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July 22nd, 2009, 12:09 PM
Here is pic ( in the middle between a Seagull S6 Folk and a 40's Supro) of my 1978 ( as close as Larrivee can date it due a fire that destroyed their records ) Larrivee L-09. My sister in law bought it used around 1985 or so and never really played it. I took semi-permanet possesion in 1992 and she formally gave it to me when she moved to Mexico in 2001.
While somewhat of a plain model in appointments, the wood is amazing. The spruce top has the tightest grain pattern I've seen. The Indian Rosewood on the back and sides is just stunning. The best thing about it though is the tone. Rich, lush, sparkley and detailed......very even across the entire tone spectrum and enough volume to hang with my buddies dread sized Martin and Taylors. While it's not a 'cannon' like a few Martins I've owned, I actually prefer the even tone respose it provides. It's a wonderful finger picking guitar and romping on it with a pick is like kicking in a boost on an electric......just more of everything without compression. I like that!
The neck is fantastic. Wide enough for finger picking yet using a pick for chords and/or leads is very comfortable. The build quality is a study in precision excellence. In the nearly 20 years I've had it, I've not had to touch the truss rod or do any adjsutment on it. It just stays the same year in and year out....except it sounds better now that it did when I first got it.
I helped a buddy out on his acoustic project a few years ago. He has a beautiful Brazilian Rosewood 1984 Taylor 810, a sweet vintage Guild huge body 12 string and a killer FatDog D-18 copy. The engineer for the session was floored by the tone of the Larrivee and how sweet it recorded. I've loaned it to another buddy several times for his recording projects also as he and the fella doing the recording prefer the tone of the Larrivee to the Taylors, Martins and Guilds in his studio. Don't get me wrong, I love all those other guitars mentioned, but the Larrivee just has a sweetness that sits in the mix unlike the others.
You can tell I'm still smitten with this guitar. I plan on passing this one down to one of my grandkids. I should play it ever day, but due to it's pristine condition, I keep it in it's case and use the Seagull, my old Lyle or a cheap Peal electric/acoustic as my on stand nearby grab and go guitars.
I know there is some Larrivee love here, so lets see em and hear about em!
While somewhat of a plain model in appointments, the wood is amazing. The spruce top has the tightest grain pattern I've seen. The Indian Rosewood on the back and sides is just stunning. The best thing about it though is the tone. Rich, lush, sparkley and detailed......very even across the entire tone spectrum and enough volume to hang with my buddies dread sized Martin and Taylors. While it's not a 'cannon' like a few Martins I've owned, I actually prefer the even tone respose it provides. It's a wonderful finger picking guitar and romping on it with a pick is like kicking in a boost on an electric......just more of everything without compression. I like that!
The neck is fantastic. Wide enough for finger picking yet using a pick for chords and/or leads is very comfortable. The build quality is a study in precision excellence. In the nearly 20 years I've had it, I've not had to touch the truss rod or do any adjsutment on it. It just stays the same year in and year out....except it sounds better now that it did when I first got it.
I helped a buddy out on his acoustic project a few years ago. He has a beautiful Brazilian Rosewood 1984 Taylor 810, a sweet vintage Guild huge body 12 string and a killer FatDog D-18 copy. The engineer for the session was floored by the tone of the Larrivee and how sweet it recorded. I've loaned it to another buddy several times for his recording projects also as he and the fella doing the recording prefer the tone of the Larrivee to the Taylors, Martins and Guilds in his studio. Don't get me wrong, I love all those other guitars mentioned, but the Larrivee just has a sweetness that sits in the mix unlike the others.
You can tell I'm still smitten with this guitar. I plan on passing this one down to one of my grandkids. I should play it ever day, but due to it's pristine condition, I keep it in it's case and use the Seagull, my old Lyle or a cheap Peal electric/acoustic as my on stand nearby grab and go guitars.
I know there is some Larrivee love here, so lets see em and hear about em!