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Played a worryingly nice Larrivee the other day

noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 721
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It was a mahogany/spruce dread with satin finish around the £750 price bracket. Made me seriously question whether I ultimately want to hang on years for a Martin D-18. 



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  • spacecadetspacecadet Frets: 671
    Larrivee guitars are awesome. I was torn between a Taylor and a Martin. Then played a Larrivee OM-10 and that was it. Amazing guitars that are still very well priced.
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    buy it, buy it now!!!!!!

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438
    I sold my Taylor 314ce, but kept several Larrivees. Excellent quality and value. Frailers usually has a few used ones in at reasonable prices (and Martins, Gibsons and Taylors for that matter)
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    noisepolluter said:
    It was a mahogany/spruce dread with satin finish around the £750 price bracket. Made me seriously question whether I ultimately want to hang on years for a Martin D-18. 
    They're different from Martins, so if you liked the Larry maybe a Martin is not for you anyway!

    Either way they're exceptionally high quality guitars for not exceptionally high prices - especially second hand, they don't seem to hold their value as well as the more traditional names - which is unfair.

    A friend of mine has a 12-fret Dreadnought in sunburst which is just beautiful, both to look at and to hear. The build quality is stunning - I'm very hesitant to say 'perfect' about anything, but it's one of the only guitars I've ever seen which is literally flawless as far as I can tell. Surprisingly for a Lariveé, it actually sounds quite Gibson-like.

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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438

    I have a 12 fret Larrivee SD-60 (sloped dreadnought), it is the one Larrivee  I kept when I moved to small-shop-made acoustics

    stunning tone - you would pay double for that tone from anyone else in my experience

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    ToneControl said:

    I have a 12 fret Larrivee SD-60 (sloped dreadnought), it is the one Larrivee  I kept when I moved to small-shop-made acoustics

    stunning tone - you would pay double for that tone from anyone else in my experience

    I think that's the model he has too.

    For me personally, Larriveés don't quite do it - the tone is too 'pretty' and refined and maybe a bit bright, I prefer the rougher old-school Martin/Gibson/Guild 'thuddy' type of sound - but that one is the best I've ever played.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • AuldReekieAuldReekie Frets: 196
    ICBM said:
    ToneControl said:

    I have a 12 fret Larrivee SD-60 (sloped dreadnought), it is the one Larrivee  I kept when I moved to small-shop-made acoustics

    stunning tone - you would pay double for that tone from anyone else in my experience

    I think that's the model he has too.

    For me personally, Larriveés don't quite do it - the tone is too 'pretty' and refined and maybe a bit bright, I prefer the rougher old-school Martin/Gibson/Guild 'thuddy' type of sound - but that one is the best I've ever played.
    I have an SD50 - hog back and sides, SD60 is rosewood and it is awesome. Also have a C09 and OM09. Prefer Larrys to Taylor or Martin. Seriously good guitars
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  • noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 721
    ICBM said:
    For me personally, Larriveés don't quite do it - the tone is too 'pretty' and refined and maybe a bit bright, I prefer the rougher old-school Martin/Gibson/Guild 'thuddy' type of sound - but that one is the best I've ever played.

    I'd go with that - the sound was definitely more 'hi-fi' than my J-45 which is very much mid focused. 
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