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Revision as of 16:16, 20 October 2010
(Sources include Larrivee's website, WikiPedia, and Larrivee customer service emails.)
- 1967: An old house in Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1968-71: Basement of Jean’s Townhouse in Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1971-72: Above the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1971: First steel-string guitar
- 1972-73: Storefront on Mount Pleasant in Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1973-75: Portland Street Shop in Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1975-77: Dwight Street in Mimico, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1976: 8 people, 25-30 guitars/month
- 1977-82: Esquimalt Shop, Victoria, BC, Canada
- 1977: 14 people, 4 guitars/day
- 1982-92: 267 E. 1st Street Shop in North Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 1983: First solid-body electric
- 1984: switched from hot lacquer to catalyzed modified polyurethane finish
- 1989: First use of CNC
- 1991: 11,000 sq ft, 35 people, 25 guitars/day
- 1993-98: Victoria Diversion shop in Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 1993: 50/60/70 series introduced with large sound holes, 383 built
- 1995: switched from polyurethane to McFadden UV polyester finish
- 1996: 50 people, 20 guitars/day
- 1997: 60 people, 40 guitars/day
- 1997: D-Lite, D-03 introduced
- 1998-Present: Cordova Street Factory in Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 1998: 33,000 sq ft in Vancouver, 100 people, 60 guitars/day
- 2001-Present: Yarnell Place Factory in Oxnard, CA, USA
- 2010: switched from McFadden UV polyester to a new dual-cured finish (partial catalyzation with cobalt & peroxide, and UV light)
- 2010: went to a stacked heel with the -03 series, then reintroduced the -02 series with stacked heel, and went back to one-piece necks for the -03 series
Ongoing discussion on the Larrivee Guitar Forum