Which Larrivee body style is best for blues? Little Brother has inspired me to take up blues, and I would like a Larrivee with a body style that has that old timey blues feel to it. Thanks....
Hey...ask LB!!!
yeah...uhhhh...thanks.
One of Little Brothers guitars is the PAOM03 (Pete Anderson signature model) a 12fret maple bodied OM. I have one myself and it has an excellent blues sound. I also have a maple Jumbo it too has a great blues sound.
The Pete Anderson model is out of production but pops up occasionally on eBAY or at a dealer. There was a dealer who had recently contacted me about one, after I had already acquired mine, on eBAY. I posted it on the For sale part of the forum. That one may still be available. the contact info is there. If not, one occasionally goes up on eBAY. I paid just below $1K for mine including shipping, a Korg tuner, and a little Marshall practice amp.
The Jumbo are also out of production, but there are some available at dealers, I believe. I happened to luck out and found mine as a trade in at the local GC store.
I think you're just looking for a good excuse to buy another guitar. Nothing wrong with that. But you can play blues on anything you darn well want to.
However, I find I often gravitate to my Parlor when I want a nice boxy, wooden sound. It sounds a bit less refined and certainly less chimey than my L body.
You can play blues on anything. The old school blues guys weren't too concerned with guitar name status because most of them could not afford big name brands. I love playing blues on my Parlor but I've played blues on Silvertone and Harmony guitars that sounded great. B)
I know LB used to have an LO5MTE, also. It was beautiful. He played the blues pretty nice on it. That mahogany top had a sparkle.
bino
Any guitar you want as long as you feel it. :)
That's one of the reasons I purchased an OM. I wanted the 1 3/4 nut for wider string spacing. The wider string spacing gives more room for my fingers.
One of favorite guitars for a good blues sound is an old Washburn D 14 that I have. Cheap guitar, great blues sound. I'm not even sure if the top is solid but I know the rest is plywood.
Mike
I think you could do well with any Larrivee body style, but other guitars with a shorter scale sometimes work better for bending. But you can learn to play blues on anything. You have to learn to let it come through you. Start doing some improvisation within the blues scale and do it and do it and do it... on any guitar, maybe with a 12 bar blues backing track.
Oh yea, you asked about which guitar,...well, any guitar. The blues comes out of you. B)
I second everything that's been said.
Gibson Blues King, Larrivée Forum guitar (especially the mahogany top, Larrivée OM-3MT, Martin 000-17S, etc, etc, etc... :)
You can play the blues on anything, but smaller, boxier sounding guitars get me in the blues state of mind. I would recommend OM or smaller. How bout at 00-05. Nothing says the blues like mahogany.
QuoteI second everything that's been said.
Gibson Blues King, Larrivée Forum guitar (especially the mahogany top, Larrivée OM-3MT, Martin 000-17S, etc, etc, etc... :)
The Tacoma Forum guitar is another good one. An all mahogany little jumbo style guitar with an extra-deep body. The name for the model of which only 10 were made is "Blues Deluxe"
http://randyr.guitarpost.com/Tacoma_EMM30.htm (http://randyr.guitarpost.com/Tacoma_EMM30.htm)
Or you might consider a Clarksdale, designed by none other than LB himself.
QuoteOne of Little Brothers guitars is the PAOM03 (Pete Anderson signature model) a 12fret maple bodied OM. I have one myself and it has an excellent blues sound.
I'll second that! Just spent a few hours tonight with mine, and am still amazed at the sound and playability! :)
Deb
QuoteOr you might consider a Clarksdale, designed by none other than LB himself.
I second this. I played a Clarksdale Corinna and it is a stunning guitar.
Agree with everything that has been said. Let me put a plug in here for the Parlor Mahogany. I play blues exclusively - it is my lifelong obsession. I think that the whole "Parlormania" has taken away from what those guitars really were: smaller scaled smaller boded guitars with very even projection and are PERFECT (IMHO) for fingerstyle. Parlors have become confused with so-called travel guitars. I've some Gibsons as well - L-1, which is a nice size. Several Martin 000's. All of which play wonderfully.
My experience is that between the incredible quality of the guitar, it's handy size and some of those nice blues licks where you're fretting 7/11 - the scale is a great advantage. I play it right into a mic for recording and frankly, the notes don't know the difference.
Feel it first, man. That is what it's all about.