neck pickups.

We believe that our Saticoy is a worthy and true example of a vintage sound and feel that only comes with gigantic price tags. Even if you were lucky enough to have one of those, you wouldn’t want to be bringing it to hole-in-the-wall gigs. Our goal was to make a guitar that would be great enough to attract some of the best players in the world. Now, several of Lance’s guitar heroes are playing Saticoys.