Why Parlor guitars rule...Larrivée PV-09 content

[rmyAddison]

Larry,

Sounds terrific, "musically emotional", beautiful!!

The only thing that would make that better would be an OM......kidding

Well done my friend!!

[JoeCharter]

Yes I wonder how much greater it would sound with a longer scale...

That's a beautiful piece, Larry.

[Philly5834]

As always, awed by your mastery of the guitar and by the real depth and richness of your playing and musical interpretation.

[lppier]

Love this Larry, I also bought a Larrivee Parlor once... stopped only by the thought that there is no more space on my guitar rack!

[MisterZeus]

Spectacular!
Though I have read your posts (Larry) for some time I had never listened to you play. Now that I know what I have been missing I'll be looking and listening for more of your work.Just terrific.
If I could could play with 1/10 the ease and beauty that you do I would feel like I had accomplished something from all my practice.
As it is, it's good to have role models. ;-)

Thanks for posting.

[Larry Pattis]

Originally Posted by JoeCharter

Yes I wonder how much greater it would sound with a longer scale...

That's a beautiful piece, Larry.

...and then I would end up injured, and unable to play for months!

Originally Posted by MisterZeus

Spectacular!
Though I have read your posts (Larry) for some time I had never listened to you play. Now that I know what I have been missing I'll be looking and listening for more of your work.Just terrific.
If I could could play with 1/10 the ease and beauty that you do I would feel like I had accomplished something from all my practice.
As it is, it's good to have role models. ;-)

Thanks for posting.

We're all on the same path...different points along the path, perhaps, but working to make better music on the guitar.

[mesa]

Originally Posted by Larry Pattis

Here's why Parlor guitars are good...including the 24" scale Larrivée PV-09:

The Road to Quinault

I'm using medium gauge strings (they ship with mediums) from Elixir, and tuned-down to DADGAD.

NO problem whatsoever in tuning down with the 24" scale.

I upgraded to the full-sized Gotoh 21:1 Delta tuners...love them. Smooth and accurate.

Parlor guitars rule...

Hey Larry

Beautiful playing!!!!

I need to change the tuners on mine.....did the original screw holes lineup for the Gotoh's?

[Larry Pattis]

Originally Posted by mesa

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...did the original screw holes lineup for the Gotoh's?

No, but the tuner's larger foot-print covered almost all of the old screw hole.

[marty bradbury]

Wow!! Beautiful playing and the guitar sounded amazing. The song went well with the "Quinault" area...simply beautiful.

[YamaYairi]

Larry,
That was a beautiful composition! Sweet playing, too. That Larrivee is capable of making lots of nuanced tones.

[cedarkoa599]

Very nice for this style of music. Also a Taylor 12 fret which is a GC body style would sound nice

[SixStingString]

I really liked this piece a lot. Do I hear a tiny little bit of Kottke "shortwave" influence in this?

[Larry Pattis]

Thanks again, guys.

SSS, I listened to a lot of Kottke back in the day, but don't know the piece you referred to...I just went to youtube, and don't get much of a connection!

[SixStingString]

Originally Posted by Larry Pattis

Thanks again, guys.

SSS, I listened to a lot of Kottke back in the day, but don't know the piece you referred to...I just went to youtube, and don't get much of a connection!

Sorry should have prefaced that not the piece in general. I actually like your piece better than shortwave. It more of what I like to play but I was referring to what I hear in the bass accent notes. It reminded me of what Kottke did in shortwave. See 1:42-43 of your vid. Only a couple notes but Kottke did that type of nuance quite a bit. I tend to listen to pieces over and over and after a while I tend to focus on these little nuances. On a new piece (to me) I like to see if I can hear influances in the music. Usually I dont have direct access to ask the artist. Apparently it was not an influence but it still reminded me of it.

[Larry Pattis]

Fair enough!



I'm just glad if folks are enjoying it!