Larrivee dreadnought owner

[William2]

Nice! What brand guitar rack is that? I have a Griffith 5-guitar rack but can only get 3 acoustics in it.

The brand name is Hercules, and I bought it last year on Amazon for less than $100. I believe Amazon Prime days are coming up in July so maybe a good price will be available on this. It can hold 5 dreadnoughts easily. I recently sold that Martin 000-15SM at the end so now I can get another guitar to take its place.

[guitarman001]

Why sell the OOO-15SM? Just curious.
Tried one once and thought was decent.

[William2]

Why sell the OOO-15SM? Just curious.
Tried one once and thought was decent.

I had owned two Martin D-15s prior to the 000-15SM. I sold the second dreadnought because it had a flaw that I didn't put on it. In spite of my luthier saying to keep it, I just couldn't get this out of my mind and sold it. I then decided to order a new one from Sweetwater. Having watched this instrument I've seen the different quality of woods that differ from the front and back on these Martin's, I decided not to gamble. Sweetwater did have this 000-15SM in stock and the pics looked great. I think this may be due to the fact that the instrument is $200 more than the 15 Martin's. And I've seen great comments on the instrument. Anyway, it sounded great, but I never really got attached to it. It doesn't sound as good as their 14-fret version 000. And it didn't have the big voice of the D-15 or the looks either. I hate thin body instruments. It isn't a real 12-fret with the bridge moved down but the upper bout is built up. So, it is gone. I may get another hog instrument, but it will be a dreadnought. I think it is only effective for the modern pieces I play and not the classical pieces, so I am considering this. But it is a different sound from what I have now. It is between this and a 12-fret dreadnought. My prettiest sounding guitar is the
SD-40R coupled with nice power. I wonder if a 12-fret dreadnought will be even better.  But whatever it is, Larrivee will be making it.

[guitarman001]

Understand.
Re the 12 fret thing, I'm on the same page. Push the bridge down or go home :)

[StringPicker6]

I recently played a Guild D-20 all hog that was really nice. It was also made in Oxnard, California and a great price.