Archive for August, 2010

Guitar of the Day — Larrivee RS2 in Artic White

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

I admit right now and openly that I am huge Apple geek. For a time, there was nothing in the design world that got my heart racing more then the site of an iMac or Laptop in that great Apple White. And then of course there is the Beatle’s  “White” album. Well I can tell you that my sunburst guitars are gently weeping at the site of our Guitar of the Day, an exclusive to Guitar Adoptions, the Larrivee RS2 in Artic White.

The Larrivee RS2 in Artic White features:

WOODS

Body:  South American Mahogany

Neck:  One Piece South American Mahogany

Fretboard:  Indian Rosewood

Headstock:  Ebony

MEASUREMENTS

Scale Length:  25.5” or 650mm

Upper Bout:  9.875

Waist:  8.125”

Lower Bout:  13”

Body Thickness at Edge:  1.5”

Overall Length:  38.75”

Nut Width:  1 & 11/16th” or 43mm

Weight:  approx. 8 lbs.

TRIM/CONSTRUCTION

Neck Join:  Extra Long Mortis & Tenon, Glued in

Headstock Overlay:  Ebony

Fretboard Binding:  Ivoroid w/Black Side Dots

Fretboard Inlay:  Abalone Dot Inlays

Heelcap:  Ivoroid

Knobs:  Speed Knobs

Backplates:  Textured Black

Cutouts:  Back & Cutaway

Metal Hardware:  Nickel & Chrome

HARDWARE

Tuners:  Kluson tulip style Tuners

Pickups:  Larrivee custom wound humbuckers

Bridge:  Tonepros T3BT-N Nickel Bridge

Tail:  Tonepros T1Z-N Nickel Tail

3-Way-Switch:  Switchcraft Short Toggle Switch

End-Pin Jack:  Switchcraft ¼” Mono Jack w/Short Thread

Potentiometers:  CTS Long Shaft 500k Audio Pots

Capacitors (Bridge):  Luxe Bumblebee Paper-in-oil (PIO) 0.022mF

Capacitors (Neck):  Luxe Bumblebee Paper-in-oil (PIO) 0.015mF

Strap Buttons:  Schaller Strap Locks

Truss Rod:  Single Action Coated Steel Rod

Truss Rod Adjustment:  Mini Spoke-Nut design on Final Fret

Strings:  D’addario Electrics

Guitar Case (included):  Custom Fit Wooden Case with Black faux fur Lining (Made in Canada)