New Guitar - Rare Larrivee LCJ-10KK

[PastorChuck]

Hey Everyone,

I got a new guitar last year and I had intended to post information and pictures but never got around to it.

I want to share with you my LCJ-10KK which was built in December, 1997.  From information supplied to me from the Larrivee Company (correspondence from Matthew Larrivee and Mike Kitchen) this guitar is very rare. According to company records there were only TWO of these guitars ever made (An all Koa (top/back/sides) – LJ body with the Florentine Cutaway). The guitar is one of the most beautiful instruments I have ever seen – the Koa is amazing and the Mermaid headstock inlay is a work of art in itself. And most importantly, the guitar plays like a dream and has wonderful tone – deep and warm with clarity in the highs. After the guitar arrived, I had an Baggs Anthem system installed and it sounds incredible plugged in.

I am attaching some pictures taken by the original owner. I hope to get some new pictures soon, but instead of waiting I wanted to go ahead and post these.

[broKen]

OH MY! 






(speechless)

[hatofthecat]

 

[Dru Edwards]

Congrats! She's a beauty.  That second pic looks like a painting, one I wish I had hanging on my wall.

[Strings4Him]

Love the KOA.

[Mr_LV19E]

  Congratulations!

[247hoopsfan]

That's as pretty as they come.

[johnny37]

Not often I go "wow", but this is one of those times.  What a beauty!

[willguitar]

Pastor Chuck,

Sweet guitar. I'm a fan of the Larrivee all Koa guitars (tone and appearance are great). Love to hear it if that is possible. Do you play it at church?

[OutWithTheBlue]

Mmmmmmmm

[Brad166]

Wow, that is a nice one.........

[Anders451]

Wow! Larrivèes never stop to amaze me. I bet it sounds beautiful and clear too!
Congratulations on this "keeper" ;) Publish more pics when you can, please!

[PastorChuck]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

I am blessed to have this guitar. I will try to get some new pictures and work in getting some sound clips as well. This guitar just blows me away with the killer tone and playability - great action. And I love looking at it!

[MaineTim]

Wow! That's a beauty! 

[Krefett]

Great looking guitar - a real piece of art!
Thanks for posting this beauty!

[crescent]

Very nice I,m not usually a inlay fan but this all Koa looks great thanks for sharing your special guitar.

[Queequeg]

  that's a beauty, alright. Good one, PastorChuck.

[ST]

I think that I may have met a cousin of this guitar over the weekend.  It had L-10 appointments without the inlay on the bridge. The headstock had a patterned inlay (non-human or animal figure).

The body shape was a C but the lower bout was about an inch wider than a stock L or C.  The owner compared it to a C10 that she had in her possession when she got the new-to-her guitar.

Made in the late 90's this also had barn-door electronics.

The top was darker than a usual spruce top. I didn't get to see it up close. This was a musical-buddy's guitar, just got it as a gift. She was on stage when I saw it. We had the briefest chat about it during a break.

[ST]

Does anybody else see something interesting in the top in this picture?

I see something very clearly but I don't want to put ideas in peoples' minds.



What do you see?

[L07 Shooting Star]

ST,
The picture isn't showing up on my computer for some reason.  All the rest in the thread do, but not the one you attached to your post.

EDIT:  OK NOW IT IS SHOWING UP!?  Anyways, if I use my imagination, I think I see something "anatomical'??

Kurt