Larrivée Terms and Acronyms

[jumpjibe]

I think one sees BZ most often, at least with Larris, for Brazilian.  So not BR

[JOYCEfromNS]

Lets not forget GAS!!!!!! Guitar Acquisition Syndrome or for you worldly types Gear Acquisition Syndrome   

[Danny]

Hi Danny

Gotta a link?

I can't see it (looking for TSB)

I couldn't find the parlor again. But here is a link to a 000-50TSB
http://www.thepodium.com/    Once there click on used guitars and scroll down just a bit.
This is in our for sale section by a member here:
  http://www.larriveeforum.com/smf/index.php?topic=28883.msg268602#msg268602

   Also I agree that BZ is seen mostly for Brazilian Rosewood

[Danny]

Here some of the details on the above mentioned 000-50 TSB.   Note that JCL paints all the bursts and the use of the term "total sunburst"

All Solid Woods
Single Piece Select South American Mahogany Neck
Very Straight, Wider Grained Sitka Spruce Top, (unique and beautiful)
Select South American Mahogany Back and Sides
Maple Binding
Total Body Sunburst Painted by J.C. Larrivée
1&13/16s Nut Width
12 Frets Clear
Slotted Headstock
Ivoroid Fretboard Binding
Pearl Diamond Fretboard Markers
Ebony Fretboard And Ebony Pyramid Bridge
Bone Nut And Saddle
Nickel 3-On-A-Plate Tuners
Original Arched Top Case

[JOYCEfromNS]

JCL   - JCL logo (Jean Claude Larrivee)

[ST]

Okay gang,

here is the link to the page now with the suggestions above and a few more I've added (eg. CNC).

Larrivée Terms and Acronyms

There are also links to pictures for the TSB (Total Sunburst)

Thanks for the suggestions.

[Danny]

 Why the use of Taylors for illustrations?  I can give you a pic of my LSV-11.

[ST]

Why the use of Taylors for illustrations?  I can give you a pic of my LSV-11.

Hi Danny
please post the picture and I'll use it. Thanks

I just used the Taylor pix because they were uniform size for comparison.  I'll have to do some fiddlin' to do the same with a couple of pictures of Larrivées.

Anybody got pictures of a Florentine cutaway?

[Danny]

Hi Danny
please post the picture and I'll use it. Thanks

I just used the Taylor pix because they were uniform size for comparison.  I'll have to do some fiddlin' to do the same with a couple of pictures of Larrivées.

Anybody got pictures of a Florentine cutaway?

                      LSV-11   I will find a more generic pic if you want it.

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[JOYCEfromNS]

                      LSV-11   I will find a more generic pic if you want it.

I know this is not the place BUT     

[Danny]

I know this is not the place BUT     

Thanks, it is a true LS small body, but the last I knew Matthew Larrivee had it. I really liked that one, it was part of the inspiration for the F-III.

   I guess I should add, my next LSV-11e was larger, which is also why we insisted that Larrivee build the F-III LS to the original small specs. There is a bit of history for you. It was Tad and I that would not let that go.
   As it turned out my F-III is still slightly larger than my first LSV-11. But thats part of the hand made process (depth of the body etc.) Not everything at Larrivee is CNC controlled. Quite a bit of hands on building is still there. Thus different sizes of the same model does occur quite often. No big deal for most folks. But for me it's a killer. LS size is as big as I can go. (the original specs.)

[gitnoob]

Don't forget "CE."   No, that's not a cutaway with electronics -- it's a collector's edition.

Larrivee also used "SH" to denote slot head a while back, but they've since stopped using it I believe.   (Edit: oops, you already have that one.)

[Danny]

KISS       



                 Keep It Simple Stupid


             my motto                     

[ST]

Hi jumpjibe,

I have added acronyms for the body styles (D, SD, P, L, LS, OM, OO).

SD -- slope dred?

Perhaps the single letters should also be included, e.g.:

W -- walnut

D -- dred

P or O -- parlour

etc.

Your list should be very useful.  Thx!!

[dermot]

I'm also looking for pictures of of a Florentine Cutaway Larrivee - thanks.

If you looked you might find one in a case near you....

but i would vote for Valdy's, or the Ex Bruce Cockburn C10's.... the orignals... one of the pair from Valdy's site;



;-)

Ok, ok.. back to work now...

ps... SO = Silver Oak?

[ST]

Hi dermot,

Thanks for the suggestion. I ended up going with my C10 because I had a full body shot to kind of match up with Danny's LSV-11. After a little cropping I got them to about the same size so that the overall effect of the different style cutaways would be apparent. You can see that here: Cutaways

SO = Silver Oak?

That was already on the list, but I added a link to a note about that on the 12th fret site.

[ST]

Hi everyone,

Here is the latest version:


Larrivée Terms and Acronyms


If you previously bookmarked the link to the older version - that link will still work.

I have expanded the name to Larrivée Terms and Acronyms  (previously Larrivée Acronyms) because I have added

• Commonly used terms. This includes various tonewoods and materials that people have mentioned. Most of those have links to appropriate sections in the Larrivée site, or if I couldn't find something there, I tried to find something elsewhere.
• Pictures of Cutaways (thanks Danny, thanks dermot for suggestions)
• Pictures of a Slotted Headstock
• Pictures of Larrivées TSB Sunburst

If anyone has suggestions for more terms or acronyms, I would be happy to add them. If you find a good link that explains a term or acronym, please post that here too. It would save a lot of time.

Once again - it IS a wiki and that means anyone can make changes. If you goof up with the formatting or something - I can fix that.

I am hoping that this will be a resource for everyone - but especially for people new to Larrivées or guitars in general.

[JOYCEfromNS]

    ST   Nice job. I have bookmarked. Thanks

[johnny37]

Here are a couple of pics of my C19.  Hope this helps...



And a comparison pic - My C19 and just completed at the time F3 LS bodied IS/RW