Globetrotter, teacher, and industrialist Jean Larrivée spoke to our 1986 and 1990 and 1995 conventions and attended our 1980 convention.
▪ bio current as of 1996
Globetrotter, teacher, and industrialist Jean Larrivée spoke to our 1986 and 1990 and 1995 conventions and attended our 1980 convention.
▪ bio current as of 1996
1996
AL#46 p.6 BRB4 p.298
Bill Collings Ren Ferguson Richard Hoover Jean Larrivee Bob Taylor
▪ Steel string company honchos Bill Collings, Ren Ferguson, Richard Hoover, Jean Larrivee, and Bob Taylor discuss the development of their guitars, current production techniques, tonewood, amplification, and the immediate future of the instrument. From the 1995 convention panel discussion moderated by Joseph R. Johnson.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
1991
AL#26 p.8 BRB3 p.37 ALA4 p.28
Jean Larrivee
▪ Larrivee has overseen the creation of 15,000 acoustic guitars and 12,000 electrics. Much of what he has to say pertains as strongly to the one-off builder as it does to another industry giant, and he doesn’t hold back on anything.
1988
AL#13 p.16 BRB2 p.12
Tim Olsen Jean Larrivee
▪ Life inside the Larrivee guitar shop during its electric/acoustic phase. With 19 photos.
1987
AL#11 p.32 BRB1 p.474
Max Krimmel Jean Larrivee Bruce Ross Ervin Somogyi Robert Steinegger
▪ Such panel discussions are always interesting, but this one especially so, mostly because three of the five panelists run one-man shops. The questions (and even many answers) don’t seem to change much from year to year, but it’s good to hear from some smaller voices in the industry for a change.