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[JWBishop]

Hello, I just joined this forum and would like to introduce myself. I am from South Alabama close to the Gulf Coast. Retired last year and decided to learn to play the acoustic guitar I have had for the past 45 years. I took lessons for a while as a young teenager but did not stick with it. I have had 3 lessons now and ready to buy a better guitar. Right now it looks like it will be a Larrivee L-03 Deluxe Limited that has the L-10 inlays. It is a demo model at our local guitar shop. Price reduced due to minor scuffs on top. It plays and sounds good to me.
I am looking forward to learning a lot on this forum.   
Oh, and here's the donuts... 

[dave42]

Welcome JWB! Great to meet you. 

That's a great looking guitar you are looking at. The 'L' body Larrivee is truly a comfortable guitar to play with a great sound/tone. Good luck, and if you buy it, you have to post a couple of pics! Have fun with the learning! 

[broKen]

Hello and welcome JW. Your story sounds like mine and a few others around here. You are on the right trail with the L-03. If you play sitting down and find your shoulder in pain, you may need to go to a smaller model.
There's a lot of experience here.

[bobw]

JWB....  Let me be the first to offer you a big  

We all love our Larrivée's and are a pretty friendly bunch...  looking forward to your participation on the forum....  most of the regulars love to help others in any way they can...  

L-03's are great guitars...     don't think you can go wrong with that model....  

I, too, took up guitar when I retired several years ago...  takes a while to get off the ground but it sure is fun.... .  

Thanks for the           BobW...

[JOYCEfromNS]

 

Thanks so much for the  so nice to see a member who 1st reads the rules 

Once again  JWB

A very  you are considering!!!!

[SMan]

  JWB  Thanks for the  's  Backatcha with 

[abalone at last]

Hi JW ,that guitar sounds amazing ...let us know when you get it.  

[JWBishop]

Thanks so much for the  so nice to see a member who 1st reads the rules 

Once again  JWB

A very  you are considering!!!!

Yes, I didn't mention it, but my career was 30 years in law enforcement, so I know about rules...

[SMan]

Yes, I didn't mention it, but my career was 30 years in law enforcement, so I know about rules...

   

[brandon]

 

That will be a nice guitar! Love those deluxe inlays.

[bobw]

JWB....  saw your post over on the AGF....  I think you made the right decision in going with the L-03.... 

Many of the members on this forum use the AGF, too.

Please post some pics when you can... BobW...     

[flatlander]

So you're from L.A huh? I bought my L-10 in Dothan going on 34 years ago. Quite amazing at the time, to find a Larrivee anywhere in the U.S., let alone in Southern Alabama. But this guy just had just opened store and had come down from Montgomery. He was into good guitars and went thru some amount of trouble to get a couple down from Canada to put in his new store. The name of the store was "The Fret Shoppe". I think it's long gone.  But yea, nice folks in that area, and plenty of peanuts! Welcome!

[ffinke]

Hey JW,
I was born in S. Alabama but only lived there for 6 weeks. That's OK, though. Some of the nicest people I know are from that area.  to the forum and I'm sure your decision on the L-03 will be the right one (great guitar). And good luck with the lessons; you'll find that the more effort you put in, the more enjoyment you'll get out.

Pull up a cane rocker and sit a spell.

f

[Tuba Mike]

Welcome JW andc thanks for the  !  Your story, like mine, seems to be a common one on this forum.  I'be been playing for 6 to 7 years now (I'm in my mid-50's which is what my OM-50 stands for .... ol' Mike is 50) and am really enjoying it.  One of the good parts of taking up guitar later in life is that we have maturity and wisdom to not be in a hurry.  We know to just enjoy it as it goes and know that we don't have to be world's greatest guitarist right now.  It's a great way to start your retirement and you picked a find guitar to start it with.   Enjoy!

[JWBishop]

Hey everyone, thanks for the warm welcome. I will post some pics when I get the guitar. I haven't made the deal yet.... Hopefully no one will buy it before I can close a deal on it.

[Riverbend]

Welcome JW! Excellent choice you're making with the Larrivee L-03  ! And a pretty good choice in joining here, as well! Nice friendly folks and as helpful as you could ever imagine.

[ZachStevenson]

Welcome to the forum and act fast on that Larrivee deal, you won't regret it!

[CycleBob]

Welcome to the forum.  A lot of real good info available here. You've made a great choice in guitars!

[leontius]

Hi all,

I am new to the forum and would like to introduce myself.

My name is Walter and I am living in the northern outskirts of Berlin in Germany. As a teenager I did learn to play trumpet and decided after a few years that I am rellay more into guitars. Maybe this decision was not entirely driven by the fact that Guitars are more versatile instruments and that none of my musical heroes (Neil Young, Stephen Stills,...) did play trumpet, it could also have been to the circumstance that girls liked guitar players much more....
So I saved up some money and bought my first guitar which was an Ovation Ultra 1517 Deep Bowl. Nice instrument and in these days one of the acoustics which one could play without too much hassle also
on stage with a decent amplified sound. In addition of course an electric Charvel with a super heavy Peavey 2x12" amplifier followed (still remember the back pain) and I was ready to join a band mostly covering West Coast Music and Southern Rock. Skynyrd, Doobies, Eagles, Allman Brothers, you know it all.

Life however had other plans with me than to become a musician and after University my job caught me and apart from occasional events playing the old songs making music went for a long time out of sight. Seeing my daughter growing up and realizing her musical talent I started again to practice to support her (and deep inside for sure me as well) in her first steps learning Classical Guitar. In the meantime she is outperforming me by miles and I am eager to catch up as good as I can. So, I am back into music, practicing regularly and deeply enjoy what I have missed for a big part of my life.  

My old Ovation ist still around and apart from her in our family we are playing an Ortega Classical, a Takamine Santa Fe LTD 97, a Warmoth 50's Tele with a self built Ceriatone Dizzy 30 amp (fantastic amp by the way) and of course my beloved Larrivee SD-50.

As soon as I am allowed, I will post some pictures. And of course, here are the donuts 

Cheers, Walter aka Leontius

[prof_stack]

Welcome to this great forum, Walter!  Enjoy that great SD-50!  Also enjoy the World Cup match Thursday between your country and mine...