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Title: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: hempomatic on April 18, 2006, 10:13:36 PM
I recently picked up a Larrivee J09.  Rosewood, Spruce.  What a great guitar.  Anyone else have a jumbo?

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Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: roknroll on April 18, 2006, 10:17:49 PM
man, if me eyes aren't mistaken, that looks like a custom jobby. nice score, hemp! welcome to the forum, get er' done.
Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: Steve on April 18, 2006, 10:17:54 PM
Looks like a J-19.  Very nice, congratulations! (http://steve.ps8318.com/smileys/familyjumpinggreensmileys.gif)
Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: jankymutt on April 18, 2006, 10:22:57 PM
Very sweet!!   :GRN> Where did you get her?
Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: CF Larrivee on April 19, 2006, 01:35:37 PM
Yum! :GRN>
Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: ronmac on April 19, 2006, 01:39:49 PM
Beautiful! One day I would like to own a Jumbo 12 String...
Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: hempomatic on April 19, 2006, 06:55:44 PM
Quote from: jankymutt on April 18, 2006, 10:22:57 PM
Very sweet!!   :GRN> Where did you get her?

Thanks everyone.  I don't know much about it other than the year of manufacture, '98.   I assume it's originally a custom order.  It's stamped '09 on the inside heel block, but the inlays and abalone are 10, but the 10's (at least the ones I've seen) also have abalone purfling.  It has wood binding, appears to be maple, not sure.  The top I'm assuming is local Vancouver spruce, which appears to be very similar to Adirondack, with wide evenly space grain. 

It plays great, looks great, sounds great.  I'm having a lot of fun with it.  It is L O U D , huge bass, but very balanced tonally.  I expected it to be MUCH more bottom heavy than it is.  It also has electronics, but to be honest, I couldn't care less at the moment.  It doesn't really NEED much amplification  -_-
No idea if the electronics are stock or not.  I'll find that out when I get around to contacting the factory for more info.  How much info does the factory actually HAVE on each guitar? 

I picked it up locally in Westfield NJ at Golden Age Fretted Instruments,  http://www.goldenageguitars.com/.  He's a small shop, and a Larrivee dealer, but not sure for how long.  A Sam Ash about 3 miles from his store has the Larrivee line now.  There aren't too many shops in NJ where you can play instruments from Collings, Larrivee, Bourgeois, Petros, Klein, McElroy, Mitchell, Stratton, and the occasional Martin and Taylor.

Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: Wilson on April 19, 2006, 07:34:15 PM
Nice guitar!! (Congrats)
I've been to that shop in westfield. Great little place & guitars!
Title: Re: My 1st Larrivee, probably not my last
Post by: jwieties on April 20, 2006, 01:17:48 AM
Congrats
Love them Jumbos.  I am always amazed with how versatile they are.

-josh
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