parlor size

eyesore · #1 03-26-2019, 06:48 PM

i think this guitar may be what i've wanted all along .it hasn't gone into production yet though . i think it comes out in June .ouhttps://w

ww.larrivee.com/content/172011/JML_3348_800x800.jpgt in June.... Not sure if I copy and pasted it right ,but it's a parlor size ,clear to the 14th fret which i have always wanted!! Don't think you can get a parlor size clear to the 14th .Can you??.... Larrivee T-40 Legacy Series.

printer2 · #2 03-26-2019, 07:21 PM

Just leave out the spaces.

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J Patrick · #3 03-26-2019, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by eyesore

i think this guitar may be what i've wanted all along .it hasn't gone into production yet though . i think it comes out in June .ouhttps://w

ww.larrivee.com/content/172011/JML_3348_800x800.jpgt in June.... Not sure if I copy and pasted it right ,but it's a parlor size ,clear to the 14th fret which i have always wanted!! Don't think you can get a parlor size clear to the 14th .Can you??.... Larrivee T-40 Legacy Series.

...parlor has come to mean any small bodied shorter scaled guitar even though most folks probably think of elongated 12 fret designs.....and yes there are 14 fret incarnations that exist though most are 12 fret models...I love em either way...

hillin · #4 03-26-2019, 07:42 PM

Many parlors can have 14 frets clear. In the meantime I'm drooling at a Santa Cruz Firefly:

eyesore · #5 03-27-2019, 05:06 AM

ooh ! the Santa Cruz !!! That is a beautiful guitar !! wish I could afford it.I need a parlor that is clear to the 14th fret.

jaymarsch · #6 03-27-2019, 10:09 AM

I have played a number of Santa Cruz parlors and the Firefly, and the Janis Ian 14 fret parlor plays circles around any of the Firefly models that I have played so you might want to check that one out as well. It would be totally worth it to do a comparison and see what you think.

Best,
Jayne

AZLiberty · #7 03-27-2019, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by J Patrick

...parlor has come to mean any small bodied shorter scaled guitar even though most folks probably think of elongated 12 fret designs.....and yes there are 14 fret incarnations that exist though most are 12 fret models...I love em either way...

Well, this Larrivee should fulfill most folks definition of Parlor since it is a Size 1 instrument, which makes it considerably smaller than Larrivee's 0 size Parlor.

eyesore · #8 03-27-2019, 07:37 PM

do you think this guitar is smaller than their parlor size guitar ...PO-3 or something like that??

hillin · #9 03-27-2019, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jaymarsch

I have played a number of Santa Cruz parlors and the Firefly, and the Janis Ian 14 fret parlor plays circles around any of the Firefly models that I have played so you might want to check that one out as well. It would be totally worth it to do a comparison and see what you think.

Best,
Jayne

Yeah I saw the Janis Ian once, never tried it because the seagull-like headstock set me back tho... I'll give it a shot next time I have the chance

AZLiberty · #10 03-27-2019, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by eyesore

do you think this guitar is smaller than their parlor size guitar ...PO-3 or something like that??

Larrivee's P-03 is a nominal Martin 0 size.

The T-40 is a size 1. Scale length is 22.8"

It's also a Terz (tuned to A) instead of standard (i.e. tuned to E), although Larrivee is calling it a Tenor for some reason.

eyesore · #11 03-28-2019, 04:04 AM

hmm.AZ ,i didn't kow it is tuned to A!I wonder why I couldn't tune regular?

jaymarsch · #12 03-28-2019, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by hillin

Yeah I saw the Janis Ian once, never tried it because the seagull-like headstock set me back tho... I'll give it a shot next time I have the chance

I have never been fond of that headstock shape either.

But the guitar is quite something so I would probably adjust.

Best,
Jayne

gr81dorn · #13 03-28-2019, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by AZLiberty

It's also a Terz (tuned to A) instead of standard (i.e. tuned to E), although Larrivee is calling it a Tenor for some reason.

Not quite - a Terz is tuned up a third (terz literally means third) to G.

Tuning A-to-A is a full step higher, which is what a standard Ukulele is in relationship to standard guitar tuning (and many guitaleles or kikus tune to). it's also what that wonderful Papoose from the defunct Tacoma company used to make.

This should be a fun guitar.

If you read the write-up, they aren't calling it a Tenor guitar, rather saying the guitar body is that of what you'd expect a Tenor guitar to have.

I have a couple similar instruments arleady and they are super fun, and certainly give you another voice when there are too many guitars in a jam, but I suspect they chose to tune up to A because that is a much easier transposition. Terz (G) tuning is a bit awkward for most common keys.

dspoel · #14 03-28-2019, 11:32 AM

How about this one? https://www.loefguitars.fi/?p=2091

jrdavies · #15 03-28-2019, 07:37 PM

There was a discussion on the Larrivee forum when Larrivee first announced the T-40. There was some speculation that they might be tuned A to A.

Recently Larrivee posted some more info

"This six string tenor size guitar has a slightly smaller body than our Parlor and O-Body, featuring a custom 22.8" scale, full 14 frets to the body and built for standard tuning." More details at https://www.larrivee.com/news.

They are supposed to start shipping in June so we will have to wait and see what they sound like.