Richwood RD-12LCEBK Artist Series Lefthanded Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar – black gloss, active Richwood EQ5, chrome die-cast tuners
Left-handers, your stage is ready. The Richwood RD-12LCEBK shifts the celebrated RD-12 formula into a true lefthanded dreadnought cutaway that roars with presence and lets your fretting hand soar beyond the 14-fret. Draped in a mirror-shine black gloss finish, it pairs a responsive agathis top with scalloped-X bracing to laminated basswood back and sides, wrapping every chord in warmth while standing up to daily travel.
Plug in and sculpt your signature tone: the onboard active Richwood EQ5 with built-in tuner, volume, treble, mid, bass and phase moves seamlessly from mellow fingerstyle to punchy strum without outboard gear. A comfortably slim Indonesian-mahogany neck joins an acacia fingerboard bound in ivory ABS, its 43 mm nut and factory-set low action making barre chords a breeze. Chrome die-cast machine heads glide smoothly, while an active two-way truss rod stands guard against shifting seasons.
Glossy finishes seal the wood, silver-nickel frets promise years of buzz-free bends, and factory-fitted D’Addario .012-.053 strings sing the moment you pick them. With more than 30 years of expertise and one of the region’s most diverse catalogues, Elit Music inspects and sets up every RD-12LCEBK, so your left hand can focus on expression, not adjustments. Big sound, striking look, true south-paw comfort—this is how you begin (or continue) the steel-string journey on your own terms.
Technical specifications
Body shape: dreadnought cutaway lefthand
Bracing: scalloped X
Scale length: 650 mm
Nut width: 43 mm
12-fret width: 54.8 mm
Body length: 500 mm
Lower bout: 405 mm
Body depth: 96/120 mm
Top: agathis, black gloss
Back & sides: laminated basswood
Neck: Indonesian mahogany, gloss
Fingerboard & bridge: acacia, ABS ivory binding
Frets: 18 % nickel-silver
Truss rod: active two-way
Machine heads: chrome die-cast
Strings: D’Addario .012-.053
Electronics: Richwood EQ5 (vol, treb, mid, bass, phase, tuner)
Bridge pins: black with white core
Pickguard: black
Strap button: chrome