I wandered into The Troubador some time in July 2019 and saw this nice Martin 00-15m mahogany guitar. This piqued my interest as I had been thinking I wanted to get a smaller body guitar than my Sigma dreadnaught. I also really like mahogany guitars. This one was a bit out of my price range so I started looking around and doing some research. I found that Bredlove, out of Bend, made a all magogany parlor guitar and they listed Bullfrog as a dealer. So I went into Bullfrog. They had lots of gorgeous Bredlove guitars but evidently they quit making the parlor model. They did have this really nice Larrivee OO-03 at a very attractive price, but still more money than I had.
So I was on the fence for about a month still looking around. Meanwhile the Martin 00-15m sold. Just before labor day I found the Teton STP-103NT on Reverb for a price I couldn't pass up. So I jumped on it. I still had it in my mind that maybe I would also get the Larrivee. A week later I was at a party with some of the friends from San Diego that first met 50 years ago in 1969. So I'm talking to Don and he slips an envelope to me and says "I'm paying you back for the money you loaned me in 1971". I was floored. It was more than enough to by the Larrivee so thats what I did.
- Hand crafted in California. Born on Feb 18, 2010. Serial #109661
- Solid Sitka Spruce top and Mahogany back and sides.
- Double O size, a little bigger than parlor. 12 frets to the body.
- LR Baggs anthem pickup and preamp.
I think I'll be playing this for a long time.
