Serial Number Entry form and Spreadsheet

[AZLiberty]

Having a start date as a required field seems fine to me. Larrivee knows the start date, on none of my guitars do they know the finish date, just "6-8 weeks after the start is usually how long it takes".

[tuffythepug]

Having a start date as a required field seems fine to me. Larrivee knows the start date, on none of my guitars do they know the finish date, just "6-8 weeks after the start is usually how long it takes".

Pretty easy to determine the finish date for my LS-03 forum III.  I took it off the bench the minute it had strings on it !

[AZLiberty]

Yumi, got back to me and verified the 0-01 designation for the very earliest parlors.  I'll be entering the SN data shortly.

With an  08-30-1999 start date, I might have the oldest Parlor on here. (oldest on the list so far)

[flatlander]

Some people seem shy about making serial number public. Maybe there's a good reason, but to me it just solidifies your ownership.

[JOYCEfromNS]

I have not posted any of mine ( 8) as I never did get the build date as had no real reason ( personally) until now. And I hate to bug Larrivee at a time when resources are tight for the business. Am I being too passive?

[AZLiberty]

Am I being too passive?

Yes.  Yumi got back to me within a couple hours on my date request.  That indicates to me that they are not that busy.

[ST]

Update about the
Larrivée Serial Numbers

We've got about 45 instruments listed so far and we've got some gaps:

Earliest entry is 1975 then
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nothing until 1980 then
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nothing until 1992 then
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1994
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1996
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1997
and then pretty good coverage after that.

So if you want to help other people date their guitars, please pop your serial number in here.

Larrivée Serial Numbers

Thanks!

[ST]

Hi flatlander

Some people seem shy about making serial number public. Maybe there's a good reason, but to me it just solidifies your ownership.

There is a place where you can put in your Larrivée forum name - but that is optional. So adding the information can remain anonymous. No one is actually tracking who is entering what. So without entering a name or forum handle it's pretty much anonymous if anyone prefers to leave that part of the form blank.

[Mikeymac]

Yes.  Yumi got back to me within a couple hours on my date request.  That indicates to me that they are not that busy.

I guess I ought to confirm my build dates on mine...is there are particular e-mail address or place on the Larrivee website to fill out a form requesting this information? It would be nice to know when a couple of these were actually started/built/finished, as I really have no clue (Parlor and D-03R).

Thanks.

[webberink]

Yikes ST ... I screwed up my entry and havn't a clue how to edit.  So if you don't mind, could you edit for me.  Serial # 22662 and #25340 ... the completion date is not known for either and should be left blank.  I put in 01 01 01 for the completion date thinking that 01 was a code for meaning I didn't know the date and it recorded it as a date.  The 01 code in the registry info is a little confusing to supper dolts like me.
Thanks much
Dave

[ST]

Hi Mikeymac,

Go here Larrivée Serial Numbers and there is a link for "Obtaining your Manufacturing date"

I guess I ought to confirm my build dates on mine...is there are particular e-mail address or place on the Larrivee website to fill out a form requesting this information? It would be nice to know when a couple of these were actually started/built/finished, as I really have no clue (Parlor and D-03R).

Thanks.

[ST]

Hi webberink,

No problem - I probably will drop the completion date - as it is going to be very hard for most people to actually know this.

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No problem - I will fix this but let me confirm this with you first.

Serial number 22662   is the manufacturing start date 2/11/1967   1967?

Yikes ST ... I screwed up my entry and havn't a clue how to edit.  So if you don't mind, could you edit for me.  Serial # 22662 and #25340 ... the completion date is not known for either and should be left blank.  I put in 01 01 01 for the completion date thinking that 01 was a code for meaning I didn't know the date and it recorded it as a date.  The 01 code in the registry info is a little confusing to supper dolts like me.
Thanks much
Dave

[webberink]

ST
The way Yumi at Larrivee stated it for my OM 09 Walnut back in March last year  was "11/2/1997"  and the way Luke at Larrivee stated it for the D09 back in March 2008 was "10/01/1998."  These methods of dating are confusing as they change from country to country.  11/2/1997 I take to mean the 11th day of the 2nd month of 1997 etc. (How can anything so simple become so complicated Huh???  But thanks for doing this.  It's a pile of work but really helpful.)
Dave

[ST]

Hi webberink,

Well I was really questioning the year (1967) and at least we have that straight.
As for entering dates - that's why I specifically asked for it as

yyyy mm dd

and then the output (over which I have no control) is mm/dd/yyyy

Ugh it's hard to know from one country to the next despite the international standards.  

I'll make the changes now. They should be visible in 5-10 minutes.

ST
The way Yumi at Larrivee stated it for my OM 09 Walnut back in March last year  was "11/2/1997"  and the way Luke at Larrivee stated it for the D09 back in March 2008 was "10/01/1998."  These methods of dating are confusing as they change from country to country.  11/2/1997 I take to mean the 11th day of the 2nd month of 1997 etc. (How can anything so simple become so complicated Huh???  But thanks for doing this.  It's a pile of work but really helpful.)
Dave

[AZLiberty]

ST
The way Yumi at Larrivee stated it for my OM 09 Walnut back in March last year  was "11/2/1997"  and the way Luke at Larrivee stated it for the D09 back in March 2008 was "10/01/1998."  These methods of dating are confusing as they change from country to country.  11/2/1997 I take to mean the 11th day of the 2nd month of 1997 etc. (How can anything so simple become so complicated Huh???  But thanks for doing this.  It's a pile of work but really helpful.)
Dave

Yumi has been sending out dates in standard US format  month/day/year. (I know it's confusing)  Otherwise the 8/30/1999 start date for my Parlor makes no sense.

[ST]

Does anyone know Yumi personally?

Perhaps a call to explain what we are doing would help.

Interestingly  - when we get a few more numbers from each year in there, this could help people date their guitars without having to write to Larrivée.

I would call but I don't have the number but if someone has one - if you send me a Private Message, I'll call and have the conversation.

[pehabe]

Admin...
I have suggestion: why dont we make this serial number database as sticky?
It would be important source like the sound clips.  IMHO.



cheers,
Peter

[ST]

Hi Folks!

Anybody have Larrivées made in the 70's or 80's.

It would be great to include you here.

Larrivée Serial Numbers

[ST]

Thanks for the thought Peter,


Yes please - the goal is to get enough information in here for this to be a meaningful resource to Larrivée owners.  The more people see this, the faster we can build up a significant body of knowledge.  Making this thread sticky or putting a link in the FAQs would help.

Larrivée Serial Numbers

Admin...
I have suggestion: why dont we make this serial number database as sticky?
It would be important source like the sound clips.  IMHO.



cheers,
Peter

[Mr_LV19E]

Thanks for the thought Peter,


Yes please - the goal is to get enough information in here for this to be a meaningful resource to Larrivée owners.  The more people see this, the faster we can build up a significant body of knowledge.  Making this thread sticky or putting a link in the FAQs would help.

Larrivée Serial Numbers

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