Black LV-05 at GC.....

[fitness1]

listed as Excellent - ask lots of questions as always....

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Larrivee/LV-05-Acoustic-Guitar.gc

[Mikeymac]

If that thing doesn't have any issues, that is an incredible price for that guitar!

I'm so glad I'm not right-handed...   

[L07 Shooting Star]

If that thing doesn't have any issues, that is an incredible price for that guitar!

I'm so glad I'm not right-handed...   

Really?  The link to the GC ad automatically converts the price to Canadian Dollars on my computer (which is a little disconcerting).  How in heck does Guitar Centre know I'm in Canada?  Regardless, it comes out as $1504.91 CAD which I don't think is such an incredible price at all.  Maybe I'm out of touch with what *.05 Larrivee's are selling for?

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[B0WIE]

BTW, if tracking your IP bothers you, skip Google and use DuckDuckGo for searches.  They don't track you.  Google, Bing, and most others track the things you search and use it to sell advertising. So, if you happen to see adds on websites that are suspiciously relevant to you, it's because you're being watched.

Back to the guitar, my first acoustic was a back Takamine. Though I'm a nut for interesting woods, and have paid a lot for them, but black acoustics are special in their own right. Especially when the binding and inlays are done just right.

[Mikeymac]

Really?  The link to the GC ad automatically converts the price to Canadian Dollars on my computer (which is a little disconcerting).  How in heck does Guitar Centre know I'm in Canada?  Regardless, it comes out as $1504.91 CAD which I don't think is such an incredible price at all.  Maybe I'm out of touch with what *.05 Larrivee's are selling for?

$1,100 bucks for an L-05 is an excellent price. I see used 03's on Reverb, e-bay and other sites, and the sellers are trying to get $800-$1,000 all day long for them (which I think is way too high).

And...it depends on whether you like black guitars, but that is a costly upgrade on these. So it might not add to the value for you, but it certainly raised the price when the guitar was new.

And I'll bet you could offer them $1,000 USD and they'd take it... maybe even $950.

If I were a righty, I wouldn't sneeze at it...

[B0WIE]

$1,100 bucks for an L-05 is an excellent price. I see used 03's on Reverb, e-bay and other sites, and the sellers are trying to get $800-$1,000 all day long for them (which I think is way too high).

And...it depends on whether you like black guitars, but that is a costly upgrade on these. So it might not add to the value for you, but it certainly raised the price when the guitar was new.

And I'll bet you could offer them $1,000 USD and they'd take it... maybe even $950.

If I were a righty, I wouldn't sneeze at it...

Respectfully, they're not actually getting those prices most of the time.  I see 03's going for much less and 09's go for around $900 to $1,100 all the time.  A D09 with no cracks went for $760 a couple months ago on ebay.
That said, an established retail store like GC is of course going to be able to get more and $1,100 isn't bad at all.  And, I think you're right, you could probably pick it up for a grand or less, which is absolutely fair, so long as it's in good shape.  That's the thing with black acoustics, dings really show up, so condition is important.