Shown here is a beautiful Michael Heiden A-29 Deluxe A-Style mandolin, built during 2003 in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Michael Heiden has been building quality instruments since the 1970’s and his work is highly respected. Originally working in Vancouver as a musician, repairman and builder, he moved to Chilliwack and since then to Creston, B.C.
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The Larrivee L-02 LH is the Left Handed version of the standard L-02, using the classical-derived L body with Spruce top and Mahogany for the back and sides. Jean Larrivee began building classical guitars in the early 1960’s with a significant amount of information from Edgar Monch, the noted German builder who was working in Toronto at the time.
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MORE →This limited edition Larrivee L-03 Silver Oak with a Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top dates to early 2008 in Vancouver, BC and is in great condition with its original hard shell case. Larrivee names the highly figured back and side wood as Silver Oak, while its proper name is Grievella Robusta, also called Australian Lacewood – it is not actually an Oak.
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MORE →The Larrivee C-09 is still in production, and is fundamentally an L-09 model but with a pointed Florentine Cutaway. The Larrivee L-Body draws from classical guitar proportions, and delivers a full, rich and evenly balanced tone with plenty of volume and projection.
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MORE →Built in Victoria BC during the spring of 1982, this Larrivee C-10 – also known as an L-28 – sports a very nice vintage Seahorse headstock inlay by Wendy Larrivee. The Larrivee C-10 is still in production, though not as elaborate as this vintage example. Its base is a pointed Florentine cutaway L-body with a Sitka Spruce top and Indian Rosewood for the back, sides and head plate.
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