Send me your finest headstock inlays!

Started by Krefett, February 10, 2008, 06:29:47 AM

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Here are a few from my collection (Unfortunately it is only a collection of pictures)









Don

Larrivée D-09BW
Larrivée LV-03BW
Larrivée OM-03K
Larrivée LV-03-12
Martin D-18 RIP :crying:
Mossman Tennessee 12
Gretsch Chet Atkins DC
Gretsch Tennessee Rose
Fender Am. Stratocaster
Guild X-170T Manhattan
Fender 90s Telecaster Custom
Guild Starfire 5
Gretsch 5422 12 String
G&L ASAT Deluxe Semi

Thanks to everyone, who posts pictures!

Here is "The Gryphon"!

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Krefett

Larrivée L10 Koa "Emily"
Larrivée OM 10 Rosewood "Jester"
Larrivée 00-72 Rosewood "Christmas Tree"
Larrivée L 19 Rosewood "Unicorn"

Here´s an additional mermaid...

...one of my favorite headstock designs!

But all - shown here - are a unique piece of art!

Thank´s Wendy!!!!  :bowdown:




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Krefett

Larrivée L10 Koa "Emily"
Larrivée OM 10 Rosewood "Jester"
Larrivée 00-72 Rosewood "Christmas Tree"
Larrivée L 19 Rosewood "Unicorn"

Very cool Krefett,  the tuner knobs look really nice with the inlay.  :thumb
Roger


"Live simply so that others may simply live"

Awesome inlay work on that mermaid!

Were the tuner buttons after-Market? If so where did you get them? Just my wife is a Kiwi and those look like New Zealand Paua.
Larrivee Custom LCJ-10-12E 'Baby Dragon' and vine-of-life inlay
Larrivee Custom C-10E 'Ddraig Bach' ('Baby Dragon')
Gibson Les Paul Historic '59
Legra custom-made Les Paul Doubleneck
1967 Shaftesbury LP Black Beauty copy now with Bareknuckle humbuckers and 1959 spec wiring loom.

I suggest the tuner buttons on the "Mermaid" are original ones - ordered by the former owner.

The buttons on the "Gryphon" were sold at Crazyparts, Hildesheim, Germany - the original tuners (Schallers) are still in their position.

Hope this link helps you to find some fine after market parts for your guitar:

http://www.crazyparts.de

Happy new year!
Krefett

Larrivée L10 Koa "Emily"
Larrivée OM 10 Rosewood "Jester"
Larrivée 00-72 Rosewood "Christmas Tree"
Larrivée L 19 Rosewood "Unicorn"

Here's my VanCity L10 with custom vinyl inlays by yours truly. It features a custom designed wolly mammoth (bought this on ebay) on the headstock and black electrical tape fret markers. Anywhere the tape or sticker wouldn't cover the abalone I colored in with black sharpie. This guitar is 9 or 10 years old now and is playing and sounding better all the time. It's been the only guitar I drag around with me; I've played it live for the last few years and it's always being borrowed out for sessions. It sounds fantastic on tape, especially on fingerstyle and folky stuff. I'm thinking about spray painting the top silver so it looks like a mirror, or maybe doing a frankenstein type thing like EVH did with a strat. I'm also curious about cutting a series of ports along the upper bout so the player gets some direct sound. If anyone wants this type of work done to theirs drop me a line.






Great thread.  Such a wonderful legacy of work left by the Larrivee family over the years. 

1979 L-72 Presentation
Best from  Canada - Larrivee! 79 L-72 Presentation / 82 L28 cutaway, Best from the USA - A bunch of Martins

Quote from: ronmac on October 22, 2009, 02:46:54 PM
Beautiful! That says "Artisan" to me, in a big way.
Can we have some more pictures of this one, perhaps in another thread?  :drool:

Sorry for having missed your nice comment Ron  :blush: Thanks for showing your appreciation.
You can see a few more pics of my JS Joray HERE
Interesting to see how quite a few inlays are inspired by the Jugendstil.

A guy I know has a D9 or 10 that has an eagle on the headstock, it's nice. It's 90's, limited run I think. Anyone have one of these?

Chiasson: I hope we will find it - Wendy creates several eagles - found some examples on the www., but I have no own pictures.

L7two: Thank you very much for posting this piece of...  :bowdown:!
Krefett

Larrivée L10 Koa "Emily"
Larrivée OM 10 Rosewood "Jester"
Larrivée 00-72 Rosewood "Christmas Tree"
Larrivée L 19 Rosewood "Unicorn"

Here are two eagles in my collection that haven't been posted previously.

I have this on a C-19 koa and a C-19 braz


I have this on a D-09braz, its the small variation of the eagle with ribbon.





Randy R., Georgia, USA
Opinions available. Inquire about qty discount.
Forum Guitar III LS03 #15 ser no 108519

Hi Randy,

thanks fpr posting this beautyful examples!

The first one is awesome!  :thumbsup Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....
Krefett

Larrivée L10 Koa "Emily"
Larrivée OM 10 Rosewood "Jester"
Larrivée 00-72 Rosewood "Christmas Tree"
Larrivée L 19 Rosewood "Unicorn"

Hi all

I have the third Larrivee down LJCM 10 Maple with  lighter wood and Gryphon . I have tried for ages to post a pic without success
I bought this guitar new in the late 80's at Andy's guitars of Denmark St Soho London , was wondering how many were made how much this
guitar might be worth , think I paid nearly 4k USD , I really don't want to sell my most precious guitar but my carpentry business went under and I need capital to get started again

Cheers n Best Wishes and if anyone can explain in very simple terms , how to post pics will include some

UkSpartan

(Spartan's never used two words if one would do:) )

Hi,

this very unique headstock belongs to a 1979 Larrivée L 78. The guitar is now for sale at the fellowship of acoustics - in my opinion one of the finest guitar shops in Europe. Have you ever seen a second one like this?

Hope you like the headstock and the shop. Try this link:

www.tfoa.eu



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Krefett

Larrivée L10 Koa "Emily"
Larrivée OM 10 Rosewood "Jester"
Larrivée 00-72 Rosewood "Christmas Tree"
Larrivée L 19 Rosewood "Unicorn"

Here's my 1995 C19 eagle headstock

Pierre

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FIII LS 03 MH #74      Charlotte
LS 09 FM                    Ari
Moisan OM                  Unique

Great!

Thank you!
Krefett

Larrivée L10 Koa "Emily"
Larrivée OM 10 Rosewood "Jester"
Larrivée 00-72 Rosewood "Christmas Tree"
Larrivée L 19 Rosewood "Unicorn"



Quote from: jandrew on September 07, 2009, 02:46:27 PM
As with Ponte's on the first page of this thread, here's another simple, but less common, one:



cheers,
andrew
Hi Andrew, just reading this thread for the first time.  That logo matches the one on my 1983 L-07.  I'd be interested in knowing what model and year yours is and maybe you could post a pic of the whole guitar.

Regards,

Kurt
"Badges?  We don't need no stinkin' badges."

Became a Shooting Star when I got my 1st guitar.
Back in '66, I was 13 and that was my fix.
Still shooting for stardom after all this time.
If I never make it, I'll still be fine.


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