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July 15, 2006, 01:49:38 PM
First off I have an email in to Brian at Larrivee but, I'm impatient. I just bought a LV09 and am wondering about how old it is Serial number is 52709. Does any one have a clue??? Thanks for any light you may shed on this for me.
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July 15, 2006, 02:04:25 PM #1
I have an L10se serial number 51251.

The Special Editions were made for a very short period of time while Larrivee was in transition to Oxnard in late 2001.

So I'd guess that the guitar was made in late 2001 or early 2002.



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July 15, 2006, 03:07:10 PM #2
Will. Not. Make. A. Pun!  :TON>
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July 15, 2006, 03:11:52 PM #3
Well I have not your self-control mazareth.

If you feel the urge to date a guitar... Please seek help. It's OK to love your Larrivée... but not that much. :GRN>
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July 15, 2006, 03:19:12 PM #4
man, you all beat me to it...

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July 15, 2006, 06:30:53 PM #5
My D-09 is number 57242.  I'm pretty sure it was made soon after the opening in Oxnard in 2001.  Therefore, I'd guess yours was made earlier than 2001.  Where does the label say it was made?  If it's California, then it's 2001 or later.
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July 15, 2006, 08:15:32 PM #6
Quote from: Gemnoc on July 15, 2006, 03:11:52 PM
Well I have not your self-control mazareth.

If you feel the urge to date a guitar... Please seek help. It's OK to love your Larrivée... but not that much. :GRN>

I'm guessing that Freddie Mercury would have dated a jumbo (fat bottomed ).........
July 15, 2006, 09:54:17 PM #7
I actually thought this was going to be someone's girlfriend complaining they "don't get to see you anymore since you got that dam guitar" ......kinda thread.
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July 15, 2006, 10:03:56 PM #8
Quote from: Gemnoc on July 15, 2006, 03:11:52 PM
Well I have not your self-control mazareth.

If you feel the urge to date a guitar... Please seek help. It's OK to love your Larrivée... but not that much. :GRN>

Not that there's anything wrong with it........
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July 15, 2006, 11:11:59 PM #9
PUN ALERT>>>>>>>>PUN ALERT>>>>>>>>> :SHK>

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July 15, 2006, 11:27:26 PM #10
I was thinking about this thread I had started while on the way to the lake this AM and I just knew I was going to catch a load of crap over the subject. Come to think about it my wife does call her the damn guitar on occasion. :UND>
But thanks for the info on the dating (no no no the manufacturing date). This guitar was made in "California,USA".
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1971 Guild D-50
1972 Yamaha FG180
July 16, 2006, 04:49:54 AM #11
It seems that many of the first guitars from California were serial numbered in the 50000 and up.  The link below shows Jean working on the 'first fully American made' model serial number 80000.

Did they skip some numbers or just finished up 30000 guitars started in Canada?

http://www.larrivee.com/flash/features/onlinetour/photo/oxnard/02.html

My California Special Edition was supposed to have been started in '02, #62XXX.
July 16, 2006, 08:54:36 AM #12
Quote from: SteveK on July 16, 2006, 04:49:54 AM
It seems that many of the first guitars from California were serial numbered in the 50000 and up.  The link below shows Jean working on the 'first fully American made' model serial number 80000.

Did they skip some numbers or just finished up 30000 guitars started in Canada?

http://www.larrivee.com/flash/features/onlinetour/photo/oxnard/02.html

My California Special Edition was supposed to have been started in '02, #62XXX.

Up until number 80,000 some or all of the parts for guitars were started in Vancouver, and shipped to Oxnard where the guitar was completed. There have been a couple of descriptions of this (previous) process by Matthew Larrivee. I had previously missed the implication of the statement that starting with 80,000 they are now 100% made in the USA.
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July 16, 2006, 09:00:37 AM #13
Quote from: jmhyer on July 15, 2006, 06:30:53 PM
My D-09 is number 57242.  I'm pretty sure it was made soon after the opening in Oxnard in 2001.  Therefore, I'd guess yours was made earlier than 2001.  Where does the label say it was made?  If it's California, then it's 2001 or later.

could be. the SE guitars were guitars that were caught up in the move from Vancouver to Oxnard and were shipped without the normal 10-series fretboard inlay due to unavailability of the machine that does that work for a short period of time following the move.

And serial numbers don't come out in exactly contiguous sequence.
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July 16, 2006, 05:31:24 PM #14
The guitar, as I said is an LV09. The seller said the pickup was installed by the factory, Fishman Natural II - no barn door), it also has a gloss neck, clear pickguard and tusq saddle. Is this how they were producted then (with the exception of the pickup)? Or maybe a special order? For the age it is in GREAT condition.
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July 16, 2006, 09:26:51 PM #15
Get lucky with that guitar you've been dating?
Jack

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July 16, 2006, 10:28:10 PM #16
I'm not sure about the pickup.  But the made in California label dates it as 2001 or more recent.  The clear pickguard and Tusq saddle dates it 2004 or older.  (I'm pretty sure they started using bone saddles, ebonoid buttons, and tortoise-style pickguards on the -05, -09, and -10 series guitars in 2005.)
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July 17, 2006, 04:44:23 PM #17
Sorry can't resist.
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