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Advice needed on Larivee

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Now, I've never played a Larivee before today, and I was planning on spending about 1200 on a new guitar soon. I was set on either of the usual, Martin or Taylor. then I played this baby.

http://www.larrivee.com/content/product ... M03MH0.php

I just wanted to know what y'all thought about larivee. The tone was smooth and deep. I was kinda taken by it. I managed to get the dealer down to $739, which is also a nice surprise.

I'm probably going to buy this one. Any advice from those more knowledgeable than I?

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I think you'll get the same advice from everyone here. If you love it....then get it. For $739 it's a good deal(I guess?) but it looks like a real nice guitar. I didn't think I was a huge fan of mahagony becuase all I had played was a D-15. I played a D-18GE the other day...it was stunning. Course that is also upwards of $8,000 so ya know. I've never played a higher end mahagony and I'm sure they sound amazing....GO FOR IT!
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jkanter wrote:I didn't think I was a huge fan of mahagony....
Yeah, but the top on this is spruce. I though the top had more of an impact on the tone than the back/sides do. No?

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Roastbeef wrote:
jkanter wrote:I didn't think I was a huge fan of mahagony....
Yeah, but the top on this is spruce. I though the top had more of an impact on the tone than the back/sides do. No?

Sharp looking guitar!
Yeah...probably why I liked the D-18GE so much. It has the Adirondack Spruce top(I believe it's that...whatever it is it's the best one out there). I just remembered that I played a D-16GT(my guitar w/ the mahagony back & sides) and it sounded good but not amazing. Probably just cause I was used to my guitar. Your's probably sounds awesome though...CONGRATS ON THE NEW GUITAR(soon) Quattro!
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Post by Brock »

If you wanna talk to someone who owns one, scrounge around for superman's screen name, he had a very high-end Larivee (along with thousands of dollars of equipment...).

Just looked it up, his sn was the same as his board name: superman0710
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yep superman could tell ya a lot but his Larivee was 3.2 k i believe.
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Post by Brock »

He (qd) already bought it :)
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