This is the first new Waterloo WL-14L we've had in a couple years; and with Waterloo guitars becoming rarer every day, we'd suggest pouncing on this one if you've been waiting for a ladder-braced variant of their flagship model! True to the original Depression-era spec, ladder bracing gives the guitar more midrange punch and rounds out the trebles. But this guitar is capable of much more than fingerstyle blues (as Julian Lage) demonstrates in the accompanying video. Priced with hardshell case.