:ph34r:
Well, I cancelled my subscription to this forum for awhile because I sold my only Larrivee and was spending too much time on here for not even owning a Larrivee. (In case you were wondering why I used to have over 1,000 posts and now very few :arrow)
But now I can waste as much time here as I want because I just ordered my second Larrivee! It's a used D-03 form Jim at trinity guitars. Here it is:
http://www.trinityguitars.com/steelstr/used/frame.htm
I loved my LV-03E and looking back it has been the best sounding guitar I've ever owned. I just couldn't get used to the wide nut width. (An L-05 with vintage tuners, a 1 11/16's nut width and a gloss neck/headstock is my dream guitar but thats not gonna happen so I'm trying a Larrivee D) So anyway, I'm back
Stuco, great looking guitar. Fantastic price. Jim did you right, as usual.
Sapele back/sides? How does it sound?
As Borat would say: "Very nice!"
Quote from: prof_stack on June 06, 2007, 09:50:56 PM
Stuco, great looking guitar. Fantastic price. Jim did you right, as usual.
Sapele back/sides? How does it sound?
:ph34r:
I won't know for about a week. I just ordered it an hour or two ago. I was smitten by the wood on this one.
You can't go wrong with a D-03!! Welcome back to a Larrivee guitar!
Jeff
Nice guitar :thumbsup
Hope you enjoy the heck out of it :bgrin:
Randy
Stuco,
Welcome back and congrats. Looking at the photos I can say with 99% certainty, that it is sapele. I hope you post a review of your new guitar and be interested in knowing if you hear a tonal difference compared to mahogany. My L-03 sounds like mahog, but I haven't played side by side to hear the tonal differences that some folks claim to hear.
I like the streaks in the spruce top. It looks like my OM top and it gets some real charater as the top tans.
Congrats, newbie w/ 1000 less posts.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t28/jpiazza67/front6.jpg)
Quote from: bluesman67 on June 07, 2007, 07:28:23 AM
Stuco,
Welcome back and congrats. Looking at the photos I can say with 99% certainty, that it is sapele. I hope you post a review of your new guitar and be interested in knowing if you hear a tonal difference compared to mahogany. My L-03 sounds like mahog, but I haven't played side by side to hear the tonal differences that some folks claim to hear.
I like the streaks in the spruce top. It looks like my OM top and it gets some real charater as the top tans.
Congrats, newbie w/ 1000 less posts.
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t28/jpiazza67/front6.jpg)
:ph34r:
Yes, it is definately sapele and I will report back to let you guys know if I think it is inferior like some claim.
:ph34r:
Ok, I've had the guitar for a bit now and I'm really liking it. I can't really say if sapele is inferior to hog because I can't do a side by side comparison but I did own an Lv-03e with hog back/sides and I can say that sapele does sound very similar to mahogany. IMO sapele is a beautiful wood and I'm not dissapointed in it at all in either looks or tone.
:ph34r: Had her for sale for a bit but I don't think I can do it. Here it is:
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/PatGlove/2bd9_1-2.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/PatGlove/593d_1.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/PatGlove/8e2d_1.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/PatGlove/larrivee001.jpg)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f107/PatGlove/larrivee003.jpg)