Dee-ten,

I was wondering about the nick that you use, and then it hit me, you have a much sought after D10 in your possession.
I attended a church service once, and recognized a Larrivee being played on stage right away, funny how Larrivee seems to just captivate your attention almost immediately.
After the service, I talked to the owner who was gracious enough to let me try it, that guitar was GORGEOUS, it was a D10. MAJOR GAS!

Thanks for the kind words on my youtube post.

Tomo

Very possibly. I once had an L-10 with similar exterior and interior linings.  It was tad heavy but solid and well made to protect the L-10.

Dee-ten:  thanks so much those were all great suggestions, and i appreciate your help a lot!! i have contacted the sellers and now anxiously await their reply.  i've never owned a Larrivee but would love to be part of the family soon!

and as per request and rules of course:   

I actually spent some time this afternoon playing a friends '39 D-45. We were talking about how nice it is, but no matter how nice, when you have a 200K guitar, the option of selling it, paying off the mortgage, and buying a nice 20K guitar are hard to keep out of your head -

The question was - would you put the 20k into another vintage Martin, or into some exceptional new custom -

Wish that were a problem I had to worry about -

I like the sound of medium gauge strings but play more cleanly with light gauge strings. I am currently using GHS Laurence Juber lights. I love the sound of these strings and the 12's are confortable to fret. They have lot's of harmonic fullness without harsh overtones. If I had an extra steel string guitar to keep in DADGAD I would go with the GHS true mediums, a perfect set for drop tunings.

Yup.  That is me.

Thanks everyone for the replys. I ordered the Canadian made case from Elderly Instruments.

David

  Yea, that's what reminded me of what I said above. I don't use putty much, but it has it's place.

Yes that was my behind my question.  I was about to settle on EJ-17's, but the tension thing came to the forefront. I really like the RED rich tone and feel; that they are double the EJ price hurts, but in the end it is about the sound for me.   

Looks like I can only get Newtones by mail at the RED price. But the description of the Heritage and Master Class lines sound really attractive.

Sunbeam v. Masterclass v. RED.  ISH! Another several months of string obsession for me. 

Yup, that's me (reverend mikey) ... are you leftybill over there, too?