Which Larrivee guitars have you let go of and why?

[dberch]

"Which Larrivee guitars have you let go of and why?"

None!  Never!   :GRN>

[dcarey]

An L-10 that I sold to purchase a Taylor K12....can't say I really regret it but I do miss it.
An OM-09 that I sold to fitness1 that I do regret. I'm still kicking myself.
A koa parlor ....because I just never played it much any more. I'm much more comfortable with an OM.

Dan

[dberch]

Which Larrivee guitars have you let go of and why?

None!   :GRN>

Hi Neil!

[Cybenator]

Hmm, lets see,

D-03 Blackwood traded for L-03 Koa  (caused slight shoulder pain)
Sold L-03 Koa  (why, because I'm can be a dumbass at times)

Acquired a Martin OM-21


Hoping to sell my LV-03 12  to obtain a OM blackwood or Walnut....

[jeremy3220]

I've sold two.
I wish I still had the L-03. It was a special sounding guitar. Great attractive tone.
The OM-03R was good, but not what I was looking for in a rosewood OM. not real impressive, kinda bland.

I sold both of these to obtain the sound I was searching for, vintage Martin rosewood OM. i got an Om-21, had the sound I wanted but the neck profile was too shallow and caused wrist pain. I sold it and my OM/PW arrived today it sounds great and hopefully it will work out.

[Fstpicker]

I bought my first Larrivee (D-03E) back in 2001 and sold it in 2002 to finance the purchase of my Martin D-16RGT. I have always wanted a solid rosewood Martin, and this guitar fits the bill nicely.

However, I have missed the Larrivee sound and my D-03 so much, that I bought another D-03 this past January, and now I am glad to have a Larrivee again.

There is nothing quite like the sound of a Larrivee IMO.

Jeff

[jwieties]

Let go of my first Larrivee, a L-09, a few weeks ago.
Really liked that guitar, but it was just time for something different.  I picked up a OM-50 to replace it.

It is amazing how both of these guitars sound so unmistakably Larrivee, yet can sound so different.

I would guess that in a couple years I will likely sell the OM-50.  However, as many of you know, I have a p-03mt that I can't imagine ever letting go of.

-josh

[mazareth]

A D-03R in trade for an L-03E. I bought the D-03R in 9/04. I was very happy with the guitar and still miss it sometimes. I got an offer I couldn't refuse on a D-09 and I couldn't justify having 2 examples of essentially the same guitar. I wanted something with a different sound--hence the L-03E.

I got the D-09 in February '05 and it's really gone through a transformatiion in just the last few months. It's my go to guitar for most gigs and rehearsals. I take really good care of this baby, but she's definitely beginning to acquire some "mojo" (dings). I'll never sell her so it doesn't matter. The other guitarist in our band plays a JV10. It makes for an interesting contrast. The JV10 is lusher and the notes don't seen to get out of the soundhole as quick.

The interesting thind about the two 03s is that the D-03R has an extremely tight-grained top, while the L-03E has a very wide-grained top. The L-03E's top looks like some of the more recent adirondack tops I've seen. It's a very lively sounding guitar--a totally different animal from the D-09. Volumwise the D-09 is no slouch, but the L-03E is a cannon in it's own way...

Damn! I'm starting to talk myself into keeping the L-03E.  :UND>

[drathbun]

I started with a Larrivee L03. I had problems with that guitar from the beginning. I never seemed to be able to get the action right. I had my guitar tech set it up and then I noticed the saddle was very low. It was far too low to be normal with a relatively standard action. So I checked the neck angle with a steel straight edge right down the fretboard. The straight edge pointed to the middle of the thickness of the bridge! My tech also noticed a four inch streak of shellac or glue on the inside of the upper treble bout. He said it looked like a crack repair. I found it interesting that I paid full price for a brand new guitar that should have been marked a second. This L03 was one of the last that had a 1 11/16" nut and I wanted a 1 3/4" nut anyway. So I traded it for a new L05. Needless to say I looked this one over very carefully. I found a ding in the back of the neck and they dropped $100 off the price which was fair. I'm very very happy with my L05!

Then there is my Larrivee L03-12 string. I bought it to be the matching twin to my L03. I ordered this guitar direct from Vancouver so I never had a chance to hear a Larry 12 string. After playing it for about six months, I started becoming disenchanted with it. I like a large, chimey, full sound in my 12 strings. The Larry was fairly quiet and didn't have a lot of that chimey sound. In fact it was fairly midrangy and I was falling out of love with it. Plus, the fact that the 12 string naturally doesn't get as much use as a six stringer, I was concerned I had a $1500 guitar that was staying in the case more often than not. So I traded it for a Yamaha FG-720-12, a $400 12 string (solid top) that is plenty loud and plenty chimey. Plus I got an amplifier in the exchange too.

So I'm left with my L05 - which will never leave me!

Here is a photo of the L03's "streak":

[jmorr02]

In 2001 I was forced to sell my first guitar, a lovely little LS-19 (rosewood), due to unemployment. I'm still kicking myself for not figuring out a way to keep it, seeing as how they're so hard to come by these days. But I've finally got a new guitar, a 1999 OMV-09, and it's not going anywhere anytime soon!