More NAMM News

[rustychicken]

thanks for putting those pics up Jason,,,now i'm drooling all over the place.

[jwieties]

Thanks for the pics Jason.  Have a blast at Disney.

-josh

[inspector13]

What is the wood on the back of the guitar on the 5th picture...WOW! That is very cool! :TON>

[didymus21]

What is the wood on the back of the guitar on the 5th picture...WOW! That is very cool! :TON>

Back of the 5th picture is Ziricote.

[Randy_R]

Back of the 5th picture is Ziricote.

It doesn't look like a Larrivee body style.

[guitarcrazy]

You are correct Randy, that is a Northwood.  David Iannone and John McQuarrie both had some really wild looking wood on their show guitars.  There was a double neck acoustic on display at another booth, on one side i was a 6 string, and on the other side it is a 12 string.  Two soundholes, one on each side.  I didn't play it, but it was certainly something that made you look twice.  J

[danijoe]

Exciting! I heard a rumour about 3 months ago re a Larrivee short scale and now it's reality - it looks great. I wonder what it will sell for in Canadian $. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the rosewood binding. I prefer a lighter wood (maple etc.) for bindings on rosewood. I wonder if custom options can be added e.g. inlays etc.?

I guess I'll have to sell a guitar or two to afford one!

Joe

[mazareth]

Thanks for posting Jason. NAMM to Disney... Talk about a sensory overload weekend! My GAS is back, but the cash isn't. :<>

[didymus21]

You are correct Randy, that is a Northwood.  David Iannone and John McQuarrie both had some really wild looking wood on their show guitars.  There was a double neck acoustic on display at another booth, on one side i was a 6 string, and on the other side it is a 12 string.  Two soundholes, one on each side.  I didn't play it, but it was certainly something that made you look twice.  J

I've talked to Mcquarrie about that Ziricote, as he was building it.  Did you play it? How did it sound?

[guitarcrazy]

I did play it, and it had an awesome rumble against my belly.  I wish I could tell you how great it sounded, but the truth is it is so loud in there that I couldn't hear it as well as I would like (there was an amp maker with a large display right across the aisle, and every headbanger in the place seemed to be there cranking it up to 11!).  All of his guitars were amazing, as were the Morgan's and Larrivee's.  David Iannone of Morgan had an awesome Jumbo on display.  For those of you who miss the Larrivee jumbo, the Morgan jumbo will cure that gas.  One more day of Disney and the beach and then I'll be ready to head back to the shop.  Sorry for the delay in responding to some of your inquiries while on the trip, I'll be back to full speed soon.  Jason

[Calvin]

I have an observation because I am so very keen and just generally being an a$$  :GRN>.

1.  The short Scale is a beautiful guitar, but the pyramid bridge dont work well with the standard HS. (my 3 cents, yes 3 cents, hahah)
2.  MORE importantly, It has a larger sound hole (shifted brace I think someone mentioned)!! So it will be like the vintage version of the L-body, very very interesting.  (I think adding some upper mids to the rosewood would make it a killer guitar, because the L body (I know this is an LS) rosewood guitars could really use some upper mids ).
3.  It has 09 trim (with the leaves and not the bridge wings and the border binding shells), so not actually 10 trim.

I say... in the name of consistency

a.  Use the regular bridge (or go with a vintage headstock, slotted would be great also)
b.  Either save some clams (pun intended) and lose the FB inlay, OR go full out and give it the 10 series inlay (maybe even the vine HS inlay) and the borders.

Finally...

No matter what this looks like, It will be a prodigy of a guitar.  With the shorter scale the playability will be amazing too.  I can't wait for it to come out, but then again, I am cheap cheap man.  I'd get a used one, but the way it's looking, this will be a keeper of a guitar for most ppl.