Played a worryingly nice Larrivee the other day

noisepolluter

It was a mahogany/spruce dread with satin finish around the £750 price bracket. Made me seriously question whether I ultimately want to hang on years for a Martin D-18. 

spacecadet

Larrivee guitars are awesome. I was torn between a Taylor and a Martin. Then played a Larrivee OM-10 and that was it. Amazing guitars that are still very well priced.

VimFuego

buy it, buy it now!!!!!!

ToneControl

I sold my Taylor 314ce, but kept several Larrivees. Excellent quality and value. Frailers usually has a few used ones in at reasonable prices (and Martins, Gibsons and Taylors for that matter)

ICBM

noisepolluter said:

It was a mahogany/spruce dread with satin finish around the £750 price bracket. Made me seriously question whether I ultimately want to hang on years for a Martin D-18. 

They're different from Martins, so if you liked the Larry maybe a Martin is not for you anyway!

Either way they're exceptionally high quality guitars for not exceptionally high prices - especially second hand, they don't seem to hold their value as well as the more traditional names - which is unfair.

A friend of mine has a 12-fret Dreadnought in sunburst which is just beautiful, both to look at and to hear. The build quality is stunning - I'm very hesitant to say 'perfect' about anything, but it's one of the only guitars I've ever seen which is literally flawless as far as I can tell. Surprisingly for a Lariveé, it actually sounds quite Gibson-like.

ToneControl

I have a 12 fret Larrivee SD-60 (sloped dreadnought), it is the one Larrivee  I kept when I moved to small-shop-made acoustics

stunning tone - you would pay double for that tone from anyone else in my experience

ICBM

ToneControl said:

I have a 12 fret Larrivee SD-60 (sloped dreadnought), it is the one Larrivee  I kept when I moved to small-shop-made acoustics

stunning tone - you would pay double for that tone from anyone else in my experience

I think that's the model he has too.

For me personally, Larriveés don't quite do it - the tone is too 'pretty' and refined and maybe a bit bright, I prefer the rougher old-school Martin/Gibson/Guild 'thuddy' type of sound - but that one is the best I've ever played.

AuldReekie

ICBM said:

ToneControl said:

I have a 12 fret Larrivee SD-60 (sloped dreadnought), it is the one Larrivee  I kept when I moved to small-shop-made acoustics

stunning tone - you would pay double for that tone from anyone else in my experience

I think that's the model he has too.

For me personally, Larriveés don't quite do it - the tone is too 'pretty' and refined and maybe a bit bright, I prefer the rougher old-school Martin/Gibson/Guild 'thuddy' type of sound - but that one is the best I've ever played.

I have an SD50 - hog back and sides, SD60 is rosewood and it is awesome. Also have a C09 and OM09. Prefer Larrys to Taylor or Martin. Seriously good guitars

noisepolluter

ICBM said:

For me personally, Larriveés don't quite do it - the tone is too 'pretty' and refined and maybe a bit bright, I prefer the rougher old-school Martin/Gibson/Guild 'thuddy' type of sound - but that one is the best I've ever played.

I'd go with that - the sound was definitely more 'hi-fi' than my J-45 which is very much mid focused.