Larrivee P-09 Black Limba Parlour Guitar

The Larrivee P-09 Black Limba is a beautiful American-Made Parlour guitar from this renowned California luthier. Gloss finished, with a subtly luxurious single-strip abalone rosette, the focus, as with all Larrivee guitars, is on the stunning tone woods. Black limba (otherwise known as Korina) is highly prized as a guitar tone wood, but we’ve never seen a set with such stunning grain as this! The voicing is spot on, the Black Limba back and sides combining beautifully with the Sitka Spruce top for an altogether characterful Parlour guitar playing experience.

Supplied with a Larrivee hard case, the P-09 Black Limba parlour is now available from Merchant City Music, online and in our Glasgow store’s dedicated acoustic room. Every instrument we sell is fully checked over and professionally set up before dispatch, for your peace of mind. We ship fast to the UK, Europe and worldwide.

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Larrivée P-09 Black Limba Parlour Guitar

Larrivee’s P-09 Black Limba Parlour is finished to the same luxurious standards as the company’s Rosewood Artist Series of guitars, but with a unique voice provided by the unique, stunningly figured back and sides woods. It features a scale length of 24”, while the overall size of the instrument is on the small side for even a parlour, ideally suiting it for smaller players too. Parlours were originally designed for use in more intimate performance scenarios, and this modern variant lends itself well to this type of application.

In-keeping with Larrivee’s sustainability policy, all woods are FSC certified. Larrivee prides itself on being plugged in to the entire process of producing a finished, hand-made guitar, from log selection on the forest floor to final quality control in their Oxnard, California workshop.

The P-09 features subtle upgrades which benefit both the guitar’s tone and aesthetics. The gloss finish is beautifully applied, exhibiting the premium wood grains to their best effect. The headplate is adorned with a silver border which contrasts beautifully with the ebony headplate wood. Ebony also features on the bridge and fretboard, while the nut, saddle and bridge pins are constructed from bone for optimal resonance and sustain. The elegant luxury of the thin abalone rosette is combined with Larrivee’s signature tortoiseshell pickguard, effectively melding tradition and modernity. Premium "JCL" 18:1 tuners provide the final finishing touch, being both silky smooth and highly accurate.