My Lakewood hogtop

[Sandro]

Here it is eventually !
I was buying this used guitar 2 years ago, having seen it on an online classified. But I was a bit afraid as it was in Rome(600Km from where I live) and so I could not try it. The seller was asking 600€ then, and for more or less the same money I found my Larrivee OM-2 near home, where I could try it and retire it personally.
I am very happy with my OM-2, but sometimes my thoughts kept going to this brown beauty, wondering if she was still there waiting for me.
So when I sold my Yamaha LL6SB 3 weeks ago, and I found myself morally authorized to buy another guitar, I called the owner and found out she still had it.
This time I offered her 400€, and she accepted !   
When the guitar arrived I was amazed: in real life she is better than in pictures. And when I played I felt it was made for me.
I like her semplicity: no binding, no fretboard inlays (except for the alchemical "purity" symbol on fret 12), simple plain ebony pins.
I don't know if all hogtops sounds like her, but the sound seems to match the descriptions of other Hogtop lovers.
I am an Hogtop lover !   I believe ! 

[BenF]

That is a fantastic looking guitar - it looks a little smaller than an OM, like a curvier OO size.  That sounds like a ver very reasonable price for what I expect is a great sounding little guitar!



Ben (more than a little jealous of this!)

[GA-ME]

Conrats! Nice box...........

[Larrivee4me]

I'll bet it's a real sweetheart.  I've never played a Lakewood I didn't like.   

[bluesman67]

Congratulations!  It looks like a OO or OOO size.  How does she sound?  Very nice guitar!! 

[Blue in VT]

 

Very sweet and sounds like you got a great price.  I've played a number of their guitars and always been impressed....plus I'm an sucker for a nice set of mahogany!

Enjoy her in good health!

Blue

[sneaky]

looks great...I have an M walnut that will be with me till I die.

[Sandro]

Thanks guys.
Well I don't know how the size classifes her, I tried to measure:

Lower bout:  15.47"
Upper Bout:  10.91"
Waist        :   8.94"
The depth is 3.74" near the neck and 4.49" at the opposite side.

I really love the sound, it's warm, at the same time rich of basses, but not booming. And I love to touch the top, as the mahogany is rough, you can feel the structure of the wood (sorry, I  miss more specific word for this  )

Maybe it's the enthusiasm for a new toy, but I think I found a keeper 
Now I have to find a name for her...

[robw95]

Beautiful guitar and great pictures too. There is something definitely about a hogtop that touches people.

Rob

[PCT57]

Superb looker and for 400 euros!!! what a catch.

[Zohn]

 
Martin Seeliger builds them good, and yours seems no exception.
I trust you don't keep it unattended on the stand in that room at the risk of "Lego-rash"!

[Sandro]

Don't worry Zohn !   I'm very careful (my wife would say "paranoid").
My daughter is allowed to come near my guitar only emptyhanded (or sometimes peluchehanded) 

[obe-wan]

Hey Braxton, really nice little hog top you've got there! Similar to the Cort I just bought, only I suspect the lakewood would be higher quality. 

to budget 'Hogtops!

Cheers, Scott.