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[tangman99]

Originally Posted by schneidts
Hmmm...never heard of 'em. I'll have to check them out.

Here is a picture of their L-03 model and you can see what I mean about "plain" looks. The rosset on this one is almost non-existant and overly simple but it still costs about $1100.00. (You can get a much better price as this is retail). However, when you first strum it, you will know instantly where they put the money.

 

[schneidts]

Thanks Tangman, I just checked out their website...right up my alley. Now, to find the closest dealer...and convince my wife that I need a new guitar.

Sounds like the Froggybottom I mentioned earlier. The price tags are a little staggering, (I think the lower end models retail in the 4k's, but the tamber and resonance is unbeleivable. Though I will say that you could probably find a very similar sound and feel for half as much. The Froggybottom co. only makes like 100 a year or so...

 

[texasmetal]

Something to add, I've noticed Guitar Center sales people are usually willing to negotiate prices if you're solid enough in your conversation with them.

 

[tangman99]

Originally Posted by TexasMetal
Something to add, I've noticed Guitar Center sales people are usually willing to negotiate prices if you're solid enough in your conversation with them.
Absolutely! They should always take a lower price than the retail price unless it is already discounted. If they won't, talk to a sales manager. They can swing you a good deal.
Like I said, when I bought my classical, I got a great deal on it. It retailed for $2349 with the Yairi case. There is little or no market in my city for classical guitars and I bought it for $1200.00 brand new and absolutely flawless. He even threw in a new set of Savarez strings which cost around $20.00. I could not pass that up. It was not a big chain store, but just a locally owned music store.
schneidts,
I hope you can find one to play close by. There is a dealer about 3 miles from me, but I have not seen one in a big chain store. The first thing you will notice about it is the punch in the bass and ease of play on the neck provided it is setup even though they come pretty descent from the factory. They are very bright and like all good solid body guitars, it just gets better with age.
Go to Harmony (do a good search for Larrivee) and read some of the reviews.
By the way, where in the heck did shista go? We were suppossed to helping him/her. I hope they got some good information in all this even though we've kind of expanded into the upper territory of guitars.

 

[schneidts]

Originally Posted by TangMan99
schneidts,
I hope you can find one to play close by. There is a dealer about 3 miles from me, but I have not seen one in a big chain store. The first thing you will notice about it is the punch in the bass and ease of play on the neck provided it is setup even though they come pretty descent from the factory. They are very bright and like all good solid body guitars, it just gets better with age.
Go to Harmony (do a good search for Larrivee) and read some of the reviews.
By the way, where in the heck did shista go? We were suppossed to helping him/her. I hope they got some good information in all this even though we've kind of expanded into the upper territory of guitars.

Thanks, I'll check out the reviews. There was a link on their site for dealers...I'll check it out. I'm guessing/hoping the nearest store descent enough to carry one is probably about 45 minutes from here, so I'll stop in next time I'm up that way.
Whoops, I guess this thread did get kinda hijacked in a way. Sorry Shista, have you had any luck in your search for a guitar?

 

[tangman99]

Just for fun, being we have been talking about guitars, here is an mp3 I uploaded of a recording I did while trying to learn Matteo Carcassi's "Etude in A minor". It's not the best quality, but I just recorded it to hear all my mistakes. The part where I start playing slow is a complex part that I have not memorized yet and had to site read (which I suck at

).
I warn you ahead of time. It is a training piece so it's not very good, but it's all I have laying around that I recorded. Follow the link and click on the 1a.mp3 file.
Let me know what you think, but please be kind.

I know I have a long way to go in learning classical guitar. The site is bandwidth restricted so will only allow so many a day to view it.
Link to my mp3

 

[schneidts]

yikes....
that was great!

Very cool. I'm gonna go grab my guitar and see if I can play along to the part with the pull-offs towards the middle.

Those classical peices, for me, are very hard to memorize, and get down pat. I usually spend alot of time trying to master the finesse of certain parts, but end up never commiting the entire song to memory.

 

[tripleshot]

Good job TangMan99

classical is very tough to play.

 

[cowfishrule]

Originally Posted by tripleshot

what kind of bass do you have? The world needs more bass players

I have a G&L 4 string and a ESP F-255.

i have 7 basses. my fav's are my conklin 7stg, and my hamer 12stg.
my wife bought the 12stg for me as a wedding gift

 

[tangman99]

Thanks guys. Schneidts, you scared me there for a minute.

Anyway, glad you liked it. I wished I would have redone the recording after I nailed down the piece I was site reading. I love the mid-section with the pull-offs. It's actually one of the easier parts of the piece but does stand out.

 

[yimmy]

We have a martin, an american strat, mexican strat, les paul, fender acroustic. Favorite is LP for sure

 

[treybom]

Originally Posted by Yimmy
We have a martin, an american strat, mexican strat, les paul, fender acroustic. Favorite is LP for sure
the last post on this was 2 months ago.........

 

[texasmetal]

Um... my bass player just scored a Dean Edge IIII bass. It's pretty sweet....
Yeah, 2 months ago...