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Very pleased with the guitar, build quality, the lovely neck and overall feel of an excellent instrument. The set up from Richard's guitars is perfect for me.
I changed my guitar, a Tanglewood TW15 HE out of necessity. It was a lovely guitar. However, with someone who suffers back issues, I needed to go to a smaller nut width, a 43 mm, to loosen tension in my left hand fingers.
I had in mind a guitar I wanted but it wasn't affordable with my budget. Not having many options for guitar shops in my part of the world, north Notts, I had seen adds and reviews for Richard's Guitars. I contacted them on chat, explained my issues about changing. Whilst they no longer traded in my desired guitar, I spent time chatting through options. LAG Tramontane 118s were mentioned never heard of them!!
Spent time looking at Richard's website at the LAGs and listening to some of the videos, and doing the same through YouTube. The details provided on Richard's website are thorough and give you a great understanding of the guitar. What also helped are the demonstrations and commentary Richard gives on video blogs of guitars.
As a place to consider purchasing your guitar. Well worth the effort to talk through and visit them.
The LAGT118ABCE-BRS that I purchased.
I spent time looking at and hearing various LAGs on videos and reviews of them. Some very interesting guitars on offer. However, in listening to them, I kept coming back to the T118 models. Not that sound quality through the internet is the best, it definitely gave me the impression that I needed to see, play and hear it and which Richard's gave me a range of different brands to compare it too when I went to the store. Being given time to yourself in a space without the comings and goings of other customers and having time to play and compare is definitely a positive experience at Richard's Guitars.
I did hope to see the black T118 but I started to like the look of the Brown Shadow which was the colour provided. The more I played and compared it to the others which included other LAG models, a Sauvage, and a parlor shaped model which I didn't really play much as I already have one in the style, an Eastman dreadnought, and a Washburn (?Jumbo?, which I did like), I eventually decided to go with the LAG, not just because of the nut width, but I also felt the difference with the auditorium size and the dreadnoughts. The auditorium is what I needed. The bevel also is a bonus for me. It was a snug fit.
I purchased it, left the guitar so they could set it up and received it a week later. It is easy to play on my left hand, comfortably snug in my right and the tonal quality is bright and the strings sustain clearly, which I didn't have on the TW15.
In the week or so that I've had it, I'm really glad to have chosen this particular model and in Shadow Brown: internet images don't do it justice.
In all the times that I've purchased a guitar, I've never had the level and quality service given by Richard's Guitars. Thank you to all the staff for making it a pleasurable experiencee to test and buy a guitar.
If you're on a budget, LAG should definitely be on your to try list. It was the first time I've heard of them.
This is also a genuine, personal and non-influenced review.
Ted Dubowski 23 April 2026
