the wow factor

[emmonsh]

i went to the music shop i have work done at to drop off my d03 for bone saddle and nut. The tech is a pretty good guitar player, he does my set ups but sends out the luthier work, well anyways he took my larry out of the case and gave it a litlle strum and all he said was wow. I had just put some bone pins on them [ from bob colosi}and with the claptons choice they ring like a churchbell. he was amazed. he loved the look of the gold goths on it and he was also impressed with the binding that larrevee uses. i really couldnt beleave the diff with the bone pins.  anyway i think hes a new larry beleaver.

[Calvin]

I am pretty sure it's the saddle and not the pin lol.  Unless you are talking about cosmetics.

[Ratishna]

He may just be being nice.  A good way to do business, and its hard to imagine a tech who hasn't played a Larrivee before.  It isn't like they are scarce.

E. Shoaf

[roknroll]

Now I'm not the greatest speller on the planet, but dang boy!  I doubt if he was blowin smoke. 

[emmonsh]

for one thing nobody around here sells larrevees. i have played guitar for 30 years and never once heard of a larrevee before these forums. they really arent known that well. sorry. second it seems like this is the first forum i ever visited where most people dont think bridge pins make a difference in sound. the saddle makes thebiggest difference and the pins the second. any good luthier will tell you bridge pins do make a heck of a difference in sound. the nut makes very little if any differnce.  I do love the larrevee but honestly they are at the bottom of the pile for people that have actually played one. martins, taylors, gibson, even ovation are 1000:1 in store compared to larrevee.in fact i dont know of 1 person besides me who has one, but they all love them when they hear them.

[aboss]

I run into the same thing. Although they seem to be growing all the time, most of the people who see my LV say that they've never heard of larrivee before, but once they hear it they go on and on about how nice it is. ...somehow i'm more than happy to spread the good word on larrivee as much as possible though :WNK> funny how that works eh?

[Calvin]

Wait until they find out how much it costs hehehe.