Originally Posted by
Tio Kimo
They opened a SoCal plant sometime in the 90's and still do high end acoustic production in Vancouver. Family is split between the two locations and involved in guitar assembly on a daily basis. Jean his wife Wendy and his son Matthew in Oxnard, Son John in BC, I believe. It's a very cool company and they make great guitars. I'm really happy about this, got a GREAT deal on it.
wrong....
I've been drinking the Larrivée kool-aid quite a bit lately, as you may imagine. Turns out they only make one model in Vancouver anymore, but by volume, it's a huge part of the pie. The L-03 series. That's their "entry" model, solid wood guitar. MSRP 1500+
All other acoustics and the burgeoning electric line is being made in Oxnard, CA.
as to the Jean's involvement in the mfg process....
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