NUD: Jean Larrivée soprano

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I keep saying I'm more of a concert/tenor player but here I am now with two sopranos. I was intrigued when this Larrivée ukulele came up for sale locally- my first nice guitar was from Jean Larrivée back in the 90's – really great man and guitar company. This is Model U-01 Koa made in 2000. It’s in good condition with just honest play wear- purchased it from the original owner. The strings are old but even still it has a beautiful warm voice- more guitar like than any soprano I’ve played. It will get some TLC over the next few days and I'm excited to see how it sounds with new strings.

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Like the wood grain. Hope the sound with the new strings is wonderful.
 
Nice instrument. Back in the day I heard great things about these. I can't wait to hear more about it.
 
Congratulations!
I Like that wood grain too.
 
Congrats on your new Larrivee! I was interested in that one too, and even spoke to the owner about it, but I wasn't able to get up to Portland to give it a try. Glad the uke found it's way to a good home.

Jan
 
Jan D said:
Congrats on your new Larrivee! I was interested in that one too, and even spoke to the owner about it, but I wasn't able to get up to Portland to give it a try. Glad the uke found it's way to a good home.

Jan
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Thanks Jan. It's a small world when it comes to the uke community.
 
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Being from Canada, I always wanted to support Larivee when they were in Vancouver. They make great guitars and ukes. I wish they made more ukes. I watched their new ukes come out a years ago with interest. HMS sold some for awhile. I don’t seem them around much unless it’s a very rare used sale and usually a 90’s vintage Uke. Not sure whatthey are doing now for Uke building. Wish they would do more. Your Uke looks great and I bet it’s really awesome.
 
M3Ukulele said:
Being from Canada, I always wanted to support Larivee when they were in Vancouver. They make great guitars and ukes. I wish they made more ukes. I watched their new ukes come out a years ago with interest. HMS sold some for awhile. I don’t seem them around much unless it’s a very rare used sale and usually a 90’s vintage Uke. Not sure whatthey are doing now for Uke building. Wish they would do more. Your Uke looks great and I bet it’s really awesome.
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Their website still shows ukes you can order but the price list is a few years old. It appears they are still in the uke business which is cool.
 
That’s a very handsome uke.
 
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Thanks! Looking for strings I happened upon a spare set of aNueNue Blackwaters (soprano/concert). The Larrivée soprano is a little bigger (than the Koaloha) with a deeper voice. I'm hoping the Blackwaters bring out a bit of depth for fingerpicking..
 
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