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and really didn't want to!!
I walked into Elderly and the salesperson asked me what I wanted.What the hell i thought.I told him I wanted a dread for 1000.00 that sounded like a pre war Martin.He thought for a second and handed me a Larrivee and said play em all and see what ya think and walked away.I like that attitude.There are too many guitar stores if you touch one of their guitars they stare darts at ya.Now this Larrivee was a nice sounding guitar.But i've never been a Larrivee fan.Walking a fine line between Martin and Taylor with a bland sound of there own.That's just my opinion.And I've formed that opinion by playing all the Larrivees at Elderly repeatedly.I like a nice deal on a guitar and Larrivees hit a nice price point.I really have allways wanted to like them but it isn't to be.I played every guitar in the thousand and under range in the high end room and the Larrivee was still leading the pack.Then I ventured into the "other" room.Fenders,Tacoma,Blueridge and GAD Guilds.They had a Fender that blew away the Larrivee but it had electronics and that isn't necessary.Then I started playing tha GAD Guilds.The ads at Elderly are right.WOW.I was impressed.Then I picked up a GAD-25NAT.The cheapest of the cheap.I played it.Put it down played another.Played it again,played another.Played it again and realized this was the one.I searched all over for faults.Bad glue,loose braces....nothing.It looked gorgeous,sounded great and is now my 525.00 beater that looks too nice to be a beater.It looks to be sapeale with the nice chocolate brown stripes.Plays easy and sounds great.
Now the only thing lingering is what do the old Guild mahogany dreads sound like???
Thanks for your time.
Lickety Split
outa here
I walked into Elderly and the salesperson asked me what I wanted.What the hell i thought.I told him I wanted a dread for 1000.00 that sounded like a pre war Martin.He thought for a second and handed me a Larrivee and said play em all and see what ya think and walked away.I like that attitude.There are too many guitar stores if you touch one of their guitars they stare darts at ya.Now this Larrivee was a nice sounding guitar.But i've never been a Larrivee fan.Walking a fine line between Martin and Taylor with a bland sound of there own.That's just my opinion.And I've formed that opinion by playing all the Larrivees at Elderly repeatedly.I like a nice deal on a guitar and Larrivees hit a nice price point.I really have allways wanted to like them but it isn't to be.I played every guitar in the thousand and under range in the high end room and the Larrivee was still leading the pack.Then I ventured into the "other" room.Fenders,Tacoma,Blueridge and GAD Guilds.They had a Fender that blew away the Larrivee but it had electronics and that isn't necessary.Then I started playing tha GAD Guilds.The ads at Elderly are right.WOW.I was impressed.Then I picked up a GAD-25NAT.The cheapest of the cheap.I played it.Put it down played another.Played it again,played another.Played it again and realized this was the one.I searched all over for faults.Bad glue,loose braces....nothing.It looked gorgeous,sounded great and is now my 525.00 beater that looks too nice to be a beater.It looks to be sapeale with the nice chocolate brown stripes.Plays easy and sounds great.
Now the only thing lingering is what do the old Guild mahogany dreads sound like???
Thanks for your time.
Lickety Split
outa here