More about the Larrivee

I mentioned in my previous post that the Larrivee has a "lovely, well-balanced sound." But that's hardly a fit description of it. It's a very expressive instrument that responds to a variety of touches well, rather than imposing its own character on every piece of music. I mostly fingerpick, and the guitar can put out as much expressive tone and dynamics as I can put into it. I don't generally do much hard strumming, but I suspect it could handle that as well without falling apart tonally.

Some people don't care for the 03-series' matte finish, but I rather like it - I think it lets the grain of the wood show through more easily than a gloss finsh. The one thing I might change about it is the bridge pins - I don't care for the look of the plastic pins; I might try switching to some other pins at some point.

Still, every time I play this instrument, I find myself thinking, "Man, what a guitar!"