(http://www.members.shaw.ca/bluesbird/e-bay237c.jpg)

I haven't seen may of these...Larrivee Custom 28???  Who knows the story behind this model??   Great pics on this auction too..Yum-Yum!!  Maybe its just the lighting, but the abalone around the top on this one looks alot whiter than the more recent stuff.

See Auction Here (http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-Larrivee-Custom-28-Series-Guitar-BEAUTIFUL_W0QQitemZ7407737433QQcategoryZ2385QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)




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the abalone looks like tinfoil.

very handsome guitar.  could it be a predecessor to the L's?  interesting to see the early larrivee's had the center strips on the inside and outside of the back joint.  i wonder when that was done away with?  i would presume the bright abalone areas are just a result of blownout highlights as a result of too much contrast, nothing unusual, considering the pic is taken in sunlightl.  i wish larrivee would make that rosette available again, as a custom option.

The L28 was the designation for a deluxe florentine cutaway model in the mid 80's. It has the identical inlay motif as my '84 L10 Deluxe.

The guitar appears to be in excellent condition.

(http://randyrick.us/guitars/Alain/LarriveeL28_catalog_page.jpg)


http://randyrick.us/guitars/Alain/LarriveeL28.htm

Its actually real hand cut abalone as opposed to the abalam used by many makers these days.

E. Shoaf

Quote from: Ratishna on April 16, 2006, 10:08:13 AM
Its actually real hand cut abalone as opposed to the abalam used by many makers these days.

E. Shoaf

I really like the detail Wendy Larrivee hand etched into my Seahorse.  :SHK>

this is a real killer.............................