D10bz w Addie top and tamborine girl

[Randy_R]

Its here. I tuned her up, played a couple of tunes, and is it sweet  :GRN>

pics soon.

[Randy_R]

Pictures on my Web Page...

There is too much glare in the pictures of the back and sides, you can see the reflection of my tripod and a nearby wall in those photos.

http://randyrick.us/guitars/LarriveeD10bz.htm

[FNG]

Randy,
    Let me be the first to say....

That is one good looking getfiddle!  Hope it blows your hair back!

[jmhyer]

Awesome, Randy.  Take some pics in natural light with a natural background and she's got my vote for the next Larrivee-of-the-month!

[parsky1]

WOW!  I want one!

Very nice guitar Randy, I bet it sounds so good.

[HangFire]

Sweeet!!! Way to go Randy!

It was so cool to watch Wendy Larrivee work on guitar inlay right at her desk.  She does some really amazing work.

Looks like you got a very special piece of art/work;-)

:mellow:

[Redeemed]

Awesome, Randy.  Take some pics in natural light with a natural background and she's got my vote for the next Larrivee-of-the-month!

She's got my vote as well... new pics or not!!

Wow... what a knockout.  Just look at how straight grained that brazilian is!  And that tamborine girl is soooo detailed, my goodness.  Over at the unofficial martin forum, there's a long discussion about martin's beloved torch inlay... they're raving about that goofy looking torch thingy.... all while Mrs. Larrivee is creating these awe-inspiring works of art....those silly martin folks...


-dan

[poki]

certainly among the most beautiful one of a kind Larrivee's and stunning work of art.
congrats

[HangFire]

So Randy, how does the Addie topped BZ sound in comparison to the Sitka topped BZ???  Inquiring minds want to know! :UND>

[Randy_R]

So Randy, how does the Addie topped BZ sound in comparison to the Sitka topped BZ???  Inquiring minds want to know! :UND>

OK I played a few chords of the same song a couple of times on each of the D-09bz and the D-10bz. The D-09 was a bit mellower and had ever so slightly more bass. The D-10 seemd a bit brighter and seemed to project just a tad more.

Differences. D-09 is 5 years old and has been played sparingly for a couple of years. It has 2 month old D-addario exp16 PB lights on it. The sitka top on the D-09 has even, straight, tight grain, with medium-heavy silking. The D-10's top of adirondack has much wider grain and no silking or bearclaw. The D-10 is a new guitar with new Elixirs on it. The string height on the D-10 is 2 or 3 64ths of an inch higher than the D-09

Both have wonderful tone and projection, just slightly different as set up

I'll have to do this again after I've lowered the strings a bit on the D-10 and I'll put the same type of new strings on both at the same time.

bottom line. its a tough call. But either one of them knock the socks off most dreads I've played.

[HangFire]

Plus BZ smells a lot better than most Dreads...mmm. ^_^

[HangFire]

Keep us posted on the next BZ Dread A/B test;-)

Man! That thing looks gorgeous! :GRN>

[Randy_R]

I played the D-10braz thursday night at an open mic. This guitar is really opening up nicely, even though it hasn't gotten as much play time as it deserves.

If I had to pick out one guitar from my collection to call a tone monster, this might be it.

Elixir mediums on it.

I still haven't done anything to adjust the neck or string height, and I may just leave well enough alone.

[Gemnoc]

I hadn't seen this one. Truly beautiful. -_-

[ronmac]

 :mellow: :GRN> :<>

[HangFire]

One of my all time favs! :WNK>