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Or at least, my first guitar seen on tv!! Quite a cool feeling... A customer of mine played his Rasmussen L-00 on swedish television the other day. He commisioned it this spring and it was delivered in september.

Brazilian and euro spruce with a light burst. Its from the first batch after I came back from mr Somogyi, so its lighter built than I normally do(did), and with a lattice below the bridge.

Its this little thing:







And heres the clip:
http://www.tv4.se/1.283438?videoId=1.761635

Best,
Lars

Here's a pic of the bracing.

WOW!!! Lars, that is very impressive

Hi I thought the instrument sounded very good. You should be justly proud.

Congrats on the public TV performance of your impressive workmanship.


Regards Philip

Hi Lars. first, beautiful guitar !!
Question, Although its not easy to just define one guitar to another, but if you tried, then how would you say this kinda bracing on your guitars differs/sounds compared to a more standard bracing pattern. ??

Lars S.

Absolutely beautiful, and thanks for the shot of the guts!

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Congratulations on the appearance!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Beautiful instrument and my kind of music... even if I haven't a clue what they were singing about.

Thanks folks. Dave youre right, I didnt think of that! Its in swedish, and in a very 'southern accent', in fact so much that even I dont really hear what he's singing...

Lars, Its hard to give a general comment, ive only built four using this system. What I can say is that it allows me to build thinner(combined with a lam. rim, and rev. kerfed lining), and I get a much more responsive tone. Its also louder, and when tapped it still rings when I get closer to edge. Im just in the finishing stages of a baritone prototype with this sytem, and Im very excited about it! You should come by after christmas and we could have a coffee.

What a great piece! Even if in Swedish I could relate to the emotion in the words. The tone of your guitar is amazing.

Congrats Lars!!

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Steve Walden
Aspiring Builder,
Bartlesville, OK

Lars,

I love the sound of that guitar! Looks nice as well. You've reason to be proud.....congratulations!

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Formerly known as Adaboy.......

I had missed the link before. The guitar sounds fantastic. I love the way it cuts through and all of the overtones present even in a live, mic'd situation.

I noticed the very present high end in the guitar, which the mic and room push out even more. I'm not familiar with 00's, but does your lattice system allow a full low-end in larger bodied guitars?

Thanks James. I think he was mixing the built in K&K system with the front mic. He actually specified less bass, since he is a bouzouki player, and wanted that caracter. So the guitar is pretty thinbodied, less than 4 inches (95mm) and has an enlarged soundhole for opener and less bassy tone.Ive only built one really big guitar with this system, a 12f dread, and it had a huge bass. Almost too much so I think I went too loose on that one. The Baritone that Im building is a small jumbo (16 1/4) so I look forward to hearing how thatll sound.

That's really cool, Lars. What an interesting design. I was thinking too, after posting, that some of the drones in the tuning are pushing the highs out, too. Thanks so much for sharing all this. Did you do the burst?

Hey Lars, congratulations on the publicity. I like the white purfling down the back.

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David White, Toronto

"All my favourite singers can't sing."

Very nice indeed Lars! Congrats

Bob

Very nice Lars! How do you do your light burst? I love the look!

Glenn

Hi Lars,

I loved the video. Your work continues to impress.

The guitar you brought to class was one of our favorites, but I like the sound of this one even better.

It also sounds like you've been able to take the info we got in Ervin's class and use it to craft the sound your customer desired for this instrument. That's awesome.

Joe

Lars, what a beautiful guitar. Your craftsmanship and aesthetic sense always impress me. I hope the Swedish winter is not as long as the Maine one…

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
http://www.laurentbrondel.com/

Lars, you're my hero!

<edit> I understood most of the words, but I don't know why St. Staffan rode his horse into the water on Christmas Eve and so on. Sounded like an old legend, or...?

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Lars that is one beautiful looking and sounding guitar!
And yes, please tell us how you did the burst, it's great looking!

Joe

Agreed ..that is one good looking, and sounding , guitar !!!!

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Very impressive L-00 Lars . It really sounds sweet in the clip!
I too Love that light sunburst ! CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Superb guitar Lars my friend in ALL respects!!!! The sound is to die for and the look of this guitar is exactly what I like to see in a guitar. I also love L-OOs which makes this one of the nicest guitars that I have ever seen on the OLF.

As such your getting a rare 7 clapping hands!!!

Wow! Beautiful!