LPLIV
05-16-2008, 08:21 PM
Dave
I wanted to thank you for the time you spent on the phone helping me to
make a decision on a new guitar. As we discussed I chose the Loriente
Sofia and have been walking on clouds ever since I picked it up. When I first picked up the guitar it had just arrived and I wasn't really sure whether I had made the right choice or not to pursue the Sofia. Thanks for telling me to give it a day to acclimate and then play it for three hours or so before I made up my mind. The next day the guitar was nothing short of sensational for a new guitar. The volume grew exponentially and there was considerably more sustain. (I am sure that my wife will start yelling if I push the guitar when we are both watching TV) The notes have really started foreshadowing the clear piano like bell tones that I will be seeing when the spruce really gets broken in. I have already started hearing new nuances to tone when I hit the treble strings and that really excites me because the guitar is so new. The guitar is really well balanced, no one string or group of strings overpowers the others and they all respond well when I push it for more volume.
When I first got the guitar I had a friend (luthier) and one of his friends, a retired professional flamenco player (Andres Faz) spend some time playing it. Both were incredibly complimentary on the guitar's sound and how easy it was to play. I got to sit back and hear the real intonation of this guitar and was blown away... One of them said that it almost had a Hauser clarity (even at this early stage) and will make a great instrument for playing on stage.
Finally, the Brazilian rosewood is just incredible, it isn't the stump wood that you see so much of on the higher end guitars. The grain is clear, straight and fairly narrow (1/4 -1/2 inch or so) and the finish is perfect. The workmanship looks to be really high end as well, I saw no blems, scratches, poorly joined wood or sloppy glue globs anywhere. Thanks again for your patience with me and for your answering the 101 questions I asked without so much as a groan or "Uh Huh" during my investigation period... (Way too long, I should have gone with my first impulse a year or so ago...)
Sincerely,
Phil Lavie
I wanted to thank you for the time you spent on the phone helping me to
make a decision on a new guitar. As we discussed I chose the Loriente
Sofia and have been walking on clouds ever since I picked it up. When I first picked up the guitar it had just arrived and I wasn't really sure whether I had made the right choice or not to pursue the Sofia. Thanks for telling me to give it a day to acclimate and then play it for three hours or so before I made up my mind. The next day the guitar was nothing short of sensational for a new guitar. The volume grew exponentially and there was considerably more sustain. (I am sure that my wife will start yelling if I push the guitar when we are both watching TV) The notes have really started foreshadowing the clear piano like bell tones that I will be seeing when the spruce really gets broken in. I have already started hearing new nuances to tone when I hit the treble strings and that really excites me because the guitar is so new. The guitar is really well balanced, no one string or group of strings overpowers the others and they all respond well when I push it for more volume.
When I first got the guitar I had a friend (luthier) and one of his friends, a retired professional flamenco player (Andres Faz) spend some time playing it. Both were incredibly complimentary on the guitar's sound and how easy it was to play. I got to sit back and hear the real intonation of this guitar and was blown away... One of them said that it almost had a Hauser clarity (even at this early stage) and will make a great instrument for playing on stage.
Finally, the Brazilian rosewood is just incredible, it isn't the stump wood that you see so much of on the higher end guitars. The grain is clear, straight and fairly narrow (1/4 -1/2 inch or so) and the finish is perfect. The workmanship looks to be really high end as well, I saw no blems, scratches, poorly joined wood or sloppy glue globs anywhere. Thanks again for your patience with me and for your answering the 101 questions I asked without so much as a groan or "Uh Huh" during my investigation period... (Way too long, I should have gone with my first impulse a year or so ago...)
Sincerely,
Phil Lavie