What a way to start my day. I'll be trying to get off work early today to get over there and check these things out. This was not in the budget for me right now, but maybe if I sell a couple of things? This may be too good to pass up.
http://www.12fret.com/new/Larrivee_L-09MR_Madagascar_rosewood_pg.html
Quote from: Larravette on May 24, 2007, 07:41:15 AM
What a way to start my day. I'll be trying to get off work early today to get over there and check these things out. This was not in the budget for me right now, but maybe if I sell a couple of things? This may be too good to pass up.
http://www.12fret.com/new/Larrivee_L-09MR_Madagascar_rosewood_pg.html
:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Man, why do they have to do that!!! As if there aren't enough Larrivees that I'd like to own already!!!
That Madagascar rosewood looks superb. I tried an R Taylor with Madagascar and an Engelmann top and as tonewoods go, it's just about as nice as rosewood can be, sonically and aesthetically. I can only imagine what these L-09's sound like! Looks like some of his best sitka as well. These will go fast no doubt!
Oh my that's sweet!
Darn, I was there last night and they hadn't yet put them out. I would've loved to have played one. They look awsome. I bet they sound just as good.
R.
They are outstanding!
I'm not seeing the price -- what are they asking for these? (I can just imagine . . . )
Oh man, just gorgeous! :drool:
(http://www.12fret.com/new/Larrivee_L-09MR_Madagascar_rosewood.jpg)
Quote from: roeslerm on May 24, 2007, 10:17:03 AM
I'm not seeing the price -- what are they asking for these? (I can just imagine . . . )
You'd have to email or phone for a quote but I'm betting all things considered the prices will be reasonable.
Wow, I want one. :drool:
:niceguitar:
Maybe in all the hoopla over these beauties, the D-50 there that I have my eye on will continue to be ignored. :smile:
Is that why someone hid the d50 in the lonely corner?
Haha.
I picked it up, was pretty danged impressed by it! It's so loud!
I wanted to check the price but there's no sticker on that one... did you peel it off? :)
They really need to restring some of the Martins in that shop...
Quote from: scotchtape on May 24, 2007, 01:04:18 PM
Is that why someone hid the d50 in the lonely corner?
Haha.
I picked it up, was pretty danged impressed by it! It's so loud!
I wanted to check the price but there's no sticker on that one... did you peel it off? :)
They really need to restring some of the Martins in that shop...
You're right, I forgot that there's no price on it. It wasn't my doing.
I probably shouldn't say this too loud, but it was cheaper than I expected.
Words, for once, fail me......... :drool:
I just played the Taylor 2006 Fall Limited 814 the other day with Sitka spruce and Madagascar Rosewood. I can honestly say that this guitar topped any other Taylors I've played besides a 914 I played with the engleman top. Having played a Taylor with such appointments, I'm so GASING for this Larrivee. Too bad I'm a broke college student.
:crying:
Quote from: ducktrapper on May 24, 2007, 11:08:32 AM
You'd have to email or phone for a quote but I'm betting all things considered the prices will be reasonable.
approx $2750 to $2950 would be my especially educated guess
Wow... they out-do themselves each and every year. These are just breath taking.
Big Martin, USD or Canadian?
-dan
The Loonie is at a thirty year high so it makes less difference than it would have not too long ago. $0.926 today.
Quote from: Big Martin on May 25, 2007, 02:00:12 PM
approx $2750 to $2950 would be my especially educated guess
$2,999 in Cdn $$$ for the L09, and an additional $200 for the cutaway.
jimmy
Finally got in to check these things out and they sound as good as they look. Just a really nice quality feel to them. I am a bit heavy handed when it comes to playing, use an extra heavy pick and occassionally strum pretty hard. I played both a non cut and a cutaway and they didn't choke when I played hard. I'm a lot more light when I fingerpick and the sustain and response almost surprised me on these things. Time to start working on the wife and I think I'll have to do it quickly.
Quote from: Larravette on May 26, 2007, 09:05:22 AM
Time to start working on the wife and I think I'll have to do it quickly.
...and how's that working for you???
:roll :roll :roll
Quote from: jimmy buffett on May 26, 2007, 09:15:13 AM
...and how's that working for you???
Don't promise that you'll finish drywalling the garage this weekend like I did, when I bought my O-01R parlor earlier this week. It sucks. :crying:
-- Mike
Larravette, were you in yesterday? I was there at about 5:30 and couldn't see them. (I wasn't looking all that hard though; I was there to try out some dreads.)
Yea Tycho, I was in somewhere around 5:00 and asked to see them. They are upstairs in Dave's photo studio room. Not a bad place to play them as it's nice and quiet in there. I guess they figure they will be sold without having to display them? Don't want to get shop wear?
Makes sense.
I'm with you Larravette. I made the trip down yesterday to see those Madagascar guitars. Yes, I'm now in officially in love :SHK>. I just liked everything about them. On the one hand they seemed very familiar, because I'm so used to seeing the L body but on the other hand they seemed quite different, like Larrivee has taken it up a major notch or two with these guitars. The woods are just gorgeous, no two ways about it. The tops look way better in person than in the photos and the Madagascar is the best yet. Playability is wonderful but the sound just seems to have something extra. I need, yes I need one of these guitars :crying:.
Spent about an hour playing one of the non cutaway L-09 Madagaskars and I'm convinced. There is nothing I could find on the guitar that I didn't fall completely in love with and the sound is just how I like it, nice and crisp with good punch in the low end and tons of sparkle. I love those tuners, the clear pickguard, the tops are just beautiful and the Madagaskar rosewood is one of the nicest looking woods I've seen on a guitar. Time to upgrade.
I think I've got a way of getting the funds for one of these. Will know in a couple of days and if so, I'll try and post some pics.
Yeah, I thought I might have a way to finance one, too, but I called Robert Redford, and, while I think my wife is extremely hot, he wasn't interested in my proposal. :laughin: So, no guitar for me, but I guess I could post pictures of the wife.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107211/
(Dear, I don't think you frequent this forum, but just in case: :humour:)
Quote from: woodcrazy on May 28, 2007, 07:20:43 PM
Spent about an hour playing one of the non cutaway L-09 Madagaskars and I'm convinced. There is nothing I could find on the guitar that I didn't fall completely in love with and the sound is just how I like it, nice and crisp with good punch in the low end and tons of sparkle. I love those tuners, the clear pickguard, the tops are just beautiful and the Madagaskar rosewood is one of the nicest looking woods I've seen on a guitar. Time to upgrade.
Woodcrazy, can you compare the MR to other fine guitars you have played?
Hi Prof
When I played the Madagascar guitar against a regular L-09, the Madagascar seemed to have more zing in the overtones and even though it was very crisp sounding, it was just somehow noticeably smoother sounding. It is hard putting it into words, but the Limiteds had lots of zing but were not too edgy or harsh. Very very lively sounding to my ear. The nicest new L-09s I've played for sure.
I've read that Madagascar Rosewood is the closest thing to Brazilian Rosewood in sound. I haven't played a Mad Rose guitar myself though..
Wow!! If I had this choice a few months ago, I may have had a tougher decision to make. I've commissioned a MadRose/Adi from Trevor @ Kronbauer Guitars. Had a very hard time finding MadRose but finally found a set I just love. NOW, the wait...........
I don't even have a time frame yet.
Nickoli
Quote from: jeremy3220 on May 31, 2007, 06:50:22 PM
I've read that Madagascar Rosewood is the closest thing to Brazilian Rosewood in sound. I haven't played a Mad Rose guitar myself though..
Excerpt from this article: http://www.pjguitar.com/options6.htm
"A more recent arrival among Brazilian rosewood alternatives on the guitar backs/sides market is Madagascar rosewood. This wood, like Indian rosewood, is currently in plentiful supply of very high quality. It's appearance and physical characteristics are uncannily similar to Brazilian: the density range is almost exactly the same, it's typical color is like the Brazilian rosewood of the brick-red color way. Its typical figuring is a dead ringer for Brazilian, sometimes including even the "webbing" often associated with Brazilian, but it is less prone to the kind of tree-twist figure which often creates instability. There are far fewer worm- and bugholes. The trees tend to be somewhat small, which means that sets for larger guitars typically have three- or four-piece backs (which presents no construction problem with today's adhesive technology), but two-piece backs continue to be available for classicals. In every respect, Madagascar rosewood is the most attractive and acoustically ideal replacement for Brazilian to be found anywhere."
I've never played a Brazilian rosewood Larrivee L, but I'll tell you, the Madagascar L I played on Saturday definitely had more sizzle in the high end. A real nice snap to it, but enough oomph in the low end that it all really worked. Larrivee has definitely stepped it up a level for these guitars.
Well....which one of you chicken livers is going to buy one? :humour: :laughin: :nana_guitar
Quote from: FNG on June 04, 2007, 07:38:26 PM
Well....which one of you chicken livers is going to buy one? :humour: :laughin: :nana_guitar
Chicken?
Did someone say chicken?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RdbZRST2Byw (http://youtube.com/watch?v=RdbZRST2Byw)
Quote from: FNG on June 04, 2007, 07:38:26 PM
Well....which one of you chicken livers is going to buy one? :humour: :laughin: :nana_guitar
Yeah, with the US$ almost level with the Loonie I'm afraid to ask this week's price. :doh
Quote from: Tycho on June 04, 2007, 08:18:09 PM
Chicken?
Did someone say chicken?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RdbZRST2Byw (http://youtube.com/watch?v=RdbZRST2Byw)
:laughin: :laughin: :SHK> :roll
I'm doing my old personal rendition of the chicken dance right now. :nanadance :nanadance
So the Canadian dollar is sometimes referred to as "the loonie"? never heard that one before.
and WOW! Laravette, Claude, cutaway, and woodcrazy! You guys MUST LIVE AT THE 12TH FRET! Looks like just about every post of you guys is about guitars at the 12th fret, with many of the same tidbits of Larrivee history and Larrivee models from the shop there.
Must be nice to live near so many nice Larrivees! Or do you guys just stay in Dave's shop all the time? You guys aren't Dave's children with a financial interest in the shop? maybe he could adopt you?
:nanadance :nana_guitar :nanadance
QuoteSo the Canadian dollar is sometimes referred to as "the loonie"? never heard that one before.
Yup. When the dollar coin was introduced about a decade ago, it had an engraving of a loon on one side. It instantly became known as the loonie, and the name stuck.
Then, when the two-dollar coin was introduced a few years later, it immediately became the "toonie".
There's just something about the Twelfth Fret. Toronto is blessed with a few great guitar stores, and being the gear slut that I am, I've spent lots of time and money in all of them. But I love going to the Twelfth Fret. It becomes sort of an obsession in its own right, kind of like a spin-off of GAS. I don't live as close to the store as I think Larravette does, but I've devised a special way to get there (which I call "the wormhole") that avoids all the traffic on Danforth Ave. I'll make that trip every other Saturday afternoon, just for the sheer fun of it.
Quote from: Tycho on June 05, 2007, 10:38:33 AM
Yup. When the dollar coin was introduced about a decade ago, it had an engraving of a loon on one side. It instantly became known as the loonie, and the name stuck.
Then, when the two-dollar coin was introduced a few years later, it immediately became the "toonie".
There's just something about the Twelfth Fret. Toronto is blessed with a few great guitar stores, and being the gear slut that I am, I've spent lots of time and money in all of them. But I love going to the Twelfth Fret. It becomes sort of an obsession in its own right, kind of like a spin-off of GAS. I don't live as close to the store as I think Larravette does, but I've devised a special way to get there (which I call "the wormhole") that avoids all the traffic on Danforth Ave. I'll make that trip every other Saturday afternoon, just for the sheer fun of it.
Tycho..did you make it to Tommy's show on Sat night. I went to the workshop Sunday and mentioned the 12th Fret to him. He wanted to go down Monday morning but it doesn't open till 12 :(
Yup, we were there, in the balcony. I'm one of those "Tommy virgins" who had never seen him before. But I'll definitely be seeing him when he comes back here. What an amazing show.
(The only thing that might disappoint Tommy about the Twelfth Fret is that they don't carry Maton...and neither does anyone else in TO. But I guess he gets his pick of Matons at home.)
Tommy Emmanuel now makes his home in the Nashville, TN area though his children still live down under
If you look at his touring schedule you might wonder why he has a "home" at all - the man is quite busy
Quote from: Big Martin on June 05, 2007, 09:03:01 PM
Tommy Emmanuel now makes his home in the Nashville, TN area though his children still live down under
If you look at his touring schedule you might wonder why he has a "home" at all - the man is quite busy
I beleive his kids actually live with his ex in England. On sunday at his workshop Tommy said he played 340 gigs last year. ...yup..kinda busy.
Quote from: Crunchy Wacko on June 07, 2007, 03:32:44 PM
I believe his kids actually live with his ex in England. On sunday at his workshop Tommy said he played 340 gigs last year. ...yup..kinda busy.
Man, it would be great to have his skill and showmanship. But at what cost? 340 gigs per year? Burnout city. ex and kids in another country? I'd never want that.
Well, maybe the ex....
Well how many days did you get off last year? Tommy Emmanuel's at the top of his game and he's making money while he's hot. Musicians don't have much of a pension plan. He's probably paying a bunch to the ex and the kids in England as well.
Quote from: ducktrapper on June 07, 2007, 06:43:13 PM
Well how many days did you get off last year? Tommy Emmanuel's at the top of his game and he's making money while he's hot. Musicians don't have much of a pension plan. He's probably paying a bunch to the ex and the kids in England as well.
Well, as a high school math teacher I probably get more days "off" than most people, although my work usually comes home with me. Summers are nice for us old-timers but newer teachers now have to keep taking classes to stay fresh. That's a good thing.
Oh, Tommy E: I agree that he is striking the fire while its hot. Not a bad thing to do. But when I hear stories that his idol Chet Atkins went to nylon strings in his later days due to age and whatever broke down in his fingers, hands, wrists, etc., I wish people like Tommy only the best for a long career.
But what of this topic title: Anyone else played these new Larrivees? I am milldly interested.
Quote from: prof_stack on June 07, 2007, 07:40:03 PM
But what of this topic title: Anyone else played these new Larrivees? I am milldly interested.
I am surprised we haven't heard lately from the "12th FRET GANG" - Laravette, Claude, cutaway, and woodcrazy!
They all live at that store, I believe.. [either that or are Dave's children!]
:nana_guitar
Last Saturday was a big day for me too... 2 hours at The 12th Fret, and the evening at the Tommy Show. A day of superlatives! I had Dave bring me down the new signature model (no cutaway) and he was surprised to discover upon opening the case that this particular one had different styled tuners. You have heard all before on this thread, so I'll just say it has to be played and experienced. It is remarkable.
So I was a Tommy virgin too. Interestingly, he attributed his current wave of success to YouTube which I admit is the only media in which I have seen him play prior to Saturday. It was great to see him get a standing-O just for walking out on stage! Witnessing such a great player can sometimes be intimidating (you know, makes ya wanna change hobbies) but not Tommy.. he is entertaining, and makes playing guitr look as fun to do as truly is. The best $30 I have spent lately.
Being an ex Toronto boy myself, I still go to The Twelth Fret every day. That web site is like guitar Crack!
Quote from: myztk on June 08, 2007, 09:07:27 AM
Being an ex Toronto boy myself, I still go to The Twelth Fret every day. That web site is like guitar Crack!
Over here in the UK we're not that tough. We refer to it as "guitar porn".
Well in your case Parlor I should have said Craic!
Hey Big Martin
Dave probably sees more of me than he does his children. :smile:
At his workshop someone asked him how he managed that scheudle...day after day..the pace,,the engery on stage...practicing...etc.
He had a very simple answer and never hesitated:
"It's what i was born to do. It's my purpose" He's the luckiest guy in the world!
So...none of you jelly asses have bought one yet, I see. :laughin: :cop: :ph34r: :nana_guitar :wave :roll
I think it may be too late to grab one of the cutaways at this point. I think they're all spoken for. I think there may be one non cut available, but I may be wrong.
Quote from: woodcrazy on June 12, 2007, 07:53:52 PM
I think it may be too late to grab one of the cutaways at this point. I think they're all spoken for. I think there may be one non cut available, but I may be wrong.
From my point of view that's a relief, since that's what I would have wanted.
Hey Woodcrazy
I think there's a non cut still available as it was shipped after the others by a few weeks. Apparently that is why only numbers 1 to 4 are pictured on the site. I saw number 5 and it is quite nice to say the least. Not sure if it will make their site before it gets sold.
The non-cutaway L-03R-TF guitars are selling for $1319.00 Canadian dollars (approx.$1226.US$)
The cutaway LV-03R-TF guitars are selling for $1519.00 Canadian dollars (approx.$1415.US$)
The non-cutaway L-09MR versions are selling for $2999.00 Canadian dollars (approx.$2739.US$) w/case.
The cutaway LV-09MR versions are selling for $3199.00 Canadian dollars (approx.$2920.US$) w/case SOLD OUT
Hmmm, I'm not sure forum rules allow you to post that....but thanks anyway! :winkin:
With respect to the discrepancy with Notable, I gave one reason for that in the other thread on the newest run of Twelfth Fret specials. The Canadian dollar has shot up in recent weeks. Several months ago, Canadian list price would have looked more like a US discounted price. That's no longer the case. There's not much a store can do about currency fluctuations.
It seems that is should be OK, since the price refers to a limited edition that is available at only ONE dealer FOR that dealer...but mod I am not.
Quote from: JWWRMA on June 21, 2007, 05:23:24 PM
The non-cutaway L-03R-TF guitars are selling for $1319.00 Canadian dollars (approx.$1226.US$) more than Notable sells the regular L03R :rolleye:
Except that Notable won't have any of these guitars. For whatever it's worth.