Saturday, January 14, 2006

If I get my Larrivee from Guitar Center, it will take almost a grand. That won't leave me with a whole lot of cash, but I really need to rescue it before GC sells it out from under me. They did that to another Larrivee of mine last year. My retirement check should be here in a couple of weeks.
In the meantime, I visited Galaxy yesterday and they had a whole new shipment of guitars in stock, both new and used. First choice was Larrivee J-05, a jumbo mahogony with deep projection. The action was a little too loose for me, tended to snap a little bit, but that could be fixed. Price was about half of it's $2000 tag when new. We're talking about very affordable thunder!
In the sealed acoustic room were two limited edition Larrivees with inlaid headstock and fretboard, one a L09 the other a LV09. Beautiful instruments, rosewood toned at $2000 apiece. Also a Cherrywood Martin for about $850, best value in the place. This used Smartwoods Martin was a little too mellow for me. Almost muddy.

I can't wait to get back my blonde Larrivee. It's always a pleasure to play.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

The Larrivee is in hock till I get my retirement check. Hopefully it's safe and sound. I should be able to get it out in early Feb. Meantime I'm playing at Guitar Center most days, keeping in shape.