Belated NGD L03-SO, Pics, NEW CLIPS

[Big.Al]

It's been a busy week. I got my new Silver Oak Larrivee L-03 on Monday. Frazier at Small Town Music treated me well and the guitar exceeded my expectations . . . a beauty to behold. The action was a bit low, so I fashioned a new bone saddle for it last night. It came without a pickup, so I bought a K&K Meridian mic from a local guy, visible in one picture. I snapped a couple of photos and recorded a clip using a Tascam portable recorder.

Here it is in all its glory:

Sound Clip Link




One question for someone who's in the know: Should I send the pre-addressed warranty card to Vancouver or stick it in an envelope and send it to Oxnard?

[unclrob]

Sound clip was a little low volumn but sounded real nice.So is the Meridian just a mic or does it also have the top sensor's?Love the look of the silver oak.

[Big.Al]

The Meridian is a clamp-on goose-neck microphone with an external preamp/eq box.  It can be positioned above the guitar or flat against the top like shown in the photo.  With the EQ dialed in, I liked the flat against the top sound better. Also, with the mic against the top the mic picks up a loud signal from the guitar and the gain on the amp can be turned down. That should make it less prone to feedback.

Wow. I like this guitar so much that I just sold my only other remaining acoustic guitar.  Down to one . . . just a Silver Oak L-03 and me.

[brandon]

 

[Bas]

Really like the sound of it!

[JWBishop]

  That is a beautiful guitar and sounds great   

[Walkerman]

Is the top spruce?  It looks a little reddish, or realllllllllllllllly aged.  Either way, it look beautiful.

[Big.Al]

The top is nicely silked Sitka spruce.  I think it hung on the wall of the guitar shop since 2008 so yes, it does look really aged.  I like the look.

Also, I changed out the recording in my original post to one I made with my brand new Tascam portable.  I think it sounds more like the guitar:

Sound Clip Link

[Danny]

A nice find for you. My first Larrivee was a new old stock LV-03R and a fine guitar.

    About the warranty I'd be sure to keep a file with your sales reciept and a photo copy of the card if you mail it in. That is a good question about sending it to Vancouver or Oxnard. It seems to me if you did send it to Oxnard you would be covered for sure.

[Walkerman]

A nice find for you. My first Larrivee was a new old stock LV-03R and a fine guitar.

    About the warranty I'd be sure to keep a file with your sales reciept and a photo copy of the card if you mail it in. That is a good question about sending it to Vancouver or Oxnard. It seems to me if you did send it to Oxnard you would be covered for sure.

No one is in Vancouver.

[JohnM2001]

Beautiful!  To me, that clip sounds more like a maple body L than hog or rosewood, more treble oriented.  But that could just be the mic or recording.  Do you find the SO brighter?

[Big.Al]

Thanks.  The guitar isn't bright like maple at all. It's got plenty of bass and sustain. It's got kind of like the fat bass of Rosewood with the nice clear rounded mids and upper registers of mahogany rather than the glassy top end of rosewood. The clip was recorded with the guitar capoed at the third fret.  That probably isn't the best way to show off the clarity and depth of the instrument. Since I've been practicing it so much lately, I picked a song  that our choir has been working on to play at church this weekend.

[Big.Al]

For anyone interested, here's a short clip of the Silver Oak L-03 without a capo:

L-03 SO Sound Check

Not very maple-like to me. I'm hearing strong depth and clarity, airy mids, a more rounded attack transient than mahogany or rosewood, and a strong fundamental resulting in good note separation. How would you describe it? Toasted wheat underpinnings? 

And for comparison here's an old clip of my long-gone 2001 L-03 in mahogany (Capo 3):

Open My Eyes

Different song, different year, different microphone . . . . apples & oranges but it's all I have.

[Big.Al]

Sorry. Duplicate post.

[Tio Kimo]

Beautiful tones from the SO. And the L03 sounded consistent with what I hear when I play mine(LV03), so, the comparison is a good one.

Happy for you that you've found something that you're so content with! Enjoy.