The one you grab? The one you GAS for?

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February 18, 2007, 10:27:03 AM #20
Quote from: expatCanuck on February 17, 2007, 10:08:18 AMApologies to those who I omitted -- no slight intended. 
(Yes, there are many fabulous non-Canadian builders; must be the maple syrup in my veins).
The following was originally part of an intended reply to a pm from expatCanuck. As mentioned above, his inbox is full, but this part sort of belongs here anyway:

There's no "maple syrup in my veins" per se. Sugar maples don't even grow well in the limestone soil of Kentucky; it's better suited to making "adult beverages". Nevertheless, I do have a soft spot in my heart for Canadian luthiers (ever since I discovered Larrivee in 1994, when they were even more unique) and their willingness to stray from the Martin path and find their own way. I'm not knocking Martin (I have two), but for years I found it frustrating that even the custom builders mostly copied Martin.

This part is new:

Closer to home though, the late Homer Ledford was best known for his bluegrass band (The Cabin Creek Boys) and his Appalacian dulcimers (one of his is in the Smithsonian), but he loved to experiment. He was of an age and background to have suitably folky beginnings, and carved his first fiddle out of a treestump from a picture in the Sears and Roebuck catalog. I've seen it. A visit to his basement was like, as someone said at his funeral, "a visit to Santa's Workshop". He was always dreaming up innovative experiments and odd instruments. Most seemed to work out well.

And that's really what I GAS for: innovative, experimental stuff.
February 18, 2007, 08:37:38 PM #21
L-03 is my only,
I was in the 12th Fret the other day and a Taylor GS African Mahogany/cedar was amazing.
February 20, 2007, 12:05:06 PM #22
The one I play:

- My Larrivée L-03

The one I want:

- It's the one I play.

I am a very lucky AND a very happy man.    :nana_guitar
:guitar

2006 Larrivée L-03
2006 Martin Backpacker

"The best things in life aren't things."
February 20, 2007, 03:17:51 PM #23
The ones I reach for:
OM-03R - for fingerstyle
Takamine F-360 - for strumming
Fender Stratocaster - for playing quietly with headphones or (not so) loudly in church

As you see, each has a different purpose! :bgrin:

The one(s) I'm GASing for:
HD-35 - for loud strumming
L-05E - for everything in between with the option to play with through the church PA (because sometimes the electric just isn't appropriate for traditional worship songs)
Neil K

2026 (unfinished) DIY 00-18 (Sitka Spruce/S. American Mahogany)
2025 DIY 000-28V (Sitka Spruce/Black Walnut)
2023 DIY Medium Jumbo (Carpathian Spruce/East Indian Rosewood)
2013 DIY Medium Jumbo (western red cedar/S. American Mahogany)
2013 McKnight Ukulele (redwood/mahogany)
2009 Martin D-16GT
2006 Larrivée OM-03R
February 21, 2007, 04:42:24 PM #24
The one I play: Hog top D-03 (LUV IT!!)

The one I gas for: I no longer gas for another.......I stay out of the stores.....it helps.  Seriously, my satin parlor and my dred keep me good.  Plus, I've got 2 little kids that take my $$ and attention (and very happy with that  :roll
Larrivee D-03 MT (2005)  "Dixie"
Larrivee Mahogany Parlor-01 (unbound 2000)  "Mabelle"
February 21, 2007, 06:24:45 PM #25
Here are my current options for acoustic (not counting a metal-body resonator).   I currenty reach for the Larrivee OM-03R most often because it's the newest and I'm infatuated with it.   Which one would you grab ??









As far as gassing for another...................I have to admit I've been dreaming about a lefty LV-05 lately.  Somebody stop me before I strike again.!!


tuffythepug
February 21, 2007, 06:50:37 PM #26
Quote from: tuffythepug on February 21, 2007, 06:24:45 PM
Here are my current options for acoustic (not counting a metal-body resonator). 

Tuffy, that Gibson on the right is beautiful.  Do you find that your Gibsons are as easy to play as Larrivees?  How 'bout the Guild?


Greg

OM-03R
Yamaha LL16
February 21, 2007, 06:53:18 PM #27
Tuffy:
Quick...take them back....they stuck the pickguards on the wrong side. :humour:
Looks like they got the Larrivee lettering on the right way.
Larry

<1 or 2 nice ones>
February 21, 2007, 07:14:14 PM #28
Greg
Yeah the Gibson Hummingbird plays real easy now.    When I first got it the action was way too high and pretty difficult to play:  especially barred chords.  I had the truss rod tweaked a bit and a prof. setup done on it and now it plays almost as easy as the Larrivee.   It has that legendary mellow hummingbird tone.  The other Gibson (a less expensive Gospel model) plays great but is in need of a fret job.  It had major playing time for about 10 years.   It has opened up real well and has a great sound as well.   The Guild was a right hand to left hand conversion about a year ago.  I'm still working on getting the action set up on it properly.    It has a nice big sound though as you can imagine.

February 22, 2007, 01:02:32 AM #29
tuffy,

your lefties are giving me bad gas...  :niceguitar:   :niceguitar:   :niceguitar:   :niceguitar:

The One I Play:

OM-05

The One I Want:

SD50 TSB (hey, I can dream, can't I?!)
1999 D-02 Left-handed
2002 L-05 Left-handed
Larrivee owner since 1992
February 23, 2007, 09:11:12 PM #30
Tuffy, I would love to own a Hummingbird or a Dove based on looks alone.  I would buy an Epiphone version of either one except they don't sound that great to me.  And they aren't even in the Masterbuilt line.  Don't know if I'll ever own a real Gibson, but I sure like to look at them!
Greg

OM-03R
Yamaha LL16
February 24, 2007, 02:37:40 AM #31
The ones I play most:

Martin 000-15S
Larrivee 0M-03R Twelve string

The ones I want haven't been built yet (but I'm gearing up for it):
1) 000 12-fret slothead with Venetian cutaway and 3-piece back;
2) 000 12-fret paddle-head with Florentine cutaway & 3-piece back TWELVE STRING.

YeeeeeHarrrr    :guitar

I'll need therapy after I'm done :arrow. . . and it might drive me to drinkin'   :beer  but I'll have some really nice guitars while I'm in recovery.    :nana_guitar 
Larrivee OM-03R-12 string + IMix external
Martin 000-15S + IMix internal
Martin OM-16GTE + Fishman Matrix
Gretch 5120
Fender Squires - Tele & Strat

whiskeyjack:  Perisoreus canadensis.  aka, gray jay, whiskey jay, whiskeyjack or timber jay.   A small, friendly bird of the northern coniferous forest.
February 24, 2007, 06:10:33 AM #32
Quote from: whiskeyjack on February 24, 2007, 02:37:40 AMThe ones I want haven't been built yet (but I'm gearing up for it):
1) 000 12-fret slothead with Venetian cutaway and 3-piece back;
2) 000 12-fret paddle-head with Florentine cutaway & 3-piece back TWELVE STRING.
:niceguitar: :niceguitar:
February 25, 2007, 08:41:44 AM #33
The one you grab?

Right now it's been my 1970 Ventura acoustic.


The one you GAS for?

Looking at the pics of a SD-50 and SD-60 or both  :nana_guitar  :guitar
February 26, 2007, 08:23:00 PM #34
SR:
Just did a search on YOUTUBE (Larrivee) and found some SD-60 videos.  The SD's are 2 of my favorites.  One would make a nice "big brother" to my 000-50.
Larry

<1 or 2 nice ones>
February 27, 2007, 10:21:05 AM #35
QuoteThe one I play
  Depends on the mood
The one I want
  Already got

:+1: :+1:

d.
March 02, 2007, 07:04:44 AM #36
QuoteSR:
Just did a search on YOUTUBE (Larrivee) and found some SD-60 videos.  The SD's are 2 of my favorites.  One would make a nice "big brother" to my 000-50.

I have seen those as well.  :smile:

I have some new GAS though. I have been looking at the Composite Acoustics.
The idea of being able to have the guitar out on a stand and not worry about humidity is
appealing.  :bgrin:

March 02, 2007, 08:16:31 AM #37
The one I grab (and the only one I have left)

My Larrivee LSV-11

The one I GAS for (and the one I sold my other three guitars to fund)

A nice archtop jazz guitar that I haven't found yet -- but I'm looking!
March 02, 2007, 08:20:37 PM #38
The one I grab:  My Larrivee D-03 Blackwood, which is my best guitar

The one I GAS for:  I'd really like to have one of Huss and Dalton's smaller-bodied guitars.  They make a 12-fret 00 model that looks extremely nice.  I tend to like anything that they make though for some reason. 
March 03, 2007, 05:00:45 PM #39
Quote from: the_sound_of_acoustic_soul on March 02, 2007, 08:20:37 PM
I tend to like anything that [Huss & Dalton] make though for some reason. 

Ummm ... 'cause they make terrific instruments?
(I've never picked one up that I wouldn't be happy to own.)

But as far as small-bodied guitars go, my current object of desire is an 0-series Collings.
The one thing that I disliked about the H&D 00 is that it only accepts light strings.

- Richard
oldWithoutMoney.com

Larrivee L-09 (w/ non-cutout iMix)
Larrivee 00-19
Larrivee OM-0312R

plus a few other treasures
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