The long, free breathing sustain, of the Loef OM guitars, is hard to neglect!!
These Loef OM Guitars, are made of the finest wood! The topwood is always selected on sound quality basis!
To the OM model, there are also a 12:string option!
And in a close future I will present a 7-string OM!!
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The BigParlor
As the next, bigger, in bodysize. Starting from the Parlor Guitar, I want to present my BigParlor Guitar!
This Guitar is the perfect combination of the bluesy Parlorsound and the balance from a bigger guitar!
The perfect Studio Guitar!!
In the BigParlor I use a wide range of wood to achieve the maximum of each Guitar-top!
Most part of my BigParlors are made with “Ladder Brace” in top!
From the pictures You can see one of my “specialities” !
“The Highstrung 12:string BigParlor”!! Brilliant!!
Feels like fresh sparkling water, straight into Your Brain!!
Parlor “Bouzouki” !
In the same mold as the Parlor Guitar, I also make my version of the Irish Bouzouki!
Here You can see some pictures of my Bouzouki!
650mm scale!
The Parlor Guitar!
I will start up some separate threads of my Instument-models! A good starter is the Parlor Guitar! As all other of my Instruments, I also make my Parlors in different Costumes!
All my Loef Parlors are “Ladder braced”! As many as 90% of the sk Parlor size Guitars in the market of today, are unfortunately “X-brace”!
My favourite is the “Sorbus Aucuparia” as side and backwood! To get the best Parlor Blues, I choose this!
Please check out some Parlor pictures below
Guitar Body Size
A “faq” is the difference in bodysize and one body compared to an other body.
So let´s put this, once and for all, on a picture!
These body-shapes are all my own shaping! No copy!!
On the picture You find:
P = standing for Parlor
BP = for BigParlor
OM = Orchestra Model
D = Dreadnought
J = Jumbo
The First Thread!
I welcome You to my new website! And “I”, who welcome You, are:
Olav Loef
An independent Luthier from Finland
I made my first guitar that Year when The Queen performed “We are the Champions” for the first time! That´s a long time ago!
My desire is, to one day build “The Guitar!” to You!
If You feel that this might be something for You, please go to the Main Menu and Contact us!
Instrument- enquiries only from my email!
So to all You Folks! In coming weeks I will publish presentations of guitars from the past, models in Collection!
New website
Finally a new and more slimline website based on wordpress. Its up and running and my intention is to be able to easily share new projects and other thoughts with you on a more frequent basis.
I would like to be able to have you with me from the first idea to a finished product.
Olav