Old Neil Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 It has been a ridiculous week on the guitar front. After picking up the Hummingbird Vintage yesterday (that has its own thread) the (other) guitar shop rang to say my tiger-striped maple jumbo from Larson Bros was ready with the Waverly tuners I ordered to replace the only sub-standard part of this guitar. I had compared this particular guitar to two standard Gibson J-200's and 4 custom shop Gibson J-200's from various guitar shops. To my ears at least I kept coming back to this one. The fact that it was a quarter of the price of some of the ones I was considering was a bonus but not a deciding factor. I have owned a standard J-200 in the past and, while I don't regret selling it, (life is too short) I wanted that deep but controlled sound signature now that I am fortunate enough to own several guitars for specific applications instead of buying/selling looking for 'The One' that has to do it all but always seems out of reach or mildly dissatisfying somehow. It's a good'un Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 nice lookin beast enjoy 2017 with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Thanks. A strange but period accurate pick guard and fantastic sound and playability. Slightly wider neck than the Hummingbird too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That Larson is one cool looker ^ can't imagine how it sounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset Player Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Nice guitar Neil! This is the first I've heard about the Larson Bros company being reborn. They have some great looking guitars! I especially love their relied versions of the L-00's. I see that they are based in Germany and the company has only European dealerships at this time. Are you based in Europe? Also, I'm very curious about their price point. They have no price information on their website. (they also don't mention scale length or neck profile info) I'd love to get my hands on one of these if the price is right! Would you mind revealing what you paid for this beauty if that's not too indiscrete? Thanks much & happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Nice guitar Neil! This is the first I've heard about the Larson Bros company being reborn. They have some great looking guitars! I especially love their relied versions of the L-00's. I see that they are based in Germany and the company has only European dealerships at this time. Are you based in Europe? Also, I'm very curious about their price point. They have no price information on their website. (they also don't mention scale length or neck profile info) I'd love to get my hands on one of these if the price is right! Would you mind revealing what you paid for this beauty if that's not too indiscrete? Thanks much & happy New Year! Yes, I am based in Stockholm, Sweden and bought it second hand here. My best guess on the price of a new one is around 12000SEK (around 1300USD). It's quite a fancy model with abalone around the sound hold and border of the top and an ebony overlay on the headstock. The Sitka top is very good quality and the tiger stripe maple is beautiful and well matched. If this had 'Gibson' on the headstock it would run at over $4000. I upgraded the tuners to Waverly nickel butterbeans before I picked it up. They are quite expensive here (like most things) but worth it. The original tuners were the only thing I didn't like. The pickguard is a little unusual but its growing on me and is period correct. Here is a pic of Bob Dylan playing an original: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Here Here it is beside the Hummingbird Vintage (I like the unintentional flash artifact in this shot. It looks like they are communicating in some way) : "> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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